GB2030796B - Thyristor circuit - Google Patents

Thyristor circuit

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Publication number
GB2030796B
GB2030796B GB7920106A GB7920106A GB2030796B GB 2030796 B GB2030796 B GB 2030796B GB 7920106 A GB7920106 A GB 7920106A GB 7920106 A GB7920106 A GB 7920106A GB 2030796 B GB2030796 B GB 2030796B
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thyristor circuit
thyristor
circuit
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Toshiba Corp
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Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Ltd
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/51Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used
    • H03K17/56Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices
    • H03K17/72Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices having more than two PN junctions; having more than three electrodes; having more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region
    • H03K17/73Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices having more than two PN junctions; having more than three electrodes; having more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region for dc voltages or currents
    • H03K17/732Measures for enabling turn-off
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L23/00Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
    • H01L23/48Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the solid state body in operation, e.g. leads, terminal arrangements ; Selection of materials therefor
    • H01L23/482Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the solid state body in operation, e.g. leads, terminal arrangements ; Selection of materials therefor consisting of lead-in layers inseparably applied to the semiconductor body
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L23/00Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
    • H01L23/58Structural electrical arrangements for semiconductor devices not otherwise provided for, e.g. in combination with batteries
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. 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 adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, or capacitors or resistors with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, e.g. 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
    • H01L29/744Gate-turn-off devices
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/0001Technical content checked by a classifier
    • H01L2924/0002Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/30Technical effects
    • H01L2924/301Electrical effects
    • H01L2924/3011Impedance
GB7920106A 1978-07-21 1979-06-08 Thyristor circuit Expired GB2030796B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP8897978A JPS5516541A (en) 1978-07-21 1978-07-21 Reverse-conducting gate turn-off thyristor circuit

Publications (2)

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GB2030796A GB2030796A (en) 1980-04-10
GB2030796B true GB2030796B (en) 1983-01-19

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GB7920106A Expired GB2030796B (en) 1978-07-21 1979-06-08 Thyristor circuit

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JP (1) JPS5516541A (en)
DE (1) DE2927709C2 (en)
GB (1) GB2030796B (en)

Families Citing this family (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH668505A5 (en) * 1985-03-20 1988-12-30 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT.
EP0337193A1 (en) * 1988-04-11 1989-10-18 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Protection circuit for a gate turn off thyristor
DE4218398A1 (en) * 1992-06-04 1993-12-09 Asea Brown Boveri High current pulse thyristor with two opposite semiconductor main faces - has GTO structure with highly doped emitter distributed over first face in form of narrow cathode fingers

Family Cites Families (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5019437B1 (en) * 1970-06-08 1975-07-07

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JPS5516541A (en) 1980-02-05
DE2927709C2 (en) 1984-04-05
JPS6122867B2 (en) 1986-06-03
DE2927709A1 (en) 1980-02-07
GB2030796A (en) 1980-04-10

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PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19960608