Direct current semiconductor divider

Claim 1

A SEMICONDUCTOR VOLTAGE DIVIDING DEVICE COMPRISING A BODY OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL HAVING FIRST AND SECOND FACES ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, AN INPUT PN JUNCTION IN SAID BODY BETWEEN A FIRST REGION OF ONE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE AT AND BENEATH SAID FIRST FACE AND A SECOND REGION OF THE OPPOSITE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE SEPARATED FROM SAID FIRST FACE BY SAID FIRST REGION, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND REGIONS PROVIDING A PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS FOR SAID DEVICE, A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT PN JUNCTIONS IN SAID BODY ALL DEFINED BY SAID SECOND REGION WITH ADDITIONAL REGIONS OF SAID ONE CONDUCTIVITY TYPE AT AND BENEATH SAID SECOND FACE OF SAID BODY, SAID OUTPUT JUNCTIONS EXTENDING TO DIFFERENT DEPTHS IN SAID BODY BENEATH SAID SECOND FACE AND THEREBY BEING SEPARATED DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM THE PLANE IN WHICH SAID INPUT PN JUNCTION LIES SO THAT WHEN A REVERSE VOLTAGE IS APPLIED TO SAID PAIR OF INPUT TERMINALS A DEPLETION REGION WILL SPREAD FROM SAID INPUT JUNCTION TO REACH SAID OUTPUT JUNCTIONS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REVERSE VOLTAGE APPLIED TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS, AND INDIVIDUAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS TO SAID ADDITIONAL REGIONS PROVIDING OUTPUT TERMINALS FOR SAID DEVICE WHICH EXHIBIT DIFFERENT OUTPUT VOLTAGES CORRESPONDING TO THE LEVEL OF REVERSE VOLTAGE REQUIRED TO EXTEND A DEPLETION REGION TO THE PARTICULAR OUTPUT PN JUNCTIONS TO WHICH THE OUTPUT TERMINAL CONNECT.