GB2133641B - Ac solid state relay circuit and thyristor structure - Google Patents

Ac solid state relay circuit and thyristor structure

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Publication number
GB2133641B
GB2133641B GB08333998A GB8333998A GB2133641B GB 2133641 B GB2133641 B GB 2133641B GB 08333998 A GB08333998 A GB 08333998A GB 8333998 A GB8333998 A GB 8333998A GB 2133641 B GB2133641 B GB 2133641B
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Prior art keywords
thyristor
control circuit
solid state
relay circuit
state relay
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GB8333998D0 (en
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Thomas Herman
Oliver Williams
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Infineon Technologies Americas Corp
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International Rectifier Corp USA
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/28Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching
    • H03K17/292Modifications for introducing a time delay before switching in thyristor, unijunction transistor or programmable unijunction transistor switches
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    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10FINORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
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    • H03K17/00Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/08Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage
    • H03K17/082Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit
    • H03K17/0824Modifications for protecting switching circuit against overcurrent or overvoltage by feedback from the output to the control circuit in thyristor switches
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    • H03K17/13Modifications for switching at zero crossing
    • H03K17/136Modifications for switching at zero crossing in thyristor switches
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    • 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
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    • H03K17/79Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled controlling bipolar semiconductor switches with more than two PN-junctions, or more than three electrodes, or more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10FINORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F30/00Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors
    • H10F30/20Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H10F30/21Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H10F30/26Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors the devices being sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation the devices having three or more potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors
    • H10F30/263Photothyristors
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    • H01L2224/45099Material
    • H01L2224/451Material with a principal constituent of the material being a metal or a metalloid, e.g. boron (B), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te) and polonium (Po), and alloys thereof
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    • H01L2224/481Disposition
    • H01L2224/48135Connecting between different semiconductor or solid-state bodies, i.e. chip-to-chip
    • H01L2224/48137Connecting between different semiconductor or solid-state bodies, i.e. chip-to-chip the bodies being arranged next to each other, e.g. on a common substrate
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    • H01L2224/47Structure, shape, material or disposition of the wire connectors after the connecting process
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    • H01L2924/13Discrete devices, e.g. 3 terminal devices
    • H01L2924/1301Thyristor
    • H01L2924/13033TRIAC - Triode for Alternating Current - A bidirectional switching device containing two thyristor structures with common gate contact
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  • Thyristors (AREA)
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GB08333998A 1982-12-21 1983-12-21 Ac solid state relay circuit and thyristor structure Expired GB2133641B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/451,792 US4535251A (en) 1982-12-21 1982-12-21 A.C. Solid state relay circuit and structure
US55502583A 1983-11-25 1983-11-25

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GB8333998D0 GB8333998D0 (en) 1984-02-01
GB2133641A GB2133641A (en) 1984-07-25
GB2133641B true GB2133641B (en) 1986-10-22

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GB08604263A Expired GB2174242B (en) 1982-12-21 1986-02-20 Optically fired lateral thyristor structure

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GB2174242A (en) 1986-10-29
GB2133641A (en) 1984-07-25
IL70462A (en) 1987-09-16
KR900004197B1 (ko) 1990-06-18
IT8324285A1 (it) 1985-06-20
IT1194526B (it) 1988-09-22
NL8304376A (nl) 1984-07-16
FR2538170B1 (fr) 1988-05-27
CA1237170A (en) 1988-05-24
SE8306952D0 (sv) 1983-12-15
MX160049A (es) 1989-11-13
KR840007203A (ko) 1984-12-05
MX155562A (es) 1988-03-25
DE3345449C2 (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1989-08-17
DE3345449A1 (de) 1984-07-12
GB8604263D0 (en) 1986-03-26
CH664861A5 (de) 1988-03-31
GB2174242B (en) 1987-06-10
IT8324285A0 (it) 1983-12-20
FR2538170A1 (fr) 1984-06-22
SE8306952L (sv) 1984-06-22
IL70462A0 (en) 1984-03-30
BR8307043A (pt) 1984-07-31
GB8333998D0 (en) 1984-02-01

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