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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hsueh-Rong Chang, Scotia, NY (US);
Bantval J Baliga, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 38 ; 357 22 ; 357 234 ;
Abstract
A field controlled diode is provided with an insulated gate electrode for controlling the conductivity of the diode. The diode is turned off by applying a gate bias voltage which pinches off the drift region of the device to block current flow in the anode/cathode diode path. The turn-off characteristics of the device are enhanced by including transistor portions in the structure in which the drift region is not pinched off during turn-off to facilitate extraction of stored charge from the diode structure.