GB2185164B - Photovoltaic relay with past switching circuit - Google Patents

Photovoltaic relay with past switching circuit

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GB2185164B
GB2185164B GB08700583A GB8700583A GB2185164B GB 2185164 B GB2185164 B GB 2185164B GB 08700583 A GB08700583 A GB 08700583A GB 8700583 A GB8700583 A GB 8700583A GB 2185164 B GB2185164 B GB 2185164B
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stack
bosfet
wafers
photovoltaic
led
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Daniel M Kinzer
Howard William Collins
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Infineon Technologies Americas Corp
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  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
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Abstract

A high voltage bidirectional output semiconductor field effect transistor (BOSFET) 24 is disclosed which is turned on from the electrical output of a photovoltaic stack 19 which is energized from an LED 21. The process for manufacture of the device is also disclosed. The BOSFET device consists of two lateral field effect transistors 30, 31 formed in an implanted N( - ) region (71) in a P( - ) substrate (70). A diode 35, PNP transistor 36 and resistor 37 are integrated into the same chip containing the lateral BOSFET device to form a solid state relay circuit having characteristics similar to a reed relay. A photovoltaic isolator 20 consists of a stack of semiconductor wafers (320) which are alloyed together by an aluminum silicon alloy foil (43). Each of the wafers consists of a P-type body having P + and N + diffusions on its opposite surfaces. The wafers are stacked with the same forward conduction polarity. Individual photoisolator stacks (345) are sliced from the completed stack to any desired dimension. Each individual stack is mounted with a light source (360), preferably an LED, which is arranged to illuminate the edge of each wafer within the stack. <IMAGE>
GB08700583A 1984-01-23 1987-01-12 Photovoltaic relay with past switching circuit Expired GB2185164B (en)

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US57330584A 1984-01-23 1984-01-23
US58178584A 1984-02-21 1984-02-21
US06/581,784 US4777387A (en) 1984-02-21 1984-02-21 Fast turn-off circuit for photovoltaic driven MOSFET

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GB08501283A Expired GB2154820B (en) 1984-01-23 1985-01-18 Photovoltaic relay
GB08700583A Expired GB2185164B (en) 1984-01-23 1987-01-12 Photovoltaic relay with past switching circuit
GB08700582A Expired GB2184602B (en) 1984-01-23 1987-01-12 Photovoltaic isolator

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