Patent ID: 8519431
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G11C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A thyristor comprising: two electrode regions and two base regions, with a material having a bandgap of at least 1.2 eV in at least one of the regions; the electrode regions being a first electrode region and a second electrode region; the base regions being a first base region and a second base region; the first base region being between the first electrode region and the second base region; the second base region being between the second electrode region and the first base region; the first base region interfacing with the first electrode region at a first junction, and interfacing with the second base region at a second junction; the second base region interfacing with the second electrode region at a third junction; and a gate along the first base region; the gate not overlapping either of the first and second junctions, wherein one of the electrode regions is an anode and the other is a cathode, and wherein the electrode and base regions are alternating p-type and n-type regions in at least some modes of the thyristor.