• DocumentCode
    1026192
  • Title

    Skip turn-on of thyristors

  • Author

    Dodson, W.H. ; Longini, R.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    7/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    598
  • Lastpage
    604
  • Abstract
    A lateral current in an emitter layer of a thyristor (SCR) is shown to vary the lateral field in the base layers and also to change the distribution of the current density injected from the emitter to the base. A method of using lateral emitter layer currents in an SCR to increase the spreading velocity of the on-region and, at higher currents, to turn on quickly areas of the SCR remote from the gate contact is demonstrated experimentally.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1966.15740
  • Filename
    1474330
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1026192