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US 2007/0176201 A1Published application
Integrated III-nitride devices
AssigneeInternational Rectifier Corporation
InventorsRobert Beach, Paul Bridger
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Abstract
A III-nitride heterojunction semiconductor device that includes a power electrode that is electrically connected to a conductive substrate through a trench in the heterojunction thereof.
Claims17
A III-nitride semiconductor device, comprising:
- an active III-nitride heterojunction that includes a two dimensional electron gas;
- a conductive substrate supporting said heterojunction;
- a first power electrode coupled to said heterojunction,
- a second power electrode coupled to said heterjunction;
- a third power electrode disposed between said first and said second power electrodes;
- a trench through said heterojunction under said third power electrode;
- an electrically conductive body inside said trench and electrically connected to said substrate and said third power electrode;
- a first gate arrangement between said first power electrode and said third power electrode;
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- a second gate arrangement between said second power electrode and said third power electrode.
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