Monolithic epitaxial Darlington transistor and its traction applications

Author

Thakur, D.K. ; Saddar, K. ; Mahajan, S.K. ; Jasuja, K.L. ; Khokle, W.S.

Author_Institution

Central Electron. Eng. Res. Inst., Pilani, India

fYear

1990

fDate

7-12 Oct. 1990

Firstpage

1618

Abstract

The development of a planar-monolithic-epitaxial Darlington transistor and CAD aspects relating to the simulation behavior of the device in actual load conditions are described. A computer-aided design optimization procedure, based on approximate emitter geometry, and its effectiveness in analyzing the influence of physical parameters on the electrical characteristics of the Darlington transistor are discussed. Computed results are presented in order to analyze the effects of epitaxial collector thickness, resistivity, diffusion profile, and physical dimensions of emitter geometry. The implementation of the monolithic Darlington transistors in inverters for AC drives is described. Requirements and precautions for transistorized inverters, and details of a base-drive circuit, switch mode power supply, power block, protection circuits, and current sensing device are discussed.<>

Keywords

bipolar transistor circuits; bipolar transistors; invertors; AC drives; CAD; approximate emitter geometry; base-drive circuit; computer-aided design optimization; current sensing device; diffusion profile; electrical characteristics; epitaxial collector thickness; inverters; load conditions; physical dimensions; physical parameters; planar-monolithic-epitaxial Darlington transistor; power block; protection circuits; resistivity; switch mode power supply; traction; Circuits; Computational geometry; Computational modeling; Conductivity; Design automation; Design optimization; Electric variables; Inverters; Physics computing; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1990., Conference Record of the 1990 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-87942-553-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1990.152403

Filename

152403