Patent ID: 8232603

Claim:
A gated diode structure comprising: a semiconductor substrate including at least two comparatively lightly doped regions of a first polarity, wherein each of the at least two comparatively lightly doped regions is present between and laterally separating a comparatively heavily doped region of the first polarity from a comparatively heavily doped region of a second polarity different than the first polarity, wherein said each of the at least two comparatively lightly doped regions is in direct contact with said comparatively heavily doped region of said first polarity and said comparatively heavily doped region of said second polarity, wherein the comparatively heavily doped region of the second polarity is present between the at least two comparatively lightly doped regions; a gate located above each of the at least two comparatively lightly doped regions of the first polarity; and a relaxed liner located conformally covering the gate and the semiconductor substrate.