ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,742, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SCDevice LLC (Portland, Ore.).
"Vertical diode configurations for radiation-environment applications" was invented by Sudarsan Uppili (Portland, Ore.), Scott Joseph Alberhasky (Hillsboro, Ore.) and David Lee Snyder (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vertical diodes are disclosed herein for radiation-environment applications. The diodes can be junction barrier Schottky (JBS) diodes. A disclosed vertical diode includes a first region with a first conductivity type, fingers with a second conductivity type and located in a top portion of the first region, at least one tap region with the...