CA1038084A - Thyristor with shorted emitter - Google Patents

Thyristor with shorted emitter

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Publication number
CA1038084A
CA1038084A CA233,090A CA233090A CA1038084A CA 1038084 A CA1038084 A CA 1038084A CA 233090 A CA233090 A CA 233090A CA 1038084 A CA1038084 A CA 1038084A
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Prior art keywords
emitter
zone
shorts
thyristor
emitter zone
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CA233,090A
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French (fr)
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CA233090S (en
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Joachim Burtscher
Helmut Strack
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Siemens AG
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Siemens AG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/10—Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
    • H10D62/13—Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. source or drain regions
    • H10D62/141—Anode or cathode regions of thyristors; Collector or emitter regions of gated bipolar-mode devices, e.g. of IGBTs
    • H10D62/148—Cathode regions of thyristors

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  • Thyristors (AREA)
CA233,090A 1974-08-13 1975-08-08 Thyristor with shorted emitter Expired CA1038084A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE2438894A DE2438894C3 (de) 1974-08-13 1974-08-13 Thyristor mit Kurzschlußemitter

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CA1038084A true CA1038084A (en) 1978-09-05

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JP (1) JPS5530309B2 (oth)
CA (1) CA1038084A (oth)
DE (1) DE2438894C3 (oth)
FR (1) FR2282167A1 (oth)
GB (1) GB1479113A (oth)
SE (1) SE409260B (oth)

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE2945347A1 (de) * 1979-11-09 1981-05-21 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit hilfsemitterelektrode und verfahren zu seinem betrieb
DE3017584C2 (de) * 1980-05-08 1982-12-23 SEMIKRON Gesellschaft für Gleichrichterbau u. Elektronik mbH, 8500 Nürnberg Thyristor
DE3018499A1 (de) * 1980-05-14 1981-11-19 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Halbleiterbauelement
DE3112942A1 (de) * 1981-03-31 1982-10-07 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor und verfahren zu seinem betrieb
DE3917769A1 (de) * 1989-05-31 1990-12-06 Siemens Ag Thyristor mit emitter-nebenschluessen

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DE2438894B2 (de) 1978-06-22
DE2438894A1 (de) 1976-02-26
SE409260B (sv) 1979-08-06
DE2438894C3 (de) 1979-02-22
JPS5144482A (oth) 1976-04-16
SE7509089L (sv) 1976-02-16
FR2282167B1 (oth) 1980-07-18
JPS5530309B2 (oth) 1980-08-09
GB1479113A (en) 1977-07-06
FR2282167A1 (fr) 1976-03-12

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