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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuhiro Mori, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257487 ; 257110 ; 257121 ; 257146 ; 257147 ; 257137 ; 257141 ;
Abstract
In a composite controlled semiconductor device having an insulated gate and a power conversion device using the same, a p type semiconductor region forming no channel is provided in the composite device structure between a plurality of p type semiconductor regions forming a channel and the potential of the p type semiconductor region in an ON state takes a value high enough to inject holes into an n type semiconductor region adjacent to the p type semiconductor region.