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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
May. 05, 1993
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An insulated gate bipolar transistor has a reverse conducting function built therein. A semiconductor layer of a first conduction type is formed on the side of a drain, a semiconductor layer of a second conduction type for causing conductivity modulation upon carrier injection is formed on the semiconductor layer of the first conduction type, a semiconductor layer of the second conduction type for taking out a reverse conducting current opposite in direction to a drain current is formed in the semiconductor layer of the second conduction type which is electrically connected to a drain electrode, and a semiconductor layer of the second conduction type is formed at or in the vicinity of a pn junction, through which carriers are given and received to cause conductivity modulation, with a high impurity concentration resulting in a path for the reverse conducting current into a pattern not impeding the passage of the carriers. Therefore, the built-in reverse conducting function has a low operating resistance, a large reverse current can be passed, there is no increase in on-resistance, and the turn-off time can be shortened.