JPS5624972A - Thyristor - Google Patents
ThyristorInfo
- Publication number
- JPS5624972A JPS5624972A JP10098879A JP10098879A JPS5624972A JP S5624972 A JPS5624972 A JP S5624972A JP 10098879 A JP10098879 A JP 10098879A JP 10098879 A JP10098879 A JP 10098879A JP S5624972 A JPS5624972 A JP S5624972A
- Authority
- JP
- Japan
- Prior art keywords
- layer
- junction
- width
- base layer
- gradient
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Granted
Links
- 230000003247 decreasing effect Effects 0.000 abstract 1
- 239000012535 impurity Substances 0.000 abstract 1
Classifications
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L29/00—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/02—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
- H01L29/06—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/08—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/083—Anode or cathode regions of thyristors or gated bipolar-mode devices
- H01L29/0834—Anode regions of thyristors or gated bipolar-mode devices, e.g. supplementary regions surrounding anode regions
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L29/00—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/02—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
- H01L29/06—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/0657—Semiconductor 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 characterised by the shape of the body
- H01L29/0661—Semiconductor 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 characterised by the shape of the body specially adapted for altering the breakdown voltage by removing semiconductor material at, or in the neighbourhood of, a reverse biased junction, e.g. by bevelling, moat etching, depletion etching
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L29/00—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/02—Semiconductor bodies ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
- H01L29/06—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/10—Semiconductor 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 not carrying current to be rectified, amplified or switched and such electrode being part of a semiconductor device which comprises three or more electrodes
- H01L29/1012—Base regions of thyristors
- H01L29/102—Cathode base regions of thyristors
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
- H01L29/00—Semiconductor 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
- H01L29/66—Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
- H01L29/68—Types 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
- H01L29/70—Bipolar devices
- H01L29/74—Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action
Priority Applications (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP10098879A JPS5624972A (en) | 1979-08-07 | 1979-08-07 | Thyristor |
CA000357686A CA1146284A (en) | 1979-08-07 | 1980-08-06 | Thyristor |
DE3029836A DE3029836C2 (de) | 1979-08-07 | 1980-08-06 | Thyristor |
US06/707,549 US4586070A (en) | 1979-08-07 | 1985-03-05 | Thyristor with abrupt anode emitter junction |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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JP10098879A JPS5624972A (en) | 1979-08-07 | 1979-08-07 | Thyristor |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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JPS5624972A true JPS5624972A (en) | 1981-03-10 |
JPS6157713B2 JPS6157713B2 (ja) | 1986-12-08 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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JP10098879A Granted JPS5624972A (en) | 1979-08-07 | 1979-08-07 | Thyristor |
Country Status (4)
Country | Link |
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US (1) | US4586070A (ja) |
JP (1) | JPS5624972A (ja) |
CA (1) | CA1146284A (ja) |
DE (1) | DE3029836C2 (ja) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
JPS6370456A (ja) * | 1986-09-11 | 1988-03-30 | Fuji Electric Co Ltd | 逆導通ゲ−トタ−ンオフサイリスタ |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB2135118B (en) * | 1983-02-09 | 1986-10-08 | Westinghouse Brake & Signal | Thyristors |
US9741839B1 (en) | 2016-06-21 | 2017-08-22 | Powerex, Inc. | Gate structure of thyristor |
Family Cites Families (11)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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NL280849A (ja) * | 1961-07-12 | 1900-01-01 | ||
US3249831A (en) * | 1963-01-04 | 1966-05-03 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Semiconductor controlled rectifiers with a p-n junction having a shallow impurity concentration gradient |
US3575644A (en) * | 1963-01-30 | 1971-04-20 | Gen Electric | Semiconductor device with double positive bevel |
US3370209A (en) * | 1964-08-31 | 1968-02-20 | Gen Electric | Power bulk breakdown semiconductor devices |
NL6603372A (ja) * | 1965-03-25 | 1966-09-26 | ||
US3428870A (en) * | 1965-07-29 | 1969-02-18 | Gen Electric | Semiconductor devices |
US3449649A (en) * | 1966-07-09 | 1969-06-10 | Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie | S.c.r. with emitter electrode spaced from semiconductor edge equal to 10 times base thickness |
US3538401A (en) * | 1968-04-11 | 1970-11-03 | Westinghouse Electric Corp | Drift field thyristor |
CH520406A (de) * | 1970-09-14 | 1972-03-15 | Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie | Thyristor |
DE2422395C3 (de) * | 1974-05-09 | 1986-03-27 | Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-Gmbh, 6000 Frankfurt | Thyristor |
JPS5942989B2 (ja) * | 1977-01-24 | 1984-10-18 | 株式会社日立製作所 | 高耐圧半導体素子およびその製造方法 |
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1979
- 1979-08-07 JP JP10098879A patent/JPS5624972A/ja active Granted
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1980
- 1980-08-06 DE DE3029836A patent/DE3029836C2/de not_active Expired
- 1980-08-06 CA CA000357686A patent/CA1146284A/en not_active Expired
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1985
- 1985-03-05 US US06/707,549 patent/US4586070A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
JPS6370456A (ja) * | 1986-09-11 | 1988-03-30 | Fuji Electric Co Ltd | 逆導通ゲ−トタ−ンオフサイリスタ |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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DE3029836C2 (de) | 1985-09-12 |
CA1146284A (en) | 1983-05-10 |
US4586070A (en) | 1986-04-29 |
DE3029836A1 (de) | 1981-02-19 |
JPS6157713B2 (ja) | 1986-12-08 |
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