A.c. switch triggered at a predetermined half-period
US5471074A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 17, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D84/136
Abstract
An a.c. switch includes across first and second main terminals a first thyristor disposed in parallel with, but in an opposite direction of, a first diode and in series with a second thyristor disposed in parallel with, but in an opposite direction of, a second diode. The first thyristor has a gate terminal connected to its gate area. The second thyristor and second diode are vertically realized in the same substrate, their conduction areas being closely interlaced, whereby a polarity inversion following a conduction period of the second diode causes the second thyristor to become conductive.
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