Semiconductor device for controlling the continuity of multiple electric paths

Claim 1

A MONOLITHIC SEMICONDUCTOR MULTIPLE SWITCH DEVICE COMPRISING A PILOT SEMICONDUCTOR REGIONAL SWITCH COMBINATION AND A PLURALITY OF OTHER SEMICONDUCTOR REGIONAL SWITCH COMBINATIONS, A SEMICONDUCTIVE LAYER OF ONE CONUCTIVITY TYPE HAVING A FIRST PORTION FORMING A PORTION OF SAID PILOT SWITCH, SAID SEMICONDUCTIVE LAYER HAVING RESPECTIVE OTHER PORTIONS FORMING RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF SAID OTHER SWITCHES AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND FROM SAID PILOT SWITCH LAYER PORTION SO THAT SAID SWITCHES NORMALLY ARE INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE, AND RESPECTIVE ELECTRODES IN NON-RECTIFYING CONTACT WITH SAID LAYER RESPECTIVELY IN PROXIMITY WITH SAID OTHER SWITCH LAYER PORTION, SAID OTHER SWITCHES DISPOSED ELECTRICALLY BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES AND SAID PILOT SWITCH SO THAT A SWITCH TRIGGERING QUANTITY OF PILOT SWITCH CARRIERS IS TRANSFERRED THROUGH SAID LAYER SELECTIVELY AND RESPECTIVELY TO SAID OTHER SWITCH LAYER PORTIONS WHEN SAID PILOT SWITCH IS CONDUCTING AND WHEN AN ELECTRIF FIELD OF PREDETERMINED STRENGTH IS APPLIED BETWEEN SAID PILOT SWITCH LAYER PORTION AND THE SELECTED ELECTRODE.