Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Avalanche diode
Patent
1998-04-06
1999-11-02
Mintel, William
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Avalanche diode
257604, 257656, 257657, H01L 31075, H01L 31105, H01L 31117
Patent
active
059776110
ABSTRACT:
A Read diode includes an inner zone, a cathode zone, an anode zone and a first coupling zone disposed between the inner zone and the anode zone. A second coupling zone is disposed between the first coupling zone and the inner zone. Both coupling zones are used in the reverse mode for dividing an electric field into a high-field zone and a low-field zone and, consequently, permit greatly localized charge carrier generation by impact ionization in the voltage breakdown. The use of the two coupling zones ensures "punch-through" coupling between the high-field and low-field zones which, in contrast to the space charge coupling of Read diodes, permits a largely temperature-independent "soft-recovery" behavior. Hybrid diodes having optimized forward and commutation behaviors can be produced from the FCI-PT diodes. FCI-PT diodes are preferably employed in conjunction with switching power semiconductor components as voltage limiters or freewheeling diodes.
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Sittig Roland
Taghizadeh-Kaschani Karim-Thomas
Greenberg Laurence A.
Lerner Herbert L.
Mintel William
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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