DE1539644B1 - Thyristor mit einer Halbleiterscheibe mit vier schichtfoermigen Zonen - Google Patents

Thyristor mit einer Halbleiterscheibe mit vier schichtfoermigen Zonen

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DE1539644B1
DE1539644B1 DE19661539644 DE1539644A DE1539644B1 DE 1539644 B1 DE1539644 B1 DE 1539644B1 DE 19661539644 DE19661539644 DE 19661539644 DE 1539644 A DE1539644 A DE 1539644A DE 1539644 B1 DE1539644 B1 DE 1539644B1
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Edouard Dipl-Ing Eugster
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BBC Brown Boveri AG Switzerland
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    • 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
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    • H01L29/10Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor characterised by their shape; characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions ; characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities within semiconductor regions with semiconductor regions connected to an electrode not carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched and such electrode being part of a semiconductor device which comprises three or more electrodes
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    • 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
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    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/86Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable only by variation of the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to one or more of the electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
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  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
DE19661539644 1966-04-22 1966-05-13 Thyristor mit einer Halbleiterscheibe mit vier schichtfoermigen Zonen Withdrawn DE1539644B1 (de)

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CH589466A CH436494A (de) 1966-04-22 1966-04-22 Steuerbares Halbleiterventil

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DE1539644B1 true DE1539644B1 (de) 1970-07-02

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DE6607598U Expired DE6607598U (de) 1966-04-22 1966-05-13 Steuerbares halbleiterventil.

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US (1) US3432733A (nl)
CH (1) CH436494A (nl)
DE (2) DE1539644B1 (nl)
GB (1) GB1106637A (nl)
NL (1) NL154624B (nl)
SE (1) SE325645B (nl)

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DE2300754A1 (de) * 1973-01-08 1974-07-11 Siemens Ag Thyristor
FR2374742A1 (fr) * 1976-12-20 1978-07-13 Radiotechnique Compelec Transistor multicouche pour tensions elevees et son procede de fabrication

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FR84004E (fr) * 1961-05-09 1964-11-13 Siemens Ag Dispositif semi-conducteur
US3277352A (en) * 1963-03-14 1966-10-04 Itt Four layer semiconductor device
US3337783A (en) * 1964-01-16 1967-08-22 Westinghouse Electric Corp Shorted emitter controlled rectifier with improved turn-off gain
US3343048A (en) * 1964-02-20 1967-09-19 Westinghouse Electric Corp Four layer semiconductor switching devices having a shorted emitter and method of making the same
US3337782A (en) * 1964-04-01 1967-08-22 Westinghouse Electric Corp Semiconductor controlled rectifier having a shorted emitter at a plurality of points

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US3432733A (en) 1969-03-11
CH436494A (de) 1967-05-31
NL154624B (nl) 1977-09-15
GB1106637A (en) 1968-03-20
DE6607598U (de) 1971-03-25
NL6702749A (nl) 1967-10-23
SE325645B (nl) 1970-07-06

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