CA1087756A - High voltage thyristor - Google Patents

High voltage thyristor

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Publication number
CA1087756A
CA1087756A CA281,590A CA281590A CA1087756A CA 1087756 A CA1087756 A CA 1087756A CA 281590 A CA281590 A CA 281590A CA 1087756 A CA1087756 A CA 1087756A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Philip L. Hower
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L29/40Electrodes ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/402Field plates
    • H01L29/405Resistive arrangements, e.g. resistive or semi-insulating field plates
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/70Bipolar devices
    • H01L29/74Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/70Bipolar devices
    • H01L29/74Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action
    • H01L29/7404Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action structurally associated with at least one other device
    • H01L29/7408Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action structurally associated with at least one other device the device being a capacitor or a resistor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
CA281,590A 1976-07-19 1977-06-28 High voltage thyristor Expired CA1087756A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US70635576A 1976-07-19 1976-07-19
US706,355 1976-07-19

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CA1087756A true CA1087756A (en) 1980-10-14

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JP (1) JPS5311586A (sv)
AU (1) AU514314B2 (sv)
BE (1) BE856827A (sv)
CA (1) CA1087756A (sv)
DE (1) DE2732360A1 (sv)
FR (1) FR2393431A1 (sv)
GB (1) GB1585790A (sv)
IN (1) IN148931B (sv)
NL (1) NL7706586A (sv)
PL (1) PL113044B1 (sv)
SE (1) SE7708242L (sv)
ZA (1) ZA773577B (sv)

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US4595941A (en) * 1980-12-03 1986-06-17 Rca Corporation Protection circuit for integrated circuit devices
US10197999B2 (en) 2015-10-16 2019-02-05 Lemmings, Llc Robotic golf caddy

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DE1539877A1 (de) * 1965-11-19 1969-12-11 Itt Ind Gmbh Deutsche Schaltbares Halbleiterbauelement
US3432731A (en) * 1966-10-31 1969-03-11 Fairchild Camera Instr Co Planar high voltage four layer structures
NL7114864A (sv) * 1970-10-30 1972-05-03
JPS541431B2 (sv) * 1973-12-26 1979-01-24

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PL199746A1 (pl) 1978-03-28
BE856827A (fr) 1978-01-16
PL113044B1 (en) 1980-11-29
SE7708242L (sv) 1978-01-20
GB1585790A (en) 1981-03-11
NL7706586A (nl) 1978-01-23
ZA773577B (en) 1978-05-30
FR2393431A1 (fr) 1978-12-29
IN148931B (sv) 1981-07-25
DE2732360A1 (de) 1978-01-26
AU2627377A (en) 1979-01-04
JPS5311586A (en) 1978-02-02
AU514314B2 (en) 1981-02-05

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