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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Balaji Padmanabhan, Tempe, AZ (US);
Prasad Venkatraman, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Zia Hossain, Tempe, AZ (US);
Chun-Li Liu, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Woochul Jeon, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jason McDonald, Gilbert, AZ (US);
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a cascode rectifier structure includes a group III-V semiconductor structure includes a heterostructure disposed on a semiconductor substrate. A first current carrying electrode and a second current carrying electrode are disposed adjacent a major surface of the heterostructure and a control electrode is disposed between the first and second current carrying electrode. A rectifier device is integrated with the group III-V semiconductor structure and is electrically connected to the first current carrying electrode and to a third electrode. The control electrode is further electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate and the second current path is generally perpendicular to a primary current path between the first and second current carrying electrodes.