Patent · US Expired

Semiconductor configuration and use thereof

US6232625A · kind A · utility

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5References

22Claims

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Assignee

Siced Electronics Development GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Bartsch · Viernheim, DE
Heinz Mitlehner · Uttenreuth, DE
Dietrich Stephani · Bubenreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 1999
Grant date	May 15, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10D30/831
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor configuration, in particular based on silicon carbide, is specified which rapidly limits a short-circuit current to an acceptable current value. For this purpose, when a predetermined saturation current is exceeded, a lateral channel region is pinched off, and the current is limited to a value below the saturation current.

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