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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter Roggwiller, Riedt-Neerach, CH;
Assignee:
Asea Brown Boveri Ltd., Baden, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 38 ; 357 39 ;
Abstract
In a high-power GTO thyristor with anode short-circuits (7) in the anode-side p-type emitter layer (6), the triggering sensitivity is improved by an additional thin and lightly doped p.sup.- -type barrier layer (9) between the anode short-circuits (7) and the n-type base layer (5) without the turn-off process being negatively affected.