CA1237170A - A.c. solid state relay circuit and thyristor structure - Google Patents

A.c. solid state relay circuit and thyristor structure

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CA1237170A
CA1237170A CA000443824A CA443824A CA1237170A CA 1237170 A CA1237170 A CA 1237170A CA 000443824 A CA000443824 A CA 000443824A CA 443824 A CA443824 A CA 443824A CA 1237170 A CA1237170 A CA 1237170A
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anode
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solid state
thyristor
thyristors
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French (fr)
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Thomas Herman
Oliver Williams
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Infineon Technologies Americas Corp
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International Rectifier Corp USA
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    • H03K17/28—Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching
    • H03K17/292—Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching in thyristor, unijunction transistor or programmable unijunction transistor switches
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
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    • H03K17/08—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage
    • H03K17/082—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit
    • H03K17/0824—Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit in thyristor switches
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    • H03K17/13—Modifications for switching at zero crossing
    • H03K17/136—Modifications for switching at zero crossing in thyristor switches
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    • H03K17/79—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled controlling bipolar semiconductor switches with more than two PN-junctions, or more than three electrodes, or more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F30/00—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors
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    • H01L2224/481—Disposition
    • H01L2224/48135—Connecting between different semiconductor or solid-state bodies, i.e. chip-to-chip
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    • H01L2924/13—Discrete devices, e.g. 3 terminal devices
    • H01L2924/1301—Thyristor
    • H01L2924/13033—TRIAC - Triode for Alternating Current - A bidirectional switching device containing two thyristor structures with common gate contact
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  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
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  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Facsimile Scanning Arrangements (AREA)
CA000443824A 1982-12-21 1983-12-20 A.c. solid state relay circuit and thyristor structure Expired CA1237170A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA000514913A CA1234420A (en) 1982-12-21 1986-07-29 A.c. solid state relay circuit and thyristor structure

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US06/451,792 US4535251A (en) 1982-12-21 1982-12-21 A.C. Solid state relay circuit and structure
US451,792 1982-12-21
US55502583A 1983-11-25 1983-11-25
US555,025 1983-11-25

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BR (1) BR8307043A (cs)
CA (1) CA1237170A (cs)
CH (1) CH664861A5 (cs)
DE (1) DE3345449A1 (cs)
FR (1) FR2538170B1 (cs)
GB (2) GB2133641B (cs)
IL (1) IL70462A (cs)
IT (1) IT1194526B (cs)
MX (2) MX155562A (cs)
NL (1) NL8304376A (cs)
SE (1) SE8306952L (cs)

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IT1194526B (it) 1988-09-22
IL70462A0 (en) 1984-03-30
SE8306952L (sv) 1984-06-22
DE3345449C2 (cs) 1989-08-17
SE8306952D0 (sv) 1983-12-15
MX155562A (es) 1988-03-25
GB2133641A (en) 1984-07-25
FR2538170B1 (fr) 1988-05-27
BR8307043A (pt) 1984-07-31
GB8333998D0 (en) 1984-02-01
IL70462A (en) 1987-09-16
GB2133641B (en) 1986-10-22
CH664861A5 (de) 1988-03-31
GB2174242B (en) 1987-06-10
MX160049A (es) 1989-11-13
DE3345449A1 (de) 1984-07-12
IT8324285A1 (it) 1985-06-20
FR2538170A1 (fr) 1984-06-22
GB2174242A (en) 1986-10-29
NL8304376A (nl) 1984-07-16
IT8324285A0 (it) 1983-12-20
KR840007203A (ko) 1984-12-05
KR900004197B1 (ko) 1990-06-18

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