Semiconductor arrangement

US4744672A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Semikron Gesellschaft fur Gleichrichterbau und Elektronik m.b.H.

Inventors

• Werner Tursky · Schwabach, DE
• Reinhard Grube · Nuremberg, DE
• Hans-Jurgen Fuchs · Stein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 1981
• Grant date: May 17, 1988
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H03K2017/0806
• WIPO field: Basic communication processes
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In a semiconductor arrangement including at least one semiconductor element composed of a semiconductor material which generates recombination radiation when current flows through the semiconductor element, and a control element disposed for monitoring the operation of the semiconductor element, the control element has an internal photoelectric effect and is disposed for receiving the recombination radiation generated in the semiconductor material for producing an output parameter representative of the intensity of such radiation.