GB1158256A - Semiconductor Switch for Handling Rapidly Increasing Currents. - Google Patents

Semiconductor Switch for Handling Rapidly Increasing Currents.

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GB1158256A
GB1158256A GB42323/66A GB4232366A GB1158256A GB 1158256 A GB1158256 A GB 1158256A GB 42323/66 A GB42323/66 A GB 42323/66A GB 4232366 A GB4232366 A GB 4232366A GB 1158256 A GB1158256 A GB 1158256A
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D18/00—Thyristors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D1/00—Resistors, capacitors or inductors
    • H10D1/40—Resistors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/10—Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of the regions of the semiconductor bodies; Shapes of the semiconductor bodies
    • H10D62/13—Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. source or drain regions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

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  • Thyristors (AREA)
GB42323/66A 1965-10-23 1966-09-22 Semiconductor Switch for Handling Rapidly Increasing Currents. Expired GB1158256A (en)

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US50382665A 1965-10-23 1965-10-23

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GB1158256A true GB1158256A (en) 1969-07-16

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2428919A1 (fr) * 1978-06-15 1980-01-11 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Thyristor de puissance, son procede de realisation et application de thyristors de ce type aux circuits redresseurs statiques

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2428919A1 (fr) * 1978-06-15 1980-01-11 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Thyristor de puissance, son procede de realisation et application de thyristors de ce type aux circuits redresseurs statiques

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BE688752A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1967-03-31

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PLNP Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees