The Concept of a Regenerative Diode

Author

Vemulapati, Umamaheswara Reddy ; Silber, Dieter ; Rosensaft, Boris

Author_Institution

Univ. of Bremen, Bremen

fYear

2007

fDate

27-31 May 2007

Firstpage

193

Lastpage

196

Abstract

In this paper we describe the operation of a novel power diode - \´regenerative diode\´ which has a regenerative blocking capability. The regenerative diode has comparatively better I-V characteristics in the forward direction when compared to that of the P-N diode, Schottky diode and junction barrier controlled Schottky (JBS) rectifier. Additionally it also has dominant blocking characteristics when compared to that of the Schottky diode and JBS rectifier in the reverse direction. Regenerative diode is a diode with an operation that is completely different from the "normal" diodes. Regenerative diode is a normally ON device (i.e. zero threshold voltage). We present the simulation results with the I-V characteristics of the regenerative diode and also compare them with the I-V characteristics of the JBS rectifier at iso-thermal conditions.

Keywords

Schottky diodes; power semiconductor diodes; solid-state rectifiers; I-V characteristics; JBS rectifier; P-N diode; Schottky diode; junction barrier controlled Schottky rectifier; normal diodes; power diode; regenerative blocking capability; regenerative diode; zero threshold voltage; Anodes; Cathodes; P-n junctions; Power semiconductor devices; Rectifiers; Schottky diodes; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon; Threshold voltage; Thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Semiconductor Devices and IC's, 2007. ISPSD '07. 19th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jeju Island

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1095-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1096-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPSD.2007.4294965

Filename

4294965