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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Tetsuro Nozu, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Nozu, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate, an insulating film provided on the semiconductor substrate, and a semiconductor film provided on the insulating film. The semiconductor substrate includes a region of a first current path including at least one diode, the semiconductor film includes a region of a second current path including at least one diode, the first current path and the second current path are connected in parallel to each other, the region of the first current path includes at least part of an area directly below the region of the second current path, and the first current path has a higher resistance than the second current path.