DocumentCode
181305
Title
The Stripe Fortified GCT: A new GCT design for maximizing the controllable current
Author
Lophitis, N. ; Antoniou, M. ; Udrea, F. ; Nistor, I. ; Arnold, Martin ; Wikstrom, Tobias ; Vobecky, J. ; Rahimo, Munaf
Author_Institution
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
15-19 June 2014
Firstpage
123
Lastpage
126
Abstract
In this paper we introduce a new GCT design, namely the Stripe Fortified GCT, for the purpose of maximizing the controllable current by optimizing the current flow path in the device during turn-off. The main design of the new device along with variants are introduced. The MCC performance of this novel structure is assessed with a developed two dimensional model for full wafer simulations. Our results show that this new design is a very good candidate for increasing the MCC to values more than 5000A.
Keywords
semiconductor device models; thyristors; 2D model; GCT design; MCC performance; current flow path; gate commutated thyristors; maximum controllable current; stripe fortified GCT; Cathodes; Controllability; Current density; Junctions; Logic gates; Semiconductor device modeling; Thyristors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power Semiconductor Devices & IC's (ISPSD), 2014 IEEE 26th International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Waikoloa, HI
ISSN
1943-653X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-2917-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISPSD.2014.6855991
Filename
6855991
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