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Patent US8193848 - Power switching devices having controllable surge current capabilities - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsSemiconductor switching devices include a wide band-gap power transistor, a wide band-gap surge current transistor that coupled in parallel to the power transistor, and a wide band-gap driver transistor that is configured to drive the surge current transistor. Substantially all of the on-state output...http://www.google.com/patents/US8193848?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8193848 - Power switching devices having controllable surge current capabilitiesAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8193848 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/610,582Publication dateJun 5, 2012Filing dateNov 2, 2009Priority dateJun 2, 2009Fee statusPaidAlso published asEP2438618A1, US20100301929, WO2010141238A1Publication number12610582, 610582, US 8193848 B2, US 8193848B2, US-B2-8193848, US8193848 B2, US8193848B2InventorsQingchun Zhang, James Theodore Richmond, Anant K. Agarwal, Sei-Hyung RyuOriginal AssigneeCree, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (265), Non-Patent Citations (150), Referenced by (5), Classifications (28), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPower switching devices having controllable surge current capabilities
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/183,214, filed Jun. 2, 2009, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in its entirety.
FIG. 8 illustrates a CST 600 according to certain embodiments of the present invention that includes a 20 amp power silicon carbide MOSFET 610, a driver silicon carbide MOSFET 620, and a 20 amp silicon carbide BJT 630. Each of these transistors 610, 620, 630 has a 1600 volt blocking voltage. The chip sizes for the power MOSFET 610 and the BIT 630 are 4×4 mm2 and 3.5×3.5 mm2, respectively.
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