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material, for example P-N-P-N. The main terminals, labelled anode and cathode, are across all four layers. The control terminal, called the gate, is attached to p-type material near the cathode. (A variant called an SCS—silicon controlled switch—brings all four layers out to terminals.) The operation
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switch (or a latch). There are two designs, differing in what triggers the conducting state. In a three-lead thyristor, a small current on its gate lead controls the larger current of the anode-to-cathode path. In a two-lead thyristor, conduction begins when the potential difference between the anode
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circuit between the anode and cathode in order to limit the dV/dt (i.e., rate of voltage change over time). Snubbers are energy-absorbing circuits used to suppress the voltage spikes caused by the circuit's inductance when a switch, electrical or mechanical, opens. The most common snubber circuit is
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The first thyristor devices were released commercially in 1956. Because thyristors can control a relatively large amount of power and voltage with a small device, they find wide application in control of electric power, ranging from light
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of AC to DC, in low- and medium-power (from few tens of watts to few tens of kilowatts) applications they have virtually been replaced by other devices with superior switching characteristics like
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1538:; ON Semiconductor; 240 pages; 2006; HBD855/D.
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204:was developed in 1956 by power engineers at
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646:BRT: Base Resistance Controlled Thyristor
623:Dynistor: Unidirectional switching device
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1592:Universal thyristor driving circuit
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1748:Multi-gate field-effect transistor
1029:are connected in series to form a
973:This is prevented by connecting a
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1550:, 1. Edition, ISLE Verlag, 1998,
1141:Insulated-gate bipolar transistor
724:: Static Induction Thyristor, or
1970:Heterostructure barrier varactor
1697:Chemical field-effect transistor
1602:Thyristors of STMicroelectronics
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718:: Silicon Controlled Rectifier
709:: Reverse Conducting Thyristor
691:structures for on/off control.
620:: Bidirectional trigger device
286:Thyristors have three states:
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1911:Organic light-emitting diode
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1136:Thyristor-controlled reactor
1049:Comparisons to other devices
753:Reverse conducting thyristor
652:: Emitter Turn-Off Thyristor
436:) and gate trigger current (
281:bipolar junction transistors
162:silicon-controlled rectifier
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1292:"Safe Firing of Thyristors"
1272:Power Electronics (3rd ed.)
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875:Blue trace: trigger voltage
815:forward recovery protection
517:called forced commutation.
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658:: Gate Turn-Off thyristor
309:Layer diagram of thyristor
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152:materials. It acts as a
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1402:"HVDC Thyristor Valves"
1166:Gate turn-off thyristor
900:phase fired controllers
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1586:THYRISTORS
1567:SCR Manual
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1339:2013-08-04
1172:References
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1997:Memristor
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