CA1145060A - Thyristor having improved switching behavior - Google Patents

Thyristor having improved switching behavior

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CA1145060A
CA1145060A CA000364265A CA364265A CA1145060A CA 1145060 A CA1145060 A CA 1145060A CA 000364265 A CA000364265 A CA 000364265A CA 364265 A CA364265 A CA 364265A CA 1145060 A CA1145060 A CA 1145060A
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semiconductor
emitter
contacting
electrode
layer
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French (fr)
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Hubert Patalong
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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
    • H10D84/00—Integrated devices formed in or on semiconductor substrates that comprise only semiconducting layers, e.g. on Si wafers or on GaAs-on-Si wafers
    • H10D84/101—Integrated devices comprising main components and built-in components, e.g. IGBT having built-in freewheel diode
    • H10D84/131—Thyristors having built-in components
    • H10D84/138—Thyristors having built-in components the built-in components being FETs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D18/00—Thyristors
    • H10D18/60—Gate-turn-off devices 
    • H10D18/65—Gate-turn-off devices  with turn-off by field effect 
    • H10D18/655—Gate-turn-off devices  with turn-off by field effect  produced by insulated gate structures

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CA000364265A 1979-11-09 1980-11-07 Thyristor having improved switching behavior Expired CA1145060A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE19792945324 DE2945324A1 (de) 1979-11-09 1979-11-09 Thyristor mit verbessertem schaltverhalten
DEP2945324.5 1979-11-09

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CA1145060A true CA1145060A (en) 1983-04-19

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EP (1) EP0028797B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JPS609669B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
BR (1) BR8007248A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1145060A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE2945324A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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DE3018468A1 (de) * 1980-05-14 1981-11-19 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit steuerbaren emitterkurzschluessen und verfahren zu seinem betrieb
DE3118365A1 (de) * 1981-05-08 1982-11-25 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit in den emitter eingefuegten steuerbaren emitter-kurzschlusspfaden
DE3118293A1 (de) * 1981-05-08 1982-12-02 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit verbessertem schaltverhalten und verfahren zu seinem betrieb
DE3118347A1 (de) * 1981-05-08 1982-11-25 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit gategesteuerten mis-fet-strukturen des verarmungstyps und verfahren zu seinem betrieb
DE3118305A1 (de) * 1981-05-08 1982-12-02 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit verbessertem schaltverhalten sowie verfahren zu seinem betrieb
DE3138762A1 (de) * 1981-09-29 1983-04-14 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit steuerbaren emitter-kurzschluessen und zuendverstaerkung
IE56341B1 (en) * 1981-12-16 1991-07-03 Gen Electric Multicellular thyristor
CA1201214A (en) * 1982-02-03 1986-02-25 General Electric Company Semiconductor device having turn-on and turn-off capabilities
DE3230760A1 (de) * 1982-08-18 1984-02-23 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Abschaltbarer thyristor
JPS5961962A (ja) * 1982-09-30 1984-04-09 Matsushita Electric Works Ltd 絶縁ゲ−ト型サイリスタ
EP0107773B1 (en) * 1982-10-04 1987-03-11 General Electric Company Thyristor with turn-off capability
EP0106147A1 (en) * 1982-10-04 1984-04-25 General Electric Company Thyristor with turn-off capability
DE3379302D1 (en) * 1982-12-13 1989-04-06 Gen Electric Lateral insulated-gate rectifier structures
DE3447220A1 (de) * 1983-12-30 1985-07-11 General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. Thyristor mit abschaltvermoegen mit verbessertem emitter-bereich und verfahren zu seiner herstellung
JPS6188563A (ja) * 1984-10-08 1986-05-06 Toshiba Corp 半導体スイツチ
JPS624368A (ja) * 1985-06-28 1987-01-10 シ−メンス、アクチエンゲゼルシヤフト サイリスタ
US4760432A (en) * 1985-11-04 1988-07-26 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Thyristor having controllable emitter-base shorts
US4717940A (en) * 1986-03-11 1988-01-05 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba MIS controlled gate turn-off thyristor
CH670528A5 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) * 1986-03-20 1989-06-15 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie
GB2190539A (en) * 1986-05-16 1987-11-18 Philips Electronic Associated Semiconductor devices
US4821083A (en) * 1986-09-30 1989-04-11 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Thyristor drive system
US5132767A (en) * 1986-09-30 1992-07-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Double gate GTO thyristor
JPH0821713B2 (ja) * 1987-02-26 1996-03-04 株式会社東芝 導電変調型ｍｏｓｆｅｔ
TW399774U (en) * 1989-07-03 2000-07-21 Gen Electric FET, IGBT and MCT structures to enhance operating characteristics
JP2501236B2 (ja) * 1989-07-26 1996-05-29 日産自動車株式会社 タ―ンオフゲ―ト付きサイリスタ
EP0507974B1 (de) * 1991-04-11 1995-12-20 Asea Brown Boveri Ag Abschaltbares, MOS-gesteuertes Leistungshalbleiter-Bauelement
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SE392783B (sv) * 1975-06-19 1977-04-18 Asea Ab Halvledaranordning innefattande en tyristor och en felteffekttransistordel

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5014102A (en) * 1982-04-01 1991-05-07 General Electric Company MOSFET-gated bipolar transistors and thyristors with both turn-on and turn-off capability having single-polarity gate input signal

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EP0028797A2 (de) 1981-05-20
JPS5683067A (en) 1981-07-07
EP0028797B1 (de) 1983-02-16
BR8007248A (pt) 1981-05-19
EP0028797A3 (en) 1981-06-03
DE2945324A1 (de) 1981-05-21
JPS609669B2 (ja) 1985-03-12
DE2945324C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1990-05-31

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