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Semiconductor device and power conversion device

US11296212B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2019
Grant dateApr 5, 2022
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/111
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A current switching semiconductor device to be used in a power conversion device achieves both a low conduction loss and a low switching loss. The semiconductor device includes the IGBT in which only Gc gates are provided and an impurity concentration of the p type collector layer is high, and the IGBT in which the Gs gates and the Gc gates are provided and an impurity concentration of the p type collector layer is low. When the semiconductor device is turned off, the semiconductor device transitions from a state in which a voltage lower than a threshold voltage is applied to both the Gs gates and the Gc gates to a state in which a voltage equal to or higher than the threshold voltage is applied to the Gc gates prior to the Gs gates.

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