Patent ID: 9406661
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A circuit comprising: a vertical conduction gallium nitride-based Schottky diode, the Schottky diode having an anode electrode formed on a front side of a nitride-based semiconductor body and a cathode electrode formed on a backside of the nitride-based semiconductor body, the vertical conduction gallium nitride-based Schottky diode comprising: a vertical conduction silicon based PN junction diode, the PN junction diode having an anode electrode electrically connected to the anode electrode of the Schottky diode and a cathode electrode electrically connected to the cathode electrode of the Schottky diode, wherein the Schottky diode and the PN junction diode are packaged in the same semiconductor package and the PN junction diode does not conduct in response to the Schottky diode being forward biased.