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US 2008/0173877 A1Published application
Semiconductor apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Y.Y.L.
InventorSataro YAMAGUCHI
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Abstract
Disclosed is a semiconductor apparatus having a channel region of a substrate irradiated with light via a transparent gate electrode and a transparent gate insulating film to decrease channel resistance.
Claims31
A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- a channel region through which carriers move;
- and
- a light source that irradiates light to a vicinity of the channel region;
- wherein said light source is turned on to let channel current flow.
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A semiconductor apparatus comprising:
- a switching element;
- and
- a light source that is on/off controlled;
- said light source, when turned on, irradiating light to a gate portion of said switching element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.