CA1104726A - Thyristor fired by collapsing voltage - Google Patents

Thyristor fired by collapsing voltage

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Publication number
CA1104726A
CA1104726A CA287,988A CA287988A CA1104726A CA 1104726 A CA1104726 A CA 1104726A CA 287988 A CA287988 A CA 287988A CA 1104726 A CA1104726 A CA 1104726A
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region
thyristor
base region
emitter region
auxiliary
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Expired
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CA287,988A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Earl S. Schlegel
Maurice H. Hanes
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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
    • H01L29/66Types 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
    • H01L29/7424Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action having a built-in localised breakdown/breakover region, e.g. self-protected against destructive spontaneous, e.g. voltage breakover, firing
    • 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
    • H01L29/86Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable only by variation of the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to one or more of the electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched
    • H01L29/861Diodes
    • H01L29/87Thyristor diodes, e.g. Shockley diodes, break-over diodes

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Power Conversion In General (AREA)
  • Rectifiers (AREA)
CA287,988A 1976-10-29 1977-10-03 Thyristor fired by collapsing voltage Expired CA1104726A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US73679576A 1976-10-29 1976-10-29
US736,795 1985-05-22

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CA1104726A true CA1104726A (en) 1981-07-07

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JP (1) JPS5356979A (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
AU (1) AU516308B2 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
BE (1) BE859992A (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
BR (1) BR7707015A (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
CA (1) CA1104726A (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
DE (1) DE2748528A1 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
FR (1) FR2393432A1 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
GB (1) GB1592877A (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
HK (1) HK64384A (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
IN (1) IN148845B (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
PL (1) PL117693B1 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
SE (1) SE7712091L (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)
ZA (1) ZA775629B (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png)

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DE3000804A1 (de) * 1980-01-11 1981-07-16 SEMIKRON Gesellschaft für Gleichrichterbau u. Elektronik mbH, 8500 Nürnberg Thyristor mit kurzgeschlossenem emitter fuer kurze stromflussdauer
JPS5935689U (ja) * 1982-08-30 1984-03-06 株式会社東芝 冷凍サイクル装置

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US3573572A (en) * 1968-09-23 1971-04-06 Int Rectifier Corp Controlled rectifier having high rate-of-rise-of-current capability and low firing gate current
US3731162A (en) * 1969-09-25 1973-05-01 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Semiconductor switching device
FR2144581B1 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png) * 1971-07-06 1976-03-19 Silec Semi Conducteurs
DE2141627C3 (de) * 1971-08-19 1979-06-13 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Thyristor
US3914783A (en) * 1971-10-01 1975-10-21 Hitachi Ltd Multi-layer semiconductor device
DE2210386A1 (de) * 1972-03-03 1973-09-06 Siemens Ag Thyristor
GB1425651A (en) * 1972-04-03 1976-02-18 Motorola Inc Channel firing thyristor
DE2346256C3 (de) * 1973-09-13 1981-11-05 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor
JPS5413959B2 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png) * 1973-10-17 1979-06-04
JPS5927108B2 (ja) * 1975-02-07 1984-07-03 株式会社日立製作所 半導体制御整流装置

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BE859992A (fr) 1978-04-21
JPS5649459B2 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png) 1981-11-21
HK64384A (en) 1984-08-24
ZA775629B (en) 1978-08-30
DE2748528A1 (de) 1978-05-03
FR2393432B1 (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png) 1983-08-26
FR2393432A1 (fr) 1978-12-29
JPS5356979A (en) 1978-05-23
BR7707015A (pt) 1978-07-18
SE7712091L (sv) 1978-04-30
PL117693B1 (en) 1981-08-31
IN148845B (US20110009641A1-20110113-C00185.png) 1981-06-27
GB1592877A (en) 1981-07-08
AU2974177A (en) 1979-04-26
AU516308B2 (en) 1981-05-28
PL201799A1 (pl) 1978-05-08

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