PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH

• Main Authors: EVAN, HOWARD, BLANE, JR, BHATTACHARYA, RABI, S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 26.11.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

A photoconductive semiconductor switch comprising a photoconductive GaAs substrate having a pair of spaced metal contacts on a surface thereof, the spaced metal contacts opposite ends of a switching gap, the switching gap having a plurality of lateral current flow preventing channels therein, the ch...