GB1562509A - Reverse switching rectifier and method for making same - Google Patents

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GB1562509A
GB1562509A GB46913/76A GB4691376A GB1562509A GB 1562509 A GB1562509 A GB 1562509A GB 46913/76 A GB46913/76 A GB 46913/76A GB 4691376 A GB4691376 A GB 4691376A GB 1562509 A GB1562509 A GB 1562509A
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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
    • H10D64/00—Electrodes of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D64/20—Electrodes characterised by their shapes, relative sizes or dispositions 
    • H10D64/23—Electrodes carrying the current to be rectified, amplified, oscillated or switched, e.g. sources, drains, anodes or cathodes
    • H10D64/233—Cathode or anode electrodes for thyristors
    • 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
    • H10D62/141—Anode or cathode regions of thyristors; Collector or emitter regions of gated bipolar-mode devices, e.g. of IGBTs
    • H10D62/148—Cathode regions of thyristors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D8/00—Diodes
    • H10D8/80—PNPN diodes, e.g. Shockley diodes or break-over diodes

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GB46913/76A 1975-11-17 1976-11-11 Reverse switching rectifier and method for making same Expired GB1562509A (en)

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US05/632,433 US4080620A (en) 1975-11-17 1975-11-17 Reverse switching rectifier and method for making same

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JP (1) JPS5263078A (enExample)
BE (1) BE848225A (enExample)
CA (1) CA1065494A (enExample)
FR (1) FR2331886A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1562509A (enExample)
IN (1) IN147060B (enExample)

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IN144812B (enExample) * 1976-01-22 1978-07-15 Westinghouse Electric Corp
JPS549585A (en) * 1977-06-24 1979-01-24 Hitachi Ltd High-dielectric-strength semiconductor device
DE2815606A1 (de) * 1978-04-11 1979-10-31 Fiz Tekhn I Im A F Joffe Akade Thyristor
US4278476A (en) * 1979-12-05 1981-07-14 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Method of making ion implanted reverse-conducting thyristor
DE3016749A1 (de) * 1980-04-30 1981-11-05 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Kontakt fuer mis-halbleiterbauelement und verfahren zu seiner herstellung
US4638553A (en) * 1982-12-08 1987-01-27 International Rectifier Corporation Method of manufacture of semiconductor device
JPH08242009A (ja) * 1994-12-02 1996-09-17 Eurec Europ G Fur Leistungshalbleiter Mbh & Co Kg パワー半導体デバイス
US7868352B2 (en) * 2008-09-23 2011-01-11 Optiswitch Technology Corporation Silicon break over diode
CN115881789A (zh) * 2023-01-03 2023-03-31 华中科技大学 台阶状阴极发射极反向阻断双端固态闸流管及制备方法

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US3370209A (en) * 1964-08-31 1968-02-20 Gen Electric Power bulk breakdown semiconductor devices
US3688164A (en) * 1969-10-01 1972-08-29 Hitachi Ltd Multi-layer-type switch device
BE759754A (fr) * 1969-12-02 1971-05-17 Licentia Gmbh Thyristor avec emetteur court-circuite a l'une des faces principales aumoins du disque de thyristor et procede de production du thyristor
DE2006729C3 (de) * 1970-02-13 1980-02-14 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Halbleiterdiode
DE2211116A1 (de) * 1972-03-08 1973-09-13 Semikron Gleichrichterbau Steuerbares halbleiterbauelement mit vier schichten abwechselnd entgegengesetzten leitfaehigkeitstyps
DE2237086C3 (de) * 1972-07-28 1979-01-18 Semikron Gesellschaft Fuer Gleichrichterbau Und Elektronik Mbh, 8500 Nuernberg Steuerbares Halbleitergleichrichterbauelement
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BE848225A (fr) 1977-05-10
CA1065494A (en) 1979-10-30
JPS5541536B2 (enExample) 1980-10-24
US4080620A (en) 1978-03-21
IN147060B (enExample) 1979-11-03
JPS5263078A (en) 1977-05-25

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PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee