Patent ID: 7982239
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An integrated semiconductor device comprising: a first Vertical Junction Field Effect Transistor (VJFET) having a source, and a pair of gates disposed on each side of the first VJFET source; a second VJFET transistor having a source, and a pair of gates disposed on each side of the second VJFET source, wherein at least one gate of the first VJFET is separated from at least one gate of the second VJFET by a channel; a Junction Barrier Schottky (JBS) diode positioned between the first and second VJFETs, wherein the JBS diode comprises a metal contact that forms a rectifying contact between the JBS diode and the channel and a non-rectifying contact between the JBS diode and at least one gate of the first and second VJFETs, and wherein the metal contact is an anode of the JBS diode; a first electrical connection, wherein the first electrical connection ties the gates of the first VJFET, the gates of the second VJFET, and the anode of the JBS diode to a common gate electrode; and a second electrical connection, wherein the second electrical connection ties the source of the first VJFET and the source of the second VJFET to a common source electrode.