An Overvoltage self-protected thyristor with a structure to predict breakover voltage

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1000-1006

  Shimizu, Yoshiteru ^a   Kozaka, Hiroshi ^a   Murakami, Susumu ^a   Takata, Masanori ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

BREAKOVER VOLTAGE; JUNCTION AVALANCHE VOLTAGE; OVERVOLTAGE SELF PROTECTED THYRISTOR; PUNCHTHROUGH VOLTAGE;

THYRISTORS;

EID: 0030170053     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.502136     Document Type: Article

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