GB910656A - Improvements in or relating to devices for controlling a heavy-current circuit by means of a semi-conductor element of controllable conductivity - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to devices for controlling a heavy-current circuit by means of a semi-conductor element of controllable conductivity

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Publication number
GB910656A
GB910656A GB33323/59A GB3332359A GB910656A GB 910656 A GB910656 A GB 910656A GB 33323/59 A GB33323/59 A GB 33323/59A GB 3332359 A GB3332359 A GB 3332359A GB 910656 A GB910656 A GB 910656A
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Prior art keywords
diode
semi
source
electrodes
light
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GB33323/59A
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Siemens Schuckertwerke AG
Siemens Corp
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Siemens Schuckertwerke AG
Siemens Corp
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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
    • H03K17/78Electronic 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
    • GPHYSICS
    • G05CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05FSYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G05F1/00Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems
    • G05F1/10Regulating voltage or current 
    • G05F1/46Regulating voltage or current  wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is DC
    • G05F1/56Regulating voltage or current  wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is DC using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices
    • G05F1/575Regulating voltage or current  wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is DC using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices characterised by the feedback circuit
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03KPULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K3/00Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits
    • H03K3/02Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses
    • H03K3/35Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses by the use, as active elements, of bipolar semiconductor devices with more than two PN junctions, or more than three electrodes, or more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region
    • H03K3/351Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses by the use, as active elements, of bipolar semiconductor devices with more than two PN junctions, or more than three electrodes, or more than one electrode connected to the same conductivity region the devices being unijunction transistors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • 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
    • H10F99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Variable-Direction Aerials And Aerial Arrays (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
GB33323/59A 1958-10-24 1959-10-01 Improvements in or relating to devices for controlling a heavy-current circuit by means of a semi-conductor element of controllable conductivity Expired GB910656A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DES60363A DE1174435B (de) 1958-10-24 1958-10-24 Lichtempfindlicher einkristalliner Halbleiterkoerper

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GB910656A true GB910656A (en) 1962-11-14

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CH (1) CH375064A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE1174435B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB910656A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL (1) NL244430A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3475666A (en) * 1966-08-15 1969-10-28 Jearld L Hutson Integrated semiconductor switch system

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US3773289A (en) * 1972-06-20 1973-11-20 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Photodetector delay equalizer

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US2702838A (en) * 1951-11-15 1955-02-22 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Semiconductor signal translating device
US2805347A (en) * 1954-05-27 1957-09-03 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Semiconductive devices
DE1041165B (de) * 1956-06-14 1958-10-16 Siemens Ag Fadenhalbleiteranordnung mit zwei sperrfreien Basisanschluessen an den Fadenenden

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3475666A (en) * 1966-08-15 1969-10-28 Jearld L Hutson Integrated semiconductor switch system

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NL244430A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE1174435B (de) 1964-07-23
DE1174435C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1965-01-28
CH375064A (de) 1964-02-15

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