Abstract
Turn-off current waveform for a gate turn-off thyristor (GTO) with a shorted anode emitter has been calculated numerically by solving the semiconductor basic equations in an equivalent one-dimensional model device. This model is derived from the analysis of current and carrier distributions obtained by a two-dimensional calculation of the on-state of GTO. A calculated turn-off current waveform agrees well with the experimental waveform. The computational time of one case is about 2 min. It is shown that this one-dimensional analysis method is useful for the calculation of the turn-off time. Using this one-dimensional model during the turn-off process and the two-dimensional model in the on-state, the relation between turn-off time and the forward voltage drop can be obtained in relation to the shorted emitter structure. It is shown that the shorted emitter structure is useful to improve this tradeoff relation.
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