High-Voltage, Wavelength-Discriminating, Light-Activated Gaas Thyristor

Electronics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1989, Pages 1592-1593

  Carson, R F ^a   Hughes, R C ^a   Zipperian, T E ^a   Weaver, H T ^a   Brennan, T M ^a   Hammons, B E ^a   Klem, J F ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

GaAs; Radiation and radiation effects; Semiconductor devices and materials; Thyristors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SWITCHES, SEMICONDUCTOR--OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

LIGHT ACTIVATED SWITCH; RADIATION HARDENING;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 0024965835     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19891069     Document Type: Article

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