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Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1989

Filed:

Feb. 02, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

David H Paxman, Redhill, GB;

John A Slatter, Crawley Down, GB;

David J Coe, East Grinstead, GB;

Assignee:

U.S. Philips Corp., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 234 ; 357 238 ; 357 43 ; 357 38 ; 357 86 ; 357 44 ; 357 46 ;
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a bipolar transistor having an emitter region of one conductivity type formed in a base region of the opposite conductivity type, the base region being provided in a collector region of the one conductivity type. A first insulated gate field effect transistor provides a gateable connection to the emitter region of the bipolar transistor while a second insulated gate field effect transistor provides a charge extraction path from the base region when the bipolar transistor is turned off. The first insulated gate field effect transistor includes a further region of the other conductivity type provided in the emitter region, and a source region of the one conductivity type formed in the further region and an insulated gate overlying a channel area comprising at least part of the further region to provide a gateable connection between the emitter region and the source region of the first insulated gate field effect transistor. The second insulated gate field effect transistor having an insulated gate overlying a channel area comprising at least part of the emitter region adjacent the base region to provide a gateable connection between the base region and a source of the second insulated gate field effect transistor.


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