CA1085963A - Tailoring of recovery charge in power diodes and thyristors by irradiation - Google Patents

Tailoring of recovery charge in power diodes and thyristors by irradiation

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CA1085963A
CA1085963A CA276,540A CA276540A CA1085963A CA 1085963 A CA1085963 A CA 1085963A CA 276540 A CA276540 A CA 276540A CA 1085963 A CA1085963 A CA 1085963A
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recovery charge
thyristor
diode
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Krishan S. Tarneja
John Bartko
Joseph E. Johnson
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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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
    • H10D62/50—Physical imperfections
    • H10D62/53—Physical imperfections the imperfections being within the semiconductor body 
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/04—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer
    • H01L21/18—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
    • H01L21/26—Bombardment with radiation
    • H01L21/263—Bombardment with radiation with high-energy radiation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D8/00—Diodes

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  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Testing Or Measuring Of Semiconductors Or The Like (AREA)
CA276,540A 1976-05-17 1977-04-20 Tailoring of recovery charge in power diodes and thyristors by irradiation Expired CA1085963A (en)

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US687,278 1976-05-17
US05/687,278 US4075037A (en) 1976-05-17 1976-05-17 Tailoring of recovery charge in power diodes and thyristors by irradiation

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US (1) US4075037A (enEXAMPLES)
JP (1) JPS5448487A (enEXAMPLES)
BE (1) BE853880A (enEXAMPLES)
BR (1) BR7702975A (enEXAMPLES)
CA (1) CA1085963A (enEXAMPLES)
DE (1) DE2721912A1 (enEXAMPLES)
FR (1) FR2361743A1 (enEXAMPLES)
GB (1) GB1578258A (enEXAMPLES)
IN (1) IN147814B (enEXAMPLES)

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US4230791A (en) * 1979-04-02 1980-10-28 General Electric Company Control of valley current in a unijunction transistor by electron irradiation
IN152079B (enEXAMPLES) * 1980-01-09 1983-10-08 Westinghouse Electric Corp
US4311534A (en) * 1980-06-27 1982-01-19 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Reducing the reverse recovery charge of thyristors by nuclear irradiation
IN153170B (enEXAMPLES) * 1980-07-24 1984-06-09 Westinghouse Electric Corp
IE54111B1 (en) * 1982-03-11 1989-06-21 Westinghouse Electric Corp Laser treatment of thyristor to provide overvoltage self-protection
US6107106A (en) * 1998-02-05 2000-08-22 Sony Corporation Localized control of integrated circuit parameters using focus ion beam irradiation
JP5710597B2 (ja) 2009-04-28 2015-04-30 キユーデイー・ビジヨン・インコーポレーテツド 光学材料、光学部品および方法

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US3809582A (en) * 1973-03-08 1974-05-07 Westinghouse Electric Corp Irradiation for fast recovery of high power junction diodes
US3933527A (en) * 1973-03-09 1976-01-20 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Fine tuning power diodes with irradiation
US4056408A (en) * 1976-03-17 1977-11-01 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Reducing the switching time of semiconductor devices by nuclear irradiation

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DE2721912A1 (de) 1977-12-01
GB1578258A (en) 1980-11-05
BE853880A (fr) 1977-10-24
JPS5741107B2 (enEXAMPLES) 1982-09-01
JPS5448487A (en) 1979-04-17
BR7702975A (pt) 1978-04-04
US4075037A (en) 1978-02-21
FR2361743A1 (fr) 1978-03-10
FR2361743B1 (enEXAMPLES) 1984-08-10
IN147814B (enEXAMPLES) 1980-07-05

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