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Diode-integrated thyristor

US3947864A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 5, 1974
Grant dateMar 30, 1976
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D84/136

Abstract

A diode-integrated thyristor comprising a region having a function of a thyristor and a region having a function of a diode which are integrated in the same semiconductor substrate and whose rectifying directions are opposite to each other, the carriers in the region having the function of a diode having a longer life time than the carriers in the region having the function of a thyristor.

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