Reverse-conducting semiconductor device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9000480
APP PUB NO 20130228823A1
SERIAL NO

13861074

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A reverse-conducting semiconductor device (RC-IGBT) including a freewheeling diode and an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT), and a method for making the RC-IGBT are provided. A first layer of a first conductivity type is created on a collector side before a second layer of a second conductivity type is created on the collector side. An electrical contact in direct electrical contact with the first and second layers is created on the collector side. A shadow mask is applied on the collector side, and a third layer of the first conductivity type is created through the shadow mask. At least one electrically conductive island, which is part of a second electrical contact in the finalized RC-IGBT, is created through the shadow mask. The island is used as a mask for creating the second layer, and those parts of the third layer which are covered by the island form the second layer.

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  • ABB SCHWEIZ AG;ABB TECHNOLOGY AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Faggiano, Eustachio Wohlen, CH 2 9
Janisch, Wolfgang Unterkulm, CH 7 30
Rahimo, Munaf Uezwil, CH 76 223

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