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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Sameer Pendharkar, Allen, TX (US);
Eugen Pompiliu Mindricelu, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sameer Pendharkar, Allen, TX (US);
Eugen Pompiliu Mindricelu, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/329 (2006.01); H01L 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Cobalt silicide (CoSi2) Schottky diodes fabricated per the current art suffer from excess leakage currents in reverse bias. In this invention, an floating p-type region encircles each anode of a CoSi2 Schottky diode comprising of one or more CoSi2 anodes. The resulting p-n junction forms a depletion region under the Schottky junction that reduces leakage current through the Schottky diodes in reverse bias operation.