CA985749A - Light-activated lateral thyristor and ac switch - Google Patents

Light-activated lateral thyristor and ac switch

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Publication number
CA985749A
CA985749A CA188,145A CA188145A CA985749A CA 985749 A CA985749 A CA 985749A CA 188145 A CA188145 A CA 188145A CA 985749 A CA985749 A CA 985749A
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switch
light
lateral thyristor
activated lateral
activated
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CA188,145A
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John S. Roberts
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/02—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers
    • H01L27/04—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body
    • H01L27/08—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components specially adapted for rectifying, oscillating, amplifying or switching and having potential barriers; including integrated passive circuit elements having potential barriers the substrate being a semiconductor body including only semiconductor components of a single kind
    • H01L27/0817—Thyristors only
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor 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
    • H01L29/66—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68—Types 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
    • H01L29/70—Bipolar devices
    • H01L29/74—Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action
    • H01L29/747—Bidirectional devices, e.g. triacs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/08—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors
    • H01L31/10—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors characterised by potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H01L31/101—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H01L31/111—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by at least three potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors
    • H01L31/1113—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by at least three potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors the device being a photothyristor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
CA188,145A 1973-01-11 1973-12-13 Light-activated lateral thyristor and ac switch Expired CA985749A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US00322831A US3832732A (en) 1973-01-11 1973-01-11 Light-activated lateral thyristor and ac switch

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CA985749A true CA985749A (en) 1976-03-16

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US (1) US3832732A (xx)
JP (1) JPS49108984A (xx)
BE (1) BE809630A (xx)
CA (1) CA985749A (xx)
DE (1) DE2400711A1 (xx)
FR (1) FR2325187A1 (xx)
GB (1) GB1414840A (xx)
IN (1) IN139493B (xx)
IT (1) IT1005491B (xx)
NL (1) NL7317559A (xx)
SE (1) SE405910B (xx)

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IN139493B (xx) 1976-06-26
NL7317559A (xx) 1974-07-15
SE405910B (sv) 1979-01-08
DE2400711A1 (de) 1974-07-18
US3832732A (en) 1974-08-27
FR2325187A1 (fr) 1977-04-15
BE809630A (fr) 1974-07-11
JPS49108984A (xx) 1974-10-16
GB1414840A (en) 1975-11-19
IT1005491B (it) 1976-08-20
FR2325187B1 (xx) 1978-03-10

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