Method of fabricating a gallium nitride merged P-I-N schottky (MPS) diode by regrowth and etch back

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9397186
APP PUB NO 20150200268A1
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14602125

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An MPS diode includes a III-nitride substrate characterized by a first conductivity type and a first dopant concentration and having a first side and a second side. The MPS diode also includes a III-nitride epitaxial structure comprising a first III-nitride epitaxial layer coupled to the first side of the substrate, wherein a region of the first III-nitride epitaxial layer comprises an array of protrusions. The III-nitride epitaxial structure also includes a plurality of III-nitride regions of a second conductivity type, each partially disposed between adjacent protrusions. Each of the plurality of III-nitride regions of the second conductivity type comprises a first section laterally positioned between adjacent protrusions and a second section extending in a direction normal to the first side of the substrate. The MPS diode further includes a first metallic structure electrically coupled to one or more of the protrusions and to one or more of the second sections.

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Alvarez, Brian Oceanside, US 4 7
Bour, David P Cupertino, US 159 2792
Edwards, Andrew P San Jose, US 80 446
Kizilyalli, Isik C San Francisco, US 145 1919
Nie, Hui Cupertino, US 97 729
Raj, Madhan M Cupertino, US 7 20

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