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US 5,850,101 AGranted
Bipolar transistor with extended emitter
AssigneeNational Semiconductor Corporation
InventorAli Akbar Iranmanesh
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Abstract
A bipolar transistor is provided whose emitter surrounds the base. The transistor has in some embodiments a high ratio of the emitter area to the base area and low collector and emitter resistances. Further, a transistor is provided in which a collector contact region is surrounded by the base. Consequently, a low collector resistance is obtained in some embodiments.
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A semiconductor device, said device comprising:
- a region R1 of a first conductivity type;
- a first region of the first conductivity type over the region R1, the region R1 having lower resistivity than the first region;
- a second region over and in contact with said first region, said second region having a second conductivity type opposite said first conductivity type, said second region having a top surface, said surface having a boundary;
- one or more third regions of the first conductivity type that extend up from the region R1 and substantially laterally surround the second region, each third region having lower resistivity than the first region, each third region allowing a contact to be made therethrough from above the semiconductor device through the region R1 to the first region;
- a layer of material over and in contact with said second region, said layer of material of said first conductivity type, and said layer of material overlying said boundary of said surface entirely, and exposing part of said second region.
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