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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuji Takayanagi, Hitachi, JP;
Susumu Murakami, Katsuta, JP;
Yukimasa Satou, Hitachi, JP;
Satoshi Matsuyoshi, Hitachi, JP;
Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Katsuta, JP;
Hidekatsu Onose, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257119 ; 257138 ; 257139 ; 257147 ; 257155 ;
Abstract
A gate turn-off thyristor having a p-emitter layer in the anode side, an n-base layer, a p-base layer and an n-emitter layer in the cathode side. The n-base layer is composed of a first layer portion adjacent to the p-emitter layer, a second layer portion adjacent to the p-base layer and having a lower impurity concentration than the first layer portion, and is constituted by a structure which alters a travelling path of positive holes injected from the p-emitter layer.