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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Ahmed Elasser, Latham, NY (US);
Stephen Daley Arthur, Glenville, NY (US);
Alexey Vert, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stanislav Ivanovich Soloviev, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Peter Almern Losee, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Ahmed Elasser, Latham, NY (US);
Stephen Daley Arthur, Glenville, NY (US);
Alexey Vert, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Stanislav Ivanovich Soloviev, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Peter Almern Losee, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A thyristor device includes a semiconductor body and a conductive anode. The semiconductor body has a plurality of doped layers forming a plurality of dopant junctions and includes an optical thyristor, a first amplifying thyristor, and a switching thyristor. The conductive anode is disposed on a first side of the semiconductor body. The optical thyristor is configured to receive incident radiation to generate a first electric current, and the first amplifying thyristor is configured to increase the first electric current from the optical thyristor to at least a threshold current. The switching thyristor switches to the conducting state in order to conduct a second electric current from the anode and through the semiconductor body.