JPS55128870A - Electrostatic induction thyristor and semiconductor device - Google Patents

Electrostatic induction thyristor and semiconductor device

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Publication number
JPS55128870A
JPS55128870A JP3607979A JP3607979A JPS55128870A JP S55128870 A JPS55128870 A JP S55128870A JP 3607979 A JP3607979 A JP 3607979A JP 3607979 A JP3607979 A JP 3607979A JP S55128870 A JPS55128870 A JP S55128870A
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Prior art keywords
gate
scr
turned
high voltage
light
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Granted
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JP3607979A
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English (en)
Japanese (ja)
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JPS643069B2 (en, 2012
Inventor
Junichi Nishizawa
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Semiconductor Research Foundation
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Semiconductor Research Foundation
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Priority to JP3607979A priority Critical patent/JPS55128870A/ja
Priority to DE3011484A priority patent/DE3011484C2/de
Priority to CA000348523A priority patent/CA1148275A/en
Publication of JPS55128870A publication Critical patent/JPS55128870A/ja
Priority to CA000408751A priority patent/CA1161572A/en
Priority to US07/008,059 priority patent/US4816891A/en
Priority to US07/247,832 priority patent/US4975755A/en
Publication of JPS643069B2 publication Critical patent/JPS643069B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/51—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used
    • H03K17/78—Electronic 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
    • H03K17/79—Electronic 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/51—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used
    • H03K17/56—Electronic 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
    • H03K17/72—Electronic 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
    • H03K17/73—Electronic 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D12/00—Bipolar devices controlled by the field effect, e.g. insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
    • H10D12/211—Gated diodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D12/00—Bipolar devices controlled by the field effect, e.g. insulated-gate bipolar transistors [IGBT]
    • H10D12/211—Gated diodes
    • H10D12/212—Gated diodes having PN junction gates, e.g. field controlled diodes
    • 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
    • H10D62/142—Anode regions of thyristors or collector regions of gated bipolar-mode devices
    • 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
    • H10D62/17—Semiconductor regions connected to electrodes not carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched, e.g. channel regions
    • H10D62/343—Gate regions of field-effect devices having PN junction gates
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F30/00—Individual radiation-sensitive semiconductor devices in which radiation controls the flow of current through the devices, e.g. photodetectors
    • H10F30/20—Individual 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
    • H10F30/21—Individual 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
    • H10F30/26—Individual 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
    • H10F30/263—Photothyristors
    • H10F30/2635—Static induction photothyristors

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  • Junction Field-Effect Transistors (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
  • Power Conversion In General (AREA)
JP3607979A 1979-03-26 1979-03-26 Electrostatic induction thyristor and semiconductor device Granted JPS55128870A (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP3607979A JPS55128870A (en) 1979-03-26 1979-03-26 Electrostatic induction thyristor and semiconductor device
DE3011484A DE3011484C2 (de) 1979-03-26 1980-03-25 Optisch steuerbare Halbleitervorrichtung
CA000348523A CA1148275A (en) 1979-03-26 1980-03-26 Optically controllable static induction thyristor device
CA000408751A CA1161572A (en) 1979-03-26 1982-08-04 Optically controllable static induction thyristor device
US07/008,059 US4816891A (en) 1979-03-26 1987-01-09 Optically controllable static induction thyristor device
US07/247,832 US4975755A (en) 1979-03-26 1988-09-22 Optically controllable static induction thyristor device

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP3607979A JPS55128870A (en) 1979-03-26 1979-03-26 Electrostatic induction thyristor and semiconductor device

Related Child Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
JP62022903A Division JPS62188271A (ja) 1987-02-03 1987-02-03 静電誘導サイリスタを含む半導体装置
JP62022904A Division JPS62188272A (ja) 1987-02-03 1987-02-03 静電誘導サイリスタを含む半導体装置

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
JPS55128870A true JPS55128870A (en) 1980-10-06
JPS643069B2 JPS643069B2 (en, 2012) 1989-01-19

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Country Status (4)

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US (2) US4816891A (en, 2012)
JP (1) JPS55128870A (en, 2012)
CA (1) CA1148275A (en, 2012)
DE (1) DE3011484C2 (en, 2012)

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Publication number Publication date
DE3011484C2 (de) 1986-09-04
DE3011484A1 (de) 1980-10-09
US4816891A (en) 1989-03-28
JPS643069B2 (en, 2012) 1989-01-19
US4975755A (en) 1990-12-04
CA1148275A (en) 1983-06-14

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