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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Abstract
A monolithically integrated bidirectional switch includes: an output terminal; a control terminal; a compound semiconductor substrate; a common drift region in the compound semiconductor substrate and in series between the input terminal and the output terminal; a first gate; and a second gate. The first gate is electrically connected to the control terminal and the second gate is electrically connected to the input terminal, or one of the first gate and the second gate is a normally-on gate and the other one of the first gate and the second gate is a normally-off gate. In either case, the monolithically integrated bidirectional switch is configured to conduct current in a single direction from the input terminal to the output terminal through the common drift region. A corresponding power electronic system that uses the monolithically integrated bidirectional switch is also described.