Patent ID: 9716202
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H01L,Y02E

Claim:
1. An optically-activated semiconductor switch device comprising: a semiconductor material comprising nitride; a conductive contact engaged to and traversing the semiconductor material; a plurality of grounding electrodes engaged to the semiconductor material, wherein the conductive contact is disposed between the plurality of grounding electrodes, and a portion of the semiconductor material separates each of the grounding electrodes from the conductive contact; wherein, in an off-state, a majority of an incident signal received at the conductive contact is transmitted through the conductive contact; and, wherein, in an on-state when the semiconductor material is contacted with an optical signal, a majority of the incident signal received at the conductive contact is shunted to at least one grounding electrode of the plurality of grounding electrodes, reflected back to an input of the incident signal, or both.