GB1065450A

GB1065450A – Electro-optical transistor chopper
– Google Patents

GB1065450A – Electro-optical transistor chopper
– Google Patents
Electro-optical transistor chopper

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Publication number
GB1065450A

GB1065450A
GB44861/64A
GB4486164A
GB1065450A
GB 1065450 A
GB1065450 A
GB 1065450A
GB 44861/64 A
GB44861/64 A
GB 44861/64A
GB 4486164 A
GB4486164 A
GB 4486164A
GB 1065450 A
GB1065450 A
GB 1065450A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
region
transistor
junction
diode
hemisphere
Prior art date
1963-11-29
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Expired

Application number
GB44861/64A
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Texas Instruments Inc

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Texas Instruments Inc
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1963-11-29
Filing date
1964-11-03
Publication date
1967-04-12

1964-11-03
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Texas Instruments Inc

1967-04-12
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Classifications

H—ELECTRICITY

H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE

H03K19/00—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits

H03K19/02—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components

H03K19/14—Logic circuits, i.e. having at least two inputs acting on one output; Inverting circuits using specified components using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled

G—PHYSICS

G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING

G05F—SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES

G05F1/00—Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems

G05F1/10—Regulating voltage or current

G05F1/46—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc

G05F1/56—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices

G05F1/575—Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is dc using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices characterised by the feedback circuit

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/12—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto

H01L31/16—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto the semiconductor device sensitive to radiation being controlled by the light source or sources

H01L31/167—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto the semiconductor device sensitive to radiation being controlled by the light source or sources the light sources and the devices sensitive to radiation all being semiconductor devices characterised by at least one potential or surface barrier

H—ELECTRICITY

H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

H03F—AMPLIFIERS

H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements

H03F3/04—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with semiconductor devices only

H03F3/08—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with semiconductor devices only controlled by light

H03F3/085—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with semiconductor devices only controlled by light using opto-couplers between stages

H—ELECTRICITY

H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

H03F—AMPLIFIERS

H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements

H03F3/34—Dc amplifiers in which all stages are dc-coupled

H03F3/343—Dc amplifiers in which all stages are dc-coupled with semiconductor devices only

H—ELECTRICITY

H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE

H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking

H03K17/51—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used

H03K17/78—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled

H03K17/795—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled controlling bipolar transistors

H—ELECTRICITY

H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY

H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE

H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking

H03K17/51—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used

H03K17/78—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled

H03K17/795—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled controlling bipolar transistors

H03K17/7955—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used using opto-electronic devices, i.e. light-emitting and photoelectric devices electrically- or optically-coupled controlling bipolar transistors using phototransistors

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC

Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10S323/00—Electricity: power supply or regulation systems

Y10S323/902—Optical coupling to semiconductor

Abstract

An electro-optical transistor chopper (see Division G1) comprises a light-emitting semi-conductor diode optically coupled to a transistor or transistors. The diode comprises a hemispherical region of N-type conductivity 92 and a P-type region 94. When forward biased, the rectifying junction 96 between the regions emits light which passes through the antireflection coating 108 and is reflected by the gold mirror 104 on to a transistor having two emitters 84, 86 diffused into a base region 82 which is itself diffused into a collector substrate 80. The transistor and the diode are stuck together by a pliable transparent cement 102. To avoid absorption of radiation in the hemisphere, it is composed of material having a larger band gap than the material in which the junction 96 is located. Ga As0. 6 is preferred for the region in which the junction is located and Ga Asx P1-x, where x \s5 0.5 for the hemisphere. Indium-gallium arsenide may be used. Either the junction is diffused into the hemisphere which is subsequently etched to produce the region 94, or the region 94 is produced epitaxially. The transistor is composed of germanium or silicon. In modifications the double emitter transistor is replaced by two transistors connected in parallel, Fig. 14 (not shown), or with commonly connected collectors and bases, Fig. 9 (not shown). In these embodiments the transistors are formed on a glass substrate. In another modification, Fig. 10 (not shown), the N-type region of the light-emitting diode is of planar form.

GB44861/64A
1963-11-29
1964-11-03
Electro-optical transistor chopper

Expired

GB1065450A
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US327136A

US3413480A
(en)

1963-11-29
1963-11-29
Electro-optical transistor switching device

US327137A

US3321631A
(en)

1963-11-29
1963-11-29
Electro-optical switch device

US327131A

US3304430A
(en)

1963-11-29
1963-11-29
High frequency electro-optical device using photosensitive and photoemissive diodes

US327140A

US3304431A
(en)

1963-11-29
1963-11-29
Photosensitive transistor chopper using light emissive diode

US327133A

US3315176A
(en)

1963-11-29
1963-11-29
Isolated differential amplifier

US327132A

US3359483A
(en)

1963-11-29
1963-11-29
High voltage regulator

US326765A

US3304429A
(en)

1963-11-29
1963-11-29
Electrical chopper comprising photo-sensitive transistors and light emissive diode

Publications (1)

Publication Number
Publication Date

GB1065450A
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GB1065450A
(en)

1967-04-12

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Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

GB44861/64A
Expired

GB1065450A
(en)

1963-11-29
1964-11-03
Electro-optical transistor chopper

GB45663/64A
Expired

GB1065419A
(en)

1963-11-29
1964-11-09
Isolated differential amplifier

GB46215/64A
Expired

GB1065420A
(en)

1963-11-29
1964-11-12
Electro-optical coupling device

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Expired

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1963-11-29
1964-11-09
Isolated differential amplifier

GB46215/64A
Expired

GB1065420A
(en)

1963-11-29
1964-11-12
Electro-optical coupling device

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(7)

US3413480A
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1967-07-13

Bilateral communication device

FR2108101A1
(en)

1972-05-12

Semiconductor opto-electronic component – with photo-emissive diode coupled by high resistivity body to a photo-conductive diode

UST979005I4
(en)

1979-02-06

Light emitting diodes with back-side emission

Biard et al.

1962

GaAs infrared source

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