Considerations of the limits and capabilities of light-activated switches

Oved S. F. Zucker; David M. Giorgi; Adam H. Griffin; David E. Hargis; James K. Long; Iain Alexander McIntyre; Kevin J. Page; Paul J. Solone; Deborah S. Wein

doi:10.1117/12.25038

1 March 1991 Considerations of the limits and capabilities of light-activated switches

Oved S. F. Zucker, David M. Giorgi, Adam H. Griffin, David E. Hargis, James K. Long, Iain Alexander McIntyre, Kevin J. Page, Paul J. Solone, Deborah S. Wein

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Proceedings Volume 1378, Optically Activated Switching; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25038
Event: Advances in Intelligent Robotics Systems, 1990, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We examine the limitations of light activated semiconductor switches from a pulsed power point of view particularly the power and the speed. The factors considered fall into three categories namely electromagnetic principles physical properties and carrier generation. We show how after a full examination of the switch in a real operating environment we are led to the choice of a silicon junction with linear activation as the optimum design for a repetitively switched high power device.

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Oved S. F. Zucker, David M. Giorgi, Adam H. Griffin, David E. Hargis, James K. Long, Iain Alexander McIntyre, Kevin J. Page, Paul J. Solone, and Deborah S. Wein "Considerations of the limits and capabilities of light-activated switches", Proc. SPIE 1378, Optically Activated Switching, (1 March 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25038

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