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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Paul Ronald Stribley, Devon, GB;
Soon Tat Kong, Sarawak, MY;
Inventors:
Paul Ronald Stribley, Devon, GB;
Soon Tat Kong, Sarawak, MY;
Assignee:
X-FAB SEMICONDUCTOR FOUNDRIES AG, Erfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/49 (2006.01); H01L 29/866 (2006.01); H01L 23/525 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/866 (2013.01); H01L 23/5252 (2013.01); H01L 29/0688 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A PN junction includes first and second areas of silicon, wherein one of the first and second areas is n-type silicon and the other of the first and second areas is p-type silicon. The first area has one or more projections which at least partially overlap with the second area, so as to form at least one cross-over point, the cross-over point being a point at which an edge of the first area crosses over an edge of the second area.