CA1149969A - Thyristor - Google Patents

Thyristor

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Publication number
CA1149969A
CA1149969A CA000346666A CA346666A CA1149969A CA 1149969 A CA1149969 A CA 1149969A CA 000346666 A CA000346666 A CA 000346666A CA 346666 A CA346666 A CA 346666A CA 1149969 A CA1149969 A CA 1149969A
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Prior art keywords
layer
auxiliary
thyristor
main
electrode
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Expired
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CA000346666A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Peter Voss
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Siemens AG
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Siemens AG
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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
    • H01L29/41Electrodes ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions
    • H01L29/417Electrodes ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/41716Cathode or anode electrodes for thyristors
    • 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
    • H01L29/7428Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action having an amplifying gate structure, e.g. cascade (Darlington) configuration

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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)
CA000346666A 1979-02-28 1980-02-28 Thyristor Expired CA1149969A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DEP2907732.5 1979-02-28
DE19792907732 DE2907732A1 (de) 1979-02-28 1979-02-28 Thyristor

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CA1149969A true CA1149969A (en) 1983-07-12

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JP (1) JPS6035833B2 (ja)
CA (1) CA1149969A (ja)
DE (1) DE2907732A1 (ja)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPH05160391A (ja) * 1991-12-02 1993-06-25 Sankooshiya:Kk サージ防護デバイスの保持電流制御方法

Family Cites Families (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
SE337064B (ja) * 1966-10-12 1971-07-26 Asea Ab
DE2407696C3 (de) * 1974-02-18 1979-02-01 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Thyristor
US4012761A (en) * 1976-04-19 1977-03-15 General Electric Company Self-protected semiconductor device

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DE2907732A1 (de) 1980-09-04
JPS55130166A (en) 1980-10-08
JPS6035833B2 (ja) 1985-08-16

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