A silicon controlled rectifier or semiconductor controlled rectifier (SCR) is a four-layer solid-state current-controlling device. The name "silicon controlled...

other means),: 12  or through the control gate signal on newer types. Some sources define "silicon-controlled rectifier" (SCR) and "thyristor" as synonymous...

copper and selenium oxide plates, semiconductor diodes, silicon-controlled rectifiers and other silicon-based semiconductor switches. Historically, even synchronous...

sequence developed by Mullard, a UK company Rectifier Transistor Thyristor or silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) TRIAC DIAC Varistor In optics, an equivalent...

A mercury-arc valve or mercury-vapor rectifier or (UK) mercury-arc rectifier is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high-voltage or high-current...

small voltage and current can control a much larger voltage and current) and are related to silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs). TRIACs differ from SCRs...

in Paris. Mataré had previous experience in developing crystal rectifiers from silicon and germanium in the German radar effort during World War II. With...

Emitting Diode) Photodiode Tunnel diode Varicap Shockley diode SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) Diac (may be a varistor in older schematics) Constant-current...

active terminals. Thyristors Silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) – passes current only after triggered by a sufficient control voltage on its gate TRIAC (TRIode...

cat's-whisker detectors used in the early days of wireless and metal rectifiers used in early power applications can be considered primitive Schottky...

etched onto a small, flat piece ("chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Integrated circuits are used in a wide range of electronic devices, including...

turn-on pulse and full conduction; they behave much like modern silicon-controlled rectifiers, also called thyristors due to their functional similarity to...

field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon. It has an insulated gate, the voltage of which determines...

over discretely-implemented gate-drive solutions. In 1989, International Rectifier (IR) introduced the first monolithic HVIC gate driver product, the high-voltage...

sensor can be a photoresistor, a photodiode, a phototransistor, a silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) or a triac. Since LEDs can sense light in addition to emitting...

allowing them to work efficiently with mains voltages. Often a simple rectifier and capacitive current limiting are employed to create a low-cost replacement...

applications, it was the 1957 introduction of the thyristor or silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) that initiated the transition to solid-state inverter circuits...

as anode and cathode but as A1 and A2 or main terminal MT1 and MT2. A silicon diode for alternating current (SIDAC) is a less commonly used device, electrically...

2013 RefuSol (Metzingen, Germany) acquired 2014 Power control modules (silicon-controlled rectifier controllers) section of AEG Power Solutions, Warstein-Belecke...

1971 control power circuits with no moving parts, instead using a semiconductor device to perform switching—often a silicon-controlled rectifier or triac)...

Programmable logic controller PU: Pickup RY, RLA: Relay SCR: Silicon-controlled rectifier SUS: Silicon unilateral switch SW: Switch TFT: Thin-film transistor...

type of gas-filled tube used as a high-power electrical switch and controlled rectifier. Thyratrons can handle much greater currents than similar hard-vacuum...

In electronics, an avalanche diode is a diode (made from silicon or other semiconductor) that is designed to experience avalanche breakdown at a specified...

kilohertz). It is widely used in the triggering circuits for silicon controlled rectifiers. In the 1960s, the low cost per unit, combined with its unique...

is applied and have no external control of the start of conduction. Power devices such as silicon controlled rectifiers and thyristors (as well as the...

Field-effect transistor Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) Silicon-controlled rectifier Thyristor TRIAC Unijunction transistor Four-terminal devices:...

grids. The semiconductor layer is typically made of materials such as silicon (Si), gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) or antimony selenide...

one VBE (about 0.65 V in silicon) higher than a single transistor saturation voltage, which is typically 0.1 - 0.2 V in silicon. For equal collector currents...

components include discrete semiconductors such as transistors and silicon-controlled rectifiers, as well as integrated circuits. The TO-220 package is a "power...

An ignitron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a controlled rectifier and dating from the 1930s. Invented by Joseph Slepian while employed by Westinghouse...