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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Qingchun Zhang, Cary, NC (US);
Jason Henning, Carborro, NC (US);
Qingchun Zhang, Cary, NC (US);
Jason Henning, Carborro, NC (US);
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type and having a surface in which an active region of the semiconductor device is defined, and a plurality of spaced apart doped regions within the active region. The plurality of doped regions have a second conductivity type that is opposite the first conductivity type and define a plurality of exposed portions of the semiconductor layer within the active region. The plurality of doped regions include a plurality of rows extending in a longitudinal direction. Each of the rows includes a plurality of longitudinally extending segments, and the longitudinally extending segments in a first row at least partially overlap the longitudinally extending segments in an adjacent row in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.