Voltage-controlled type semiconductor switching device

摘要

A voltage-control type semiconductor switching device is disclosed which includes a pair of controlled electrodes to which a control voltage signal is supplied, and a semiconductive layer formed between the electrodes so as electrically insulative from the electrodes through insulative layers. The semiconductive layer has a channel region and a carrier-storage region which is substantially nonconductive. The channel region is formed laterally along the longitudinal direction of the electrodes, thereby allowing majority carriers such as electrons of the semiconductive layer to flow in the lateral direction. In the current cut-off mode, the carrier-storage region temporarily stores the carriers which move in the direction of thickness of the semiconductive layer due to the electric field created by the voltage. In the current conduction mode, the carrier-storage region releases the carriers stored therein toward the channel region.