US 2026/0150388 A1Published application

Diode device

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorTomoaki INOKUCHI

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Abstract

According to one embodiment, a diode device includes first and second terminals, a transistor element, a control circuit, and a voltage generating circuit. The transistor element includes source, drain and gate electrodes. The source electrode is connected to the first terminal. The drain electrode is connected to the second terminal. The control circuit includes first and second input portions, a control output portion, and a control power supply input portion. The first and second control input portions are connected to the first and second terminal respectively. The control output portion is connected to the gate electrode. The voltage generating circuit includes first and second voltage input portions, and a voltage output portion. The first voltage input portion is connected to the first terminal. The second voltage input portion is connected to the second terminal. The voltage output portion is connected to the control power supply input portion.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A diode device, comprising:

a first terminal;
a second terminal;
a transistor element including a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode, the source electrode being electrically connected to the first terminal, the drain electrode being electrically connected to the second terminal;
a control circuit including a first control input portion, a second control input portion, a control output portion, and a control power supply input portion, the first control input portion being electrically connected to the first terminal, the second control input portion being electrically connected to the second terminal, the control output portion being electrically connected to the gate electrode;
a voltage generating circuit including a first voltage input portion, a second voltage input portion, and a voltage output portion, the first voltage input portion being electrically connected to the first terminal, the second voltage input portion being electrically connected to the second terminal, the voltage output portion being electrically connected to the control power supply input portion.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/256,432Filed 1 Jul 2025
Priority: JP 2024-20749828 Nov 2024
Published: 28 May 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H10D 84/811
Characterised by the integration of at least one component covered by groups H10D12/00 or H10D30/00, e.g. integration of IGFETs: combinations of…
H03K 17/6877
The devices being field-effect transistors: the control circuit comprising active elements different from those used in the output circuit
H03K 17/693
The devices being field-effect transistors: switching arrangements with several input- or output-terminals, e.g. multiplexers, distributors
H10D 8/25
Breakdown diodes, e.g. avalanche diodes: zener diodes