The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 21, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1986
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor device comprises two main electrode regions, i.e., cathode and anode regions consisting of high impurity concentration regions of opposite conductivity types, a low impurity concentration region locally formed between the two main electrode regions, a gate region, formed near the cathode region, for controlling a main current, a first local region which has a relatively low carrier lifetime and is formed in a region of the low impurity concentration region near at least one of the gate and cathode regions, and a second local region which has a relatively low carrier lifetime and is formed in a region of the low impurity concentration region which is depleted at the end of the main current turn-off process or which is not depleted to the end, thus satisfying three conditions, i.e., high-speed switching, low forward voltage drop, and high blocking voltage between the main electrodes at the same time.