ESTD: an emitter switched thyristor with a diverter |
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| Authors: | Bhalla A. Chow T.P. |
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| Affiliation: | Center for Integrated Electron., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY; |
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| Abstract: | In this paper we report a 600 V Emitter Switched Thyristor with a Diverter (ESTD) that incorporates a p-channel diverter adjacent to the floating emitter to improve the turn-off capability of the conventional Emitter Switched Thyristor (EST). The current saturation feature of the EST is retained in this new device. Experimental devices show a 27-50% improvement in maximum gate controllable current over the conventional EST for resistive switching, with a small penalty in forward drop |
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