DE2758616A1 - Halbleiterbauelement - Google Patents

Halbleiterbauelement

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Publication number
DE2758616A1
DE2758616A1 DE19772758616 DE2758616A DE2758616A1 DE 2758616 A1 DE2758616 A1 DE 2758616A1 DE 19772758616 DE19772758616 DE 19772758616 DE 2758616 A DE2758616 A DE 2758616A DE 2758616 A1 DE2758616 A1 DE 2758616A1
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Prior art keywords
zone
gate
anode
junction
cathode
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DE19772758616
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Jacques Mayer Assour
Theresa Irene Bates
John Robert Bender
John Manning Savidge Neilson
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RCA Corp
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RCA Corp
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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
    • H01L29/7404Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action structurally associated with at least one other device
    • H01L29/7408Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action structurally associated with at least one other device the device being a capacitor or a resistor
    • 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
    • H01L29/02Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/06Semiconductor 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
    • H01L29/08Semiconductor 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 carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched and such electrode being part of a semiconductor device which comprises three or more electrodes
    • H01L29/083Anode or cathode regions of thyristors or gated bipolar-mode devices
    • H01L29/0834Anode regions of thyristors or gated bipolar-mode devices, e.g. supplementary regions surrounding anode regions
    • 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
    • H01L29/7424Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action having a built-in localised breakdown/breakover region, e.g. self-protected against destructive spontaneous, e.g. voltage breakover, firing
    • 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
    • H01L29/747Bidirectional devices, e.g. triacs

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
DE19772758616 1977-01-07 1977-12-29 Halbleiterbauelement Withdrawn DE2758616A1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/757,554 US4292646A (en) 1977-01-07 1977-01-07 Semiconductor thyristor device having integral ballast means

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DE2758616A1 true DE2758616A1 (de) 1978-07-13

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US (1) US4292646A (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)
JP (1) JPS5387184A (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)
CA (1) CA1080858A (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)
DE (1) DE2758616A1 (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)
FR (1) FR2377096A1 (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)
GB (1) GB1562046A (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)
IT (1) IT1088746B (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)
SE (1) SE433276B (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png)

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US4577208A (en) * 1982-09-23 1986-03-18 Eaton Corporation Bidirectional power FET with integral avalanche protection
JPS60187058A (ja) * 1984-03-07 1985-09-24 Hitachi Ltd 半導体装置
EP0178582A3 (en) * 1984-10-15 1989-02-08 Hitachi, Ltd. Reverse blocking type semiconductor device
DE3902300C3 (de) * 1988-01-30 1995-02-09 Toshiba Kawasaki Kk Abschaltthyristor
JP2663679B2 (ja) * 1990-04-20 1997-10-15 富士電機株式会社 伝導度変調型mosfet
JP3211604B2 (ja) * 1995-02-03 2001-09-25 株式会社日立製作所 半導体装置
JP2002184952A (ja) * 2000-12-15 2002-06-28 Shindengen Electric Mfg Co Ltd 半導体装置、半導体装置の製造方法

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US3351826A (en) * 1963-02-05 1967-11-07 Leroy N Hermann Five-region, three electrode, symmetrical semiconductor device, with resistive means connecting certain regions
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
GB1073560A (en) * 1964-12-28 1967-06-28 Gen Electric Improvements in semiconductor devices
FR1483998A (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png) * 1965-05-14 1967-09-13
CH549286A (de) * 1972-09-06 1974-05-15 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Halbleiterbauelement.
JPS5310746B2 (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png) * 1973-05-11 1978-04-15

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GB1562046A (en) 1980-03-05
SE433276B (sv) 1984-05-14
SE7714186L (sv) 1978-07-08
FR2377096B1 (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png) 1983-07-08
US4292646A (en) 1981-09-29
JPS5751983B2 (US20030199744A1-20031023-C00003.png) 1982-11-05
JPS5387184A (en) 1978-08-01
IT1088746B (it) 1985-06-10
CA1080858A (en) 1980-07-01
FR2377096A1 (fr) 1978-08-04

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