Method for making a light-activated line-operable zero-crossing switch including two lateral transistors, the emitter of one lying between the emitter and collector of the other
US4396932A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D84/403
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A monolithic light-activated line-operable zero-crossing switch and method of making the same. The device comprises anti-parallel thyristors, each of whose gates is shunted by a field effect transistor. Each device may also be shunted by a resistor to reduce the overall sensitivity. The method of making the device contemplates surrounding the field effect transistor gate electrode and an internal shunt electrode by the primary metallization which forms the contact to the two main terminals of the device.
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