US2496432A - Selenium rectifier - Google Patents

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US2496432A
US2496432A US671176A US67117646A US2496432A US 2496432 A US2496432 A US 2496432A US 671176 A US671176 A US 671176A US 67117646 A US67117646 A US 67117646A US 2496432 A US2496432 A US 2496432A
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Wayne E Blackburn
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    • H10D48/043—Preliminary treatment of the selenium or tellurium, its application to foundation plates or the subsequent treatment of the combination
    • H10D48/045—Treatment of the surface of the selenium or tellurium layer after having been made conductive
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    • H10D48/043—Preliminary treatment of the selenium or tellurium, its application to foundation plates or the subsequent treatment of the combination
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    • H10D48/04—Manufacture or treatment of devices having bodies comprising selenium or tellurium in uncombined form
    • H10D48/047—Application of an electrode to the exposed surface of the selenium or tellurium after the selenium or tellurium has been applied to foundation plates

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  • My invention relates to selenium rectiers, and, in particular, relates to an improved method of rendering the junction between the selenium and the counterelectrode unilaterally conductive.
  • a number of different procedures for improving the unilateral nature of the above-mentioned junction have been employed in the prior art, such procedures being commonly referred to as the production of the blocking layer at the selenium surface.
  • One object of my invention is, accordingly, to provide an improved type of selenium rectifier.
  • ⁇ Another object of my invention is to provide an improved type of blocking layer for selenium rectiers.
  • Still another object of my invention is to produce a blocking layer for selenium rectifiers, which is particularly effective in withstanding high inverse voltages.
  • a suitable form in which the principles of my invention may be embodied comprises a base plate I which may be of steel, and which is preferably nickel-plated and sand-blasted on the surface.
  • a layer 2 of selenium which may be applied by dipping the plate I in a molten bath of selenium, and thereafter rotating the plate on a suitable spindle, or .other device, to throw off the excess of selenium, while molten, by centrifugal force.
  • the free surface of the selenium is then coated, in accordance with my invention, with a thin film 3 of one of the following metals: germanium, silicon, magnesium, aluminum, cerium, berryllium, indium.
  • This thin 1ayer of one of the above metals may, for example, be applied by vaporizing the metal and condensing it in an evacuated container.
  • the nlm is preferably made thin enough to permit diiusion through it by the materials of a counterelectrode l which is subsequently applied by metal spraying cadmium. or an alloy ot cadmium and tin.
  • the thickness of the above-mentioned thin nlm of metal may be about one micron.
  • the unit After deposition of the counterelectrode I, the unit is heat-treated at a temperature of about 200 C. for a period of about 2 hours. The unit may then be electrically formed by impressing,
  • the element is suitable for use in any of the standard connections of rectifier units well-known in the art.
  • the method of improving the unilaterallyconductive properties of the junction between the selenium and the counterelectrode in a selenium rectifier which comprises superposing a thin layer of metal selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum and beryllium on the surface of the selenium and superposing on said layer a counterelectrode containing cadmium.
  • the method of producing a conducting element for electric circuits which comprises coating a base plate of metal with a layer of selenium, coating the free surface of the selenium with a thin layer of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum and berryllium; depositing a layercontaining cadmium on the free surface of said layer, and heat-treating the unit thus formed.
  • An electric circuit element comprising a base plate having a layer of selenium deposited on a portion of its surface, a thin layer of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum and beryllium and a counterelectrode containing cadmium superposed on the free surface of the last-mentioned layer.
  • An electric circuit element comprising a base plate --having a layer of selenium deposited on a portion of its surface, a layer of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of magnesium, aluminum and beryllium and a counterelectrode containing cadmium superposed on the free'surface of the last-mentioned layer, said layer being thin enough to permit diffusion through it by materials from said counterelectrode.

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US671176A US2496432A (en) 1946-05-21 1946-05-21 Selenium rectifier
FR946245D FR946245A (fr) 1946-05-21 1947-04-26 Systèmes répétiteurs d'impulsions électriques
FR946425D FR946425A (fr) 1946-05-21 1947-05-08 Redresseurs au sélénium
GB13525/47A GB623857A (en) 1946-05-21 1947-05-20 Improvements in or relating to selenium rectifiers

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US2650258A (en) * 1951-06-12 1953-08-25 Rca Corp Semiconductor photosensitive device
US2669663A (en) * 1951-11-30 1954-02-16 Rca Corp Semiconductor photoconducting device
US2701326A (en) * 1949-11-30 1955-02-01 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Semiconductor translating device
US2733390A (en) * 1952-06-25 1956-01-31 scanlon
DE952655C (de) * 1953-03-06 1956-11-22 Standard Elektrik Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung von gut formierbaren Selengleichrichterplatten mit niedriger Schleusenspannung
US2787745A (en) * 1951-12-20 1957-04-02 Int Standard Electric Corp Counter electrode for dry disk type rectifiers
US2804580A (en) * 1953-08-13 1957-08-27 Visseaux S A J Unidirectionally conducting elements
DE1025527B (de) * 1954-11-29 1958-03-06 Standard Elektrik Ag Selengleichrichter mit leitfaehigkeitserhoehenden Zusaetzen in der Selenschicht
US2858239A (en) * 1956-03-13 1958-10-28 Siemens Ag Method for producing selenium rectifiers
DE973817C (de) * 1951-03-05 1960-06-15 Licentia Gmbh Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Trockengleichrichters

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US2096170A (en) * 1933-04-06 1937-10-19 Int Standard Electric Corp Light-sensitive device
US2361157A (en) * 1942-03-17 1944-10-24 Union Switch & Signal Co Alternating electric current rectifier of the selenium type
US2380880A (en) * 1942-10-19 1945-07-31 Union Switch & Signal Co Alternating electric current rectifier of the selenium type

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US2096170A (en) * 1933-04-06 1937-10-19 Int Standard Electric Corp Light-sensitive device
US2361157A (en) * 1942-03-17 1944-10-24 Union Switch & Signal Co Alternating electric current rectifier of the selenium type
US2380880A (en) * 1942-10-19 1945-07-31 Union Switch & Signal Co Alternating electric current rectifier of the selenium type

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2701326A (en) * 1949-11-30 1955-02-01 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Semiconductor translating device
DE973817C (de) * 1951-03-05 1960-06-15 Licentia Gmbh Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Trockengleichrichters
US2650258A (en) * 1951-06-12 1953-08-25 Rca Corp Semiconductor photosensitive device
US2669663A (en) * 1951-11-30 1954-02-16 Rca Corp Semiconductor photoconducting device
US2787745A (en) * 1951-12-20 1957-04-02 Int Standard Electric Corp Counter electrode for dry disk type rectifiers
DE975845C (de) * 1951-12-20 1962-10-25 Standard Elek K Lorenz Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung von Selengleichrichterplatten mit mehrschichtiger Deckelektrode
US2733390A (en) * 1952-06-25 1956-01-31 scanlon
DE952655C (de) * 1953-03-06 1956-11-22 Standard Elektrik Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung von gut formierbaren Selengleichrichterplatten mit niedriger Schleusenspannung
US2804580A (en) * 1953-08-13 1957-08-27 Visseaux S A J Unidirectionally conducting elements
DE1025527B (de) * 1954-11-29 1958-03-06 Standard Elektrik Ag Selengleichrichter mit leitfaehigkeitserhoehenden Zusaetzen in der Selenschicht
US2858239A (en) * 1956-03-13 1958-10-28 Siemens Ag Method for producing selenium rectifiers

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