ESTD - AN EMITTER SWITCHED THYRISTOR WITH A DIVERTOR

Authors
BHALLA A CHOW TP
Citation
A. Bhalla et Tp. Chow, ESTD - AN EMITTER SWITCHED THYRISTOR WITH A DIVERTOR, IEEE electron device letters, 16(2), 1995, pp. 77-79
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE electron device letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
07413106
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
77 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0741-3106(1995)16:2<77:E-AEST>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
In this paper we report a 600 V Emitter Switched Thyristor with a Dive rter (ESTD), that incorporates a p-channel diverter adjacent to the fl oating emitter to improve the turn-off capability of the conventional Emitter Switched Thyristor (EST). The current saturation feature of th e EST is retained in this new device. Experimental devices show a 27-5 0% improvement in maximum gate controllable current over the conventio nal EST for resistive switching, with a small penalty in forward drop.