CA1163728A - Thyristor having controllable emitter short circuits and a method for its operation - Google Patents

Thyristor having controllable emitter short circuits and a method for its operation

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CA1163728A
CA1163728A CA000377463A CA377463A CA1163728A CA 1163728 A CA1163728 A CA 1163728A CA 000377463 A CA000377463 A CA 000377463A CA 377463 A CA377463 A CA 377463A CA 1163728 A CA1163728 A CA 1163728A
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emitter
base
thyristor
electrode
boundary surface
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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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    • 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
    • H01L29/744Gate-turn-off devices
    • H01L29/745Gate-turn-off devices with turn-off by field effect
    • H01L29/7455Gate-turn-off devices with turn-off by field effect produced by an insulated gate structure
    • 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
    • H01L29/423Electrodes ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/42308Gate 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
    • H01L29/7404Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action structurally associated with at least one other device
    • H01L29/742Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action structurally associated with at least one other device the device being a field effect transistor

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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)
CA000377463A 1980-05-14 1981-05-13 Thyristor having controllable emitter short circuits and a method for its operation Expired CA1163728A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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DE19803018468 DE3018468A1 (de) 1980-05-14 1980-05-14 Thyristor mit steuerbaren emitterkurzschluessen und verfahren zu seinem betrieb
DEP3018468.0 1980-05-14

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CA1163728A true CA1163728A (en) 1984-03-13

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US (1) US4454527A (US07943777-20110517-C00090.png)
EP (1) EP0039943B1 (US07943777-20110517-C00090.png)
JP (1) JPS577160A (US07943777-20110517-C00090.png)
CA (1) CA1163728A (US07943777-20110517-C00090.png)
DE (1) DE3018468A1 (US07943777-20110517-C00090.png)

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DE2945366A1 (de) * 1979-11-09 1981-05-14 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit steuerbaren emitter-kurzschluessen
DE2945347A1 (de) * 1979-11-09 1981-05-21 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit hilfsemitterelektrode und verfahren zu seinem betrieb
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DE3018468C2 (US07943777-20110517-C00090.png) 1989-05-18
EP0039943A1 (de) 1981-11-18
JPS577160A (en) 1982-01-14
JPS6150392B2 (US07943777-20110517-C00090.png) 1986-11-04
DE3018468A1 (de) 1981-11-19
EP0039943B1 (de) 1983-06-22
US4454527A (en) 1984-06-12

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