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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Alexei Ankoudinov, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Rodov, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Alexei Ankoudinov, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Rodov, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics N.V., Geneva, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/76 (2006.01); H01L 29/94 (2006.01); H01L 31/062 (2012.01); H01L 31/113 (2006.01); H01L 31/119 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A two terminal device which can be used for the rectification of the current. Internally it has a regenerative coupling between MOS gates of opposite type and probe regions. This regenerative coupling allows to achieve performance better than that of ideal diode.