Abstract:
A circuit, comprising a semiconductor device with one or more field gate terminals for controlling the electric field in a drift region of the semiconductor device; and a feedback circuit configured to dynamically control a bias voltage or voltages applied to the field gate terminal or terminals, with different control voltages used for different semiconductor device characteristics in real-time in response to a time-varying signal at a further node in the circuit.
Abstract:
The invention provides a bipolar transistor circuit and a method of controlling a bipolar transistor, in which the bipolar transistor has a gate terminal for controlling the electric field in a collector region of the transistor. The bias voltage applied to the gate terminal is controlled to achieve different transistor characteristics.
Abstract:
A circuit, comprising a semiconductor device with one or more field gate terminals for controlling the electric field in a drift region of the semiconductor device; and a feedback circuit configured to dynamically control a bias voltage or voltages applied to the field gate terminal or terminals, with different control voltages used for different semiconductor device characteristics in real-time in response to a time-varying signal at a further node in the circuit.