CTC: a CMOS thyristor cascode

Author

Xu, Shuming ; Constapel, Rainer ; Silber, Dieter

Author_Institution

Daimler-Benz AG, Frankfurt, Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

3-6 Jun 1998

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

162

Abstract

A novel power device called the CMOS-thyristor-cascode (CTC), compatible with the conventional BCD-MOS process is presented in this paper. The CTC is a thyristor controlled by a CMOS-like transistor pair and offers 30% lower conduction losses and 3.5 times higher parasitic thyristor latch-up immunity than a lateral IGBT. A CTC with symmetrical structure as a bi-directional switch is also demonstrated

Keywords

BIMOS integrated circuits; CMOS integrated circuits; MOS-controlled thyristors; losses; power integrated circuits; power semiconductor switches; semiconductor device testing; thyristor circuits; BCD-MOS process compatibility; CMOS thyristor cascode; CMOS-like transistor pair-controlled thyristor; CMOS-thyristor-cascode power device; CTC bi-directional switch; CTC symmetrical structure; conduction losses; lateral IGBT; parasitic thyristor latch-up immunity; power device; Anodes; Bidirectional control; Cathodes; Costs; Current density; Microelectronics; Power integrated circuits; Switches; Thyristors; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, 1998. ISPSD 98. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

ISSN

1063-6854

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4752-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPSD.1998.702659

Filename

702659

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3364721