FR2349216A1 - Dispositif semi-conducteur auto-protege - Google Patents

Dispositif semi-conducteur auto-protege

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Publication number
FR2349216A1
FR2349216A1 FR7711380A FR7711380A FR2349216A1 FR 2349216 A1 FR2349216 A1 FR 2349216A1 FR 7711380 A FR7711380 A FR 7711380A FR 7711380 A FR7711380 A FR 7711380A FR 2349216 A1 FR2349216 A1 FR 2349216A1
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semiconductor device
protected semiconductor
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FR2349216B1 (fr
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General Electric Co
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General Electric Co
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a 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
    • H01L29/7428—Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action having an amplifying gate structure, e.g. cascade (Darlington) configuration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00—Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a 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
    • H01L29/7424—Thyristor-type devices, e.g. having four-zone regenerative action having a built-in localised breakdown/breakover region, e.g. self-protected against destructive spontaneous, e.g. voltage breakover, firing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/08—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors
    • H01L31/10—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof in which radiation controls flow of current through the device, e.g. photoresistors characterised by potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors
    • H01L31/101—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation
    • H01L31/111—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by at least three potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors
    • H01L31/1113—Devices sensitive to infrared, visible or ultraviolet radiation characterised by at least three potential barriers, e.g. photothyristors the device being a photothyristor

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Thyristors (AREA)
FR7711380A 1976-04-19 1977-04-15 Dispositif semi-conducteur auto-protege Granted FR2349216A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/677,876 US4012761A (en) 1976-04-19 1976-04-19 Self-protected semiconductor device

Publications (2)

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FR2349216A1 true FR2349216A1 (fr) 1977-11-18
FR2349216B1 FR2349216B1 (fr) 1983-06-10

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FR7711380A Granted FR2349216A1 (fr) 1976-04-19 1977-04-15 Dispositif semi-conducteur auto-protege

Country Status (7)

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US (1) US4012761A (fr)
JP (1) JPS52138880A (fr)
CA (1) CA1089111A (fr)
DE (1) DE2716874C2 (fr)
FR (1) FR2349216A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB1515836A (fr)
SE (1) SE424485B (fr)

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DE2538549C2 (de) * 1975-08-29 1985-06-13 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Mit Licht steuerbarer Thyristor
US4122480A (en) * 1975-11-05 1978-10-24 Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-G.M.B.H. Light fired thyristor with faulty firing protection
JPS6040190B2 (ja) * 1976-07-21 1985-09-10 日本インタ−ナシヨナル整流器株式会社 半導体制御整流素子
US4053922A (en) * 1976-05-19 1977-10-11 General Electric Company Light triggered thyristor having controlled turn on delay
DE2907732A1 (de) * 1979-02-28 1980-09-04 Siemens Ag Thyristor
US4812892A (en) * 1978-03-30 1989-03-14 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Light controllable thyristors
CH631832A5 (de) * 1978-06-15 1982-08-31 Bbc Brown Boveri & Cie Leistungsthyristor und verfahren zu seiner herstellung.
US4314266A (en) * 1978-07-20 1982-02-02 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. Thyristor with voltage breakover current control separated from main emitter by current limit region
JPS6016107B2 (ja) * 1978-08-23 1985-04-23 株式会社日立製作所 自己保護型半導体制御整流装置
US4352118A (en) * 1979-03-02 1982-09-28 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. Thyristor with segmented turn-on line for directing turn-on current
US4305084A (en) * 1979-11-16 1981-12-08 General Electric Company Semiconductor switching device capable of turn-on only at low applied voltages using self pinch-off means
DE3268107D1 (en) * 1981-06-30 1986-02-06 Toshiba Kk Thyristor
US4633282A (en) * 1982-10-04 1986-12-30 Rockwell International Corporation Metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor with a partial p-type drain
GB2135515A (en) * 1983-02-18 1984-08-30 Westinghouse Electric Corp Thyristor self-protected by remote punch through
US4908687A (en) * 1984-06-29 1990-03-13 General Electric Company Controlled turn-on thyristor
WO1986000469A1 (fr) * 1984-06-29 1986-01-16 General Electric Company Thyristor a mise sous tension regulee
DE3435548A1 (de) * 1984-09-27 1986-04-03 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Thyristor mit hoher innerer zuendverstaerkung
EP0320738A3 (fr) * 1987-12-17 1991-02-06 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Thyristor supportant les amorçages par retournement
DE19640311B4 (de) * 1996-09-30 2005-12-29 Eupec Gmbh & Co. Kg Halbleiterbauelement mit Lateralwiderstand und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung

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CH478459A (de) * 1966-10-25 1969-09-15 Asea Ab Thyristor
GB1185734A (en) * 1966-07-07 1970-03-25 Asea Ab Improvements in Controllable Semi-Conductor Devices

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GB1112301A (en) * 1964-07-27 1968-05-01 Gen Electric Controlled rectifier with improved turn-on and turn-off characteristics
GB1174899A (en) * 1966-04-15 1969-12-17 Westinghouse Brake & Signal Improvements relating to Controllable Rectifier Devices
US3440501A (en) * 1967-02-02 1969-04-22 Gen Electric Double-triggering semiconductor controlled rectifier
US3622845A (en) * 1969-05-01 1971-11-23 Gen Electric Scr with amplified emitter gate
BE758745A (fr) * 1969-11-10 1971-05-10 Westinghouse Electric Corp Perfectionnements aux ou en rapport avec les dispositifs semiconducteurs
JPS4722429U (fr) * 1971-03-30 1972-11-13
DE2356906A1 (de) * 1973-11-14 1975-05-22 Siemens Ag Thyristor
US3893153A (en) * 1974-01-10 1975-07-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp Light activated thyristor with high di/dt capability
DE2407696C3 (de) * 1974-02-18 1979-02-01 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Thyristor

Patent Citations (2)

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GB1185734A (en) * 1966-07-07 1970-03-25 Asea Ab Improvements in Controllable Semi-Conductor Devices
CH478459A (de) * 1966-10-25 1969-09-15 Asea Ab Thyristor

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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EXBK/75 *

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GB1515836A (en) 1978-06-28
SE424485B (sv) 1982-07-19
DE2716874C2 (de) 1983-02-03
CA1089111A (fr) 1980-11-04
JPS52138880A (en) 1977-11-19
DE2716874A1 (de) 1977-10-27
FR2349216B1 (fr) 1983-06-10
JPS5641180B2 (fr) 1981-09-26
SE7704360L (sv) 1977-10-20
US4012761A (en) 1977-03-15

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