AN LPE GROWN INP BASED OPTOTHYRISTOR FOR POWER SWITCHING APPLICATIONS

被引:7
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作者
LIS, RJ [1 ]
ZHAO, JH [1 ]
ZHU, LD [1 ]
ILLAN, J [1 ]
MCAFEE, S [1 ]
BURKE, T [1 ]
WEINER, M [1 ]
BUCHWALD, WR [1 ]
JONES, KA [1 ]
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[1] USA,LABCOM,EPS DIRECTORATE,FT MONMOUTH,NJ 07703
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1109/16.285035
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper presents the results of a new InP based optothyristor for pulsed high power switching applications and compares them with a traditional InP photoconductive switch operating under similar conditions. The optothyristor utilized a semi-insulating InP wafer inserted between the two PN junctions in a conventional thyristor structure. We also determined the dynamic I-V characteristics and the di/dt turn-on parameter for this novel optothyristor. Using a 1.06 mum YAG laser to trigger the optothyristor, we have achieved a 1200 V (4.8 X 10(4) V/cm) hold-off voltage with a maximum current of 61 A. The current rise time for device turn-on was measured to be consistently under 12 ns, and a maximum di/dt of 1.4 x 10(10)) A/s was obtained.
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页码:809 / 813
页数:5
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