Multistreamer regime of GaAs thyristor switching |
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| Authors: | Vainshtein S.N. Kilpela A.J. Kostamovaara J.T. Myllyla R.A. Starobinets S.U. Zhilyaev J.V. |
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| Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. Eng., Oulu Univ.; |
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| Abstract: | GaAs bipolar thyristors have been used to obtain current pulses of over 100 A with rise times less than 600 ps and load resistance of approximately 0.4 Ω. The maximum voltage has been shown to exceeded 500 V in some cases. To interpret the experimental results a multichannel switch regime is proposed. Analysis of the experimental data suggests the possibility of a further increase in the maximum amplitude of the current pulse |
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