CA1021446A - Light-activated thyristor utilizing surface depletion layer - Google Patents

Light-activated thyristor utilizing surface depletion layer

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Publication number
CA1021446A
CA1021446A CA218,154A CA218154A CA1021446A CA 1021446 A CA1021446 A CA 1021446A CA 218154 A CA218154 A CA 218154A CA 1021446 A CA1021446 A CA 1021446A
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light
depletion layer
utilizing surface
surface depletion
activated thyristor
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Roland Sittig
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BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
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BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/08—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors
    • H01L31/10—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors characterised by potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H01L31/101—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H01L31/111—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by at least three potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors
    • H01L31/1113—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by at least three potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors the device being a photothyristor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
CA218,154A 1974-01-18 1975-01-16 Light-activated thyristor utilizing surface depletion layer Expired CA1021446A (en)

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CH68074A CH567803A5 (it) 1974-01-18 1974-01-18

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CA1021446A true CA1021446A (en) 1977-11-22

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US (1) US3987476A (it)
JP (1) JPS584464B2 (it)
CA (1) CA1021446A (it)
CH (1) CH567803A5 (it)
DE (1) DE2408079C2 (it)
SE (1) SE405660B (it)

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DE2408079A1 (de) 1975-07-24
DE2408079C2 (de) 1987-04-23
CH567803A5 (it) 1975-10-15
SE405660B (sv) 1978-12-18
JPS50104877A (it) 1975-08-19
SE7500420L (it) 1975-07-21
JPS584464B2 (ja) 1983-01-26
US3987476A (en) 1976-10-19

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