Presentation 2017-12-22
Ultra-high power transistor and thyristor consisting of Si solar cell and LED matrix
Kensho Okamoto,
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Abstract(in English) It is known that classical silicon bipolar transistors, i.e. Si junction transistors, consist of Si layer structure of PNP or NPN. Also Si thyristor which is switching type transistor has four-layer structure of PNPN or NPNP. The author found in 2011 that an epoch-making amplifier device was easily produced merely by LED and Si photodiode couple, which were electrically connected in series and placed facing each other. He named the novel transistor “distar”. The distar operated in the same way as conventional bipolar transistor. The distar behaved like a switching transistor thyristor when the distance between LED and Si photodiode became nearer within a certain value. The author named the thyristor-mode distar as diristar. Distar and diristar with high output power can be easily produced by replacing Si photodiode with Si solar cell which has much broader light-receiving area and allowable current. Thus, the discovery of new device “distar” and “diristar” will pave a new way to semiconductor electronics, although they are not known in the field of semiconductor engineering. The strongest merit of the distar and diristar is easiness of production of higher output device. This paper describes the manufacturing process and the characteristics of high-output distar and diristar.
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Keyword(in English) distar / diristar / transistor / bipolar transistor / thyristor / LED / solar cell / photovoltaic effect
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Committee SDM / EID
Conference Date 2017/12/22(1days)
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Place (in English) Kyoto University
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Topics (in English) Si, Si-related materials, device process, electron devices, and display technology
Chair Tatsuya Kunikiyo(Renesas) / Yuko Kominami(Shizuoka Univ.)
Vice Chair Takahiro Shinada(Tohoku Univ.) / Mutsumi Kimura(Ryukoku Univ.)
Secretary Takahiro Shinada(Tohoku Univ.) / Mutsumi Kimura(Renesas)
Assistant Hiroya Ikeda(Shizuoka Univ.) / Tetsu Morooka(TOSHIBA MEMORY) / Rumiko Yamaguchi(Akita Univ.) / Hiroyuki Nitta(Japan Display) / Mitsuru Nakata(NHK) / Ryosuke Nonaka(Toshiba) / Takeshi Okuno(Huawei) / Tomokazu Shiga(Univ. of Electro-Comm.)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) Ultra-high power transistor and thyristor consisting of Si solar cell and LED matrix
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Keyword(1) distar
Keyword(2) diristar
Keyword(3) transistor
Keyword(4) bipolar transistor
Keyword(5) thyristor
Keyword(6) LED
Keyword(7) solar cell
Keyword(8) photovoltaic effect
1st Author's Name Kensho Okamoto
1st Author's Affiliation Opto-semiconductor Device Application Laboratory(Opto Device Lab.)
Date 2017-12-22
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Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) EID-372,SDM-373
Page pp.pp.-(),
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