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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Avogy, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Don Disney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Isik C. Kizilyalli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hui Nie, Cupertino, CA (US);
Linda Romano, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard J. Brown, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Madhan Raj, Cupertino, CA (US);
Avogy, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor device includes a III-nitride substrate, a first III-nitride epitaxial layer coupled to the III-nitride substrate and having a mesa, and a second III-nitride epitaxial layer coupled to a top surface of the mesa. The semiconductor device further includes a III-nitride gate structure coupled to a side surface of the mesa, and a spacer configured to provide electrical insulation between the second III-nitride epitaxial layer and the III-nitride gate structure.