Emitter turn-off thyristors and their drive circuits

dc.contributor.assigneeVirginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.en
dc.contributor.inventorHuang, Oinen
dc.contributor.inventorZhang, Binen
dc.date.accessed2016-08-19en
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-24T17:54:26Zen
dc.date.available2016-08-24T17:54:26Zen
dc.date.filed2003-03-05en
dc.date.issued2004-03-23en
dc.description.abstractA family of emitter turn-off thyristors and their drive circuit comprise a gate turn-on (GTO) thyristor, a first switch, the drain of the first switch being connected to the cathode of the GTO thyristor, and a second switch connected between the gate of the GTO thyristor and the source of the first switch. The first switch consists of many paralleled metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs). The anode of the GTO thyristor and the source of the first switch serve as the annode and the cathode, respective, of the emitter turn-off thyristor. The emitter turn-off thyristor has four control electrodes: the gate of the GTO thyristor, the control electrode of the second switch, the gate of the first switch, and the cathode of the GTO thyristor. The drive circuit comprises a current source circuit, a voltage clamp circuit, a current direction detector, and a control circuit. The ETO thyristor further comprises a current sensing and over-current detector circuit. The first switch is packaged in a printed circuit board.en
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dc.identifier.applicationnumber10378606en
dc.identifier.patentnumber6710639en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72488en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/39/106/067/0.pdfen
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen
dc.subject.cpcH01L23/60en
dc.subject.cpcH01L29/41716en
dc.subject.cpcH01L29/744en
dc.subject.cpcH01L27/0259en
dc.subject.cpcH01L2924/0002en
dc.subject.cpcH01L2924/00en
dc.subject.cpcH03K17/567en
dc.subject.uspc257/E29.115en
dc.subject.uspcother257/E29.212en
dc.subject.uspcother327/438en
dc.subject.uspcother327/440en
dc.titleEmitter turn-off thyristors and their drive circuitsen
dc.typePatenten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.patenttypeutilityen

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