A new static induction thyristor (SITH) with a strip anode region and p buffer layer structure (SAP B) has been successfully designed and fabricated. This structure is composed of a p buffer layer and lightly doped n regions embedded in the p C -emitter. Compared with the conventional structure of a buried-gate with a diffused source region (DSR buried-gate), besides the simple fabrication process, the forward blocking voltage of this SITH has been increased to 1600 V from the previous value of 1000 V, the blocking gain increased from 40 to 70, and the turn-off time decreased from 0.8 to 0.4 s.