Patent ID: 11923442
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. An integrated circuit, comprising:
a collector region having a first conductivity type over a semiconductor substrate;
a base region having a different second conductivity type over the collector region;
an emitter strip within the base region, the emitter strip having opposing short sides having a first width and opposing long sides, the emitter strip having the first conductivity type and a first majority carrier concentration;
a dielectric layer that conformally extends along a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, a sidewall of the base region and a top surface of the emitter strip; and
a plurality of segmented emitter contacts having the first conductivity type arranged in a single column within the emitter strip, the segmented emitter contacts having a greater second majority carrier concentration and being spaced apart along a length of the emitter strip.