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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fritz Kirschner, Lohhof, DT;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 38 ; 357 20 ; 357 34 ; 357 36 ;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a thyristor device comprising a semiconductor body having at least one emitter zone positioned at a major surface of the body. A base zone shares a portion of the major surface with the emitter zone and extends under the entirety of the emitter zone. The base zone and emitter zone form a PN junction at their interface. The portion of the base zone under the emitter zone has a plurality of low resistivity branches which have their common origin in the portion of the base zone located directly under the major surface.