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US 9,793,261 B2Granted
Power semiconductor device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMasaaki Takiguchi, Katsuhisa Kawasaki
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Abstract
A power semiconductor device includes: a first MOSFET having a first conductivity type including a first source, a first drain, and a first gate; a second MOSFET having a first conductivity type including a second drain, a second source electrically coupled to the first source, and a second gate electrically coupled the first gate; and a diode being coupled between the first and second drains. A breakdown voltage of the first MOSFET is higher than that of the second MOSFET
Claims17
A power semiconductor device comprising:
- a first MOSFET having a first conductivity type including a first source, a first drain, and a first gate;
- a second MOSFET having a first conductivity type including a second drain, a second source electrically coupled to the first source as a common source, and a second gate electrically coupled to the first gate as a common gate;
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- a diode coupled between the first and second drains;
- the first MOSFET further includes a first parasitic diode between the common source and the first drain and the second MOSFET includes a second parasitic diode between the common source and the second drain, the first and the second parasitic diodes have a rectification direction from the common source to the drains respectively,
- wherein breakdown voltage of the first MOSFET is higher than that of the second MOSFET.
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A control circuit comprising:
- a first power semiconductor device which includes;
- a first MOSFET having a first conductivity type including a first source, a first drain, and a first gate,
- a second MOSFET having a first conductivity type including a second drain, a second source electrically coupled to the first source as a first common source, and a second gate electrically coupled to the first gate as a first common gate, and
- a first diode coupled between the first and second drains,
- the first MOSFET includes a first parasitic diode between the first common source and the first drain and the second MOSFET includes a second parasitic diode between the first common source and the second drain, the first and the second parasitic diodes have a rectification direction from the first common source to the drains respectively;
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- a second power semiconductor device which includes;
- a third MOSFET having a first conductivity type including a third source, a third drain, and a third gate,
- a fourth MOSFET having a second conductivity type including a fourth drain, a fourth source electrically coupled to the third source as a second common source, and a fourth gate electrically coupled to the third gate as a second common gate, and
- a second diode coupled between the third and fourth drains,
- the third MOSFET includes a third parasitic diode between the second common gate and the third drain and the fourth MOSFET includes a fourth parasitic diode between the second common source and the fourth drain, the third and fourth parasitic diodes have a rectification direction from the second common source to the drains respectively;
- wherein breakdown voltage of the first MOSFET is higher than that of the second MOSFET and breakdown voltage of the third MOSFET is higher than that of the fourth MOSFET.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.