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Class 257/E29.188 - Hetero-junction transistor (EPO)


Subclass of Class 257 - Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diodes)
Definition: This subclass is indented under subclass E29.174. This subclass
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 09/16/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7425721Field-effect transistor
A field-effect transistor is provided which includes: a first nitride semiconductor layer having a lattice constant a1 and a bandgap Eg1; a second nitride semiconductor layer stacked on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a lattice...
09/16/2008
7345327Bipolar transistor
A semiconductor material which has a high carbon dopant concentration includes gallium, indium, arsenic and nitrogen. The disclosed semiconductor materials have a low sheet resistivity because of the high carbon dopant concentrations obtained. The material can be th...
03/18/2008
7317215SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT)
A heterojunction bipolar transistor is formed in a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type including a collector region. A base region is formed on the substrate and an emitter region is formed over the base region. At least one of the collector, base a...
01/08/2008
7297992Method and structure for integration of phosphorous emitter in an NPN device in a BiCMOS process
According to one exemplary embodiment, a heterojunction bipolar transistor includes a base situated on a substrate. The heterojunction bipolar transistor can be an NPN silicon-germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor, for example. The heterojunction bipolar trans...
11/20/2007
7297993Bipolar transistor and fabrication method of the same
A bipolar transistor having a base electrode of an air bridge structure is simplified in structure and enhanced in the degree of freedom of a contact position of a base wiring line with the base electrode. The bipolar transistor has a semiconductor mesa portion havi...
11/20/2007
7268376Bipolar transistor for increasing signal transfer efficiency and method of manufacturing the same
A bipolar transistor having a base semiconductor layer structure to minimize base parasitic resistance and a method of manufacturing the bipolar transistor are provided. In the provided bipolar transistor, a collector region of a second conductivity type, which is d...
09/11/2007
7235822Transistor with silicon and carbon layer in the channel region
A transistor and method of manufacturing thereof having stressed material layers formed in the channel to increase the speed and improve performance of the transistor. A layer of silicon and carbon is epitaxially grown in the channel region. A thin semiconductor mat...
06/26/2007
7224005Heterojunction bipolar transistor structure
A material made by arranging layers of gallium-arsenide-antimonide (GaAsxSb1-x, 0.0≦x≦1.0) and/or indium-gallium-arsenic-nitride (InyGa1-yAszN1-z, 0.0≦y, z≦1.0) in a specific order is used to ...
05/29/2007
7202136Silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor with carbon incorporation
A silicon germanium heterojunction bipolar transistor device and method comprises a semiconductor region, and a diffusion region in the semiconductor region, wherein the diffusion region is boron-doped, wherein the semiconductor region comprises a carbon dopant ther...
04/10/2007
7190047Transistors and methods for making the same
Apparatus comprising: a first compound semiconductor composition layer doped to have a first charge carrier polarity; a second compound semiconductor composition layer doped to have a second charge carrier polarity and located on the first layer; a third compound se...
03/13/2007
7144787Methods to improve the SiGe heterojunction bipolar device performance
Methods of boosting the performance of bipolar transistor, especially SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors, is provided together with the structure that is formed by the inventive methods. The methods include providing a species-rich dopant region comprising C, a...
12/05/2006
7132701Contact method for thin silicon carbide epitaxial layer and semiconductor devices formed by those methods
Provided is a process for forming a contact for a compound semiconductor device without electrically shorting the device. In one embodiment, a highly doped compound semiconductor material is electrically connected to a compound semiconductor material of the same con...
11/07/2006
7129530Semiconductor device
A high capacity semiconductor device having a narrowed emitter layer. The semiconductor device includes a collector layer formed on a semiconductor substrate. An SiGe alloy layer is formed on the collector layer. A silicon film is formed on the SiGe layer. An emitte...
10/31/2006
7115918Collector layer structure for a double hetero-junction bipolar transistor for power amplification applications
An indium phosphide based double hetero-junction bipolar transistor with an increased collector-base breakdown voltage and a reduced operational knee voltage is provided by manipulating the conductivity in the collector region. The collector is formed using layers o...
10/03/2006
6563146Lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor and method of fabricating the same
A lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor comprises a first semiconductor layer in a mesa configuration disposed on an insulating layer, a second semiconductor layer formed by epitaxial growth on the side surfaces of the first semiconductor layer and ha...
05/13/2003
6436784Method of forming semiconductor structure
Semiconductor structures and a method of forming semiconductor structures The avalanche breakdown characteristics, such as breakdown voltage and impact ionisation coefficient, of a semiconductor structure can be controlled by controlling the Brilluin-zone...
08/20/2002
6376898Bipolar transistor layout with minimized area and improved heat dissipation
An inventive semiconductor integrated circuit device includes multiple transistor banks over a substrate. The banks are arranged to be substantially parallel to each other in a planar layout of the device. Each said bank includes a plurality of unit trans...
04/23/2002
6326650Method of forming a semiconductor structure
Semiconductor structures and a method of forming semiconductor structures The avalanche breakdown characteristics, such as breakdown voltage and impact ionisation coefficient, of a semiconductor structure can be controlled by controlling the Brillouin-zon...
12/04/2001
6246104Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
An Si semiconductor device has an emitter region, a base region and a collector region formed on a substrate substantially in parallel to a plane of the substrate. And at least one of the emitter region the base region and the collector region includes an...
06/12/2001
5734183Heterojunction bipolar transistor structure
A semiconductor device is provided with an emitter area and a collector area of a first conductive type and a base area of a second conductive type, arranged in a horizontal structure. The semiconductor device comprises an area constituting at least a par...
03/31/1998
5621222Superlattice semiconductor device
A superlattice semiconductor device comprises superlattice layers (4a, 4a', 5a) stacked on the whole surface of a trench (20) formed in a semiconductor substrate or on the whole surface of a projection (30) extending from a surface of the semiconductor su...
04/15/1997
5422502Lateral bipolar transistor
A lateral bipolar transistor is provided in which the active base region comprises a layer of a material providing a predetermined valence band offset relative to the emitter and collector regions, to enhance transport of carriers from the emitter to the ...
06/06/1995
5412231Semiconductor device having organically doped structure
Mobility includes a semiconductor substrate, a non-doped layer applied on the semiconductor substrate, an electron supply layer applied on the non-doped layer, and a metal gate layer applied on the electron supply layer. The said electron supply layer has...
05/02/1995
5387808Heterojunction bipolar transistors with sloped regions
The present invention is directed toward a heterojunction bipolar transistor integrated circuit in which the collector layers of two heterojunction bipolar transistors are provided on a semi-insulating substrate. The collector layers have at least one sur...
02/07/1995
5362657Lateral complementary heterojunction bipolar transistor and processing procedure
A method of fabricating a heterojunction bipolar transistor and the transistor by providing a substrate of a group III-V semiconductor material, doping a first selected region at a surface of the substrate a predetermined first conductivity type, concurre...
11/08/1994
5352912Graded bandgap single-crystal emitter heterojunction bipolar transistor
A heterojunction bipolar transistor having a single-crystal emitter with reduced charge storage and acceptable current gain is described herein. The heterojunction transistor comprises a collector region, a base region formed on the collector region, and ...
10/04/1994
5329144Heterojunction bipolar transistor with a specific graded base structure
The disclosed novel heterojunction bipolar transistor, to be referred to as the enhanced diffusion transistor (EDT), comprises a base of composition selected such that the base bandgap narrows from emitter towards collector in substantially step-wise fash...
07/12/1994
5164797Lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (LHBT) and suitability thereof as a hetero transverse junction (HTJ) laser
A lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (LHBT) comprises emitter and/or collector regions forming a p-n heterojunctions at the emitter/base junction and at the collector/base junction with a planar base region wherein at least the emitter region is fo...
11/17/1992
5153890Semiconductor device comprising a layered structure grown on a structured substrate
A semiconductor device such as a laser diode grown on a structured substrate surface having horizontal regions and adjacent inclined sidewall surfaces. The horizontal regions are of standard orientation while the inclined surfaces are misoriented. The lay...
10/06/1992
5102812Method of making a lateral bipolar heterojunction structure
A method of fabricating a lateral bipolar heterojunction transistor and the transistor itself. In a first embodiment a first semiconductor layer of, for instance, InGaAsP is epitaxially grown on an insulating substrate with the subsequent selective area e...
04/07/1992
4987468Lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (LHBT) and suitability thereof as a hetero transverse junction (HTJ) laser
A lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (LHBT) comprises emitter and/or collector regions forming a p-n heterojunctions at the emitter/base junction and at the collector/base junction with a planar base region wherein at least the emitter region is fo...
01/22/1991
4975750Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device having a sandwich construction formed by causing a semiconductor region and an opposed region to face each other across a thin film which is made of a substance having a wider forbidden band gap than that of the semiconductor region...
12/04/1990
4737831Semiconductor device with self-aligned gate structure and manufacturing process thereof
A semiconductor device having a new structure of source and drain regions. A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, an impurity region of a second conductivity type formed on the semi...
04/12/1988
 
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