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High power field effect transistor
Assignee: HIGRATHERM ELECTRIC KUNZESTRASSE 24 D-7100 HEILBRONN GERMANY A OF GERMANY GmbH LLC
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Filing: 1980-07-01
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Granted: 1984-08-28
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Expires: 2000-07-01
Abstract
Abstract A field effect transistor comprises two semiconductor plates, discs or chips of the same type of conducitivity each with a structure of parallel ridges on one side, the two plates, discs or chips being assembled together under mechanical pressure with their structured sides facing and relatively rotated so that the ridges of one plate, disc or chips touch and cross the ridges of the other plate, disc or chip and form distribution of electrically parallel connected monocrystalline narrow path resistors, and a gate contact for each narrow path resistor. The invention also includes a method of making such a transistor.
Inventors
- 👤 Reinhard Dahlberg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:58
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D64/00; H10D64/20; H10D64/27; H10D64/311; H10D30/00; H10D30/01; H10D30/012; H10D62/00; H10D62/10; H10D62/124; H10D62/17; H10D62/343; H10P; H10P10/00; H10P10/12; H10P10/128; H10P54/00; H10D62/80; H10D62/85; H10D64/411; H10D64/511; H10D64/512; H10D64/513
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A field effect transistor comprising in combination: first and second semiconductor discs of the same type of conductivity, each of said discs having a plurality of parallel grooves formed in one major surface to define a structure of parallel ridges on each said disc; said first and second discs are oriented so that their structured surfaces face one another with said ridges of both said discs crossing and touching, and are permanently joined together at the areas of contact of said ridges to form a plurality of electrically parallelly connected monocrystalline narrow path resistors between said first and second discs; a gate means provided on said one major surface of at least one of said first and second discs for each said narrow path resistor; a non-blocking source electrode disposed on the opposite major surface of one of said first and second discs; and a non-blocking drain electrode disposed on the opposite major surface of the other of said first and second discs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
163 words
A field effect transistor comprising in combination: first and second semiconductor discs of the same type of conductivity, each of said discs having a plurality of parallel grooves formed in one major surface to define a structure of parallel ridges on each said disc; said first and second discs are oriented so that their structured surfaces face one another with said ridges of both said discs crossing and touching, and are permanently joined together at the areas of contact of said ridges to form a plurality of electrically parallelly connected monocrystalline narrow path resistors between said first and second discs; a gate means provided on said one major surface of at least one of said first and second discs for each said narrow path resistor; a non-blocking source electrode disposed on the opposite major surface of one of said first and second discs; and a non-blocking drain electrode disposed on the opposite major surface of the other of said first and second discs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A field-effect transistor as defined in claim 1, wherein said semiconductor comprises a material selected from the group consisting of monocrystalline and polycrystalline single element semiconductors and compound semiconductors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
A field effect transistor as defined in claim 1 wherein said gate means is a pn junction gate including: an opposite conductivity type region provided in the side surfaces of said ridges of at least one of said discs and forming a pn junction with the respective said disc; and a non-blocking metal contact for each said opposite conductivity type region.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A field effect transistor as defined claim in 1 wherein said gate means is an MOS-gate including: a layer of insulating material covering the exposed portions of the surfaces of said ridges; and a layer of metal on said insulating layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A field effect transistor as defined in claim 1 wherein said gate means comprises a layer of metal forming a Schottky contact with at least one of said discs.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A field effect transistor as defined in claim 5 wherein said layer of metal comprises a metal or metalized insulator foil arranged between the structural surfaces of both said discs and surrounding said areas of contact.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A field effect transistor as defined in claim 1 wherein said crossing ridges are oriented at 90° relative to one another.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A field effect transistor as defined in claim 1 wherein said first and second discs are connected together at said areas of contact due to plastic deformation of the semiconductor lattice.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A field effect transistor as defined in claim 8 wherein the width of said ridges at said one major surface is from 2.10 -4 to 10 -3 cm.
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