In calling it a "Thyristor", Mr. Warder was following a growing practice which takes account of the fact that in years to come the controlled rectifier may be made of other materials than silicon.
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Thyristor
Synonyms for "thyristor"
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Catalan
1 entries- tiristor noun (semiconductor diode)
Dutch
1 entries- thyristor noun (semiconductor diode)
Finnish
1 entries- tyristori noun (semiconductor diode)
French
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German
1 entries- Thyristor noun (semiconductor diode)
Romanian
1 entries- tiristor noun (semiconductor diode)
Russian
1 entries- тиристор noun (semiconductor diode)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- тиристор noun (semiconductor diode)
Spanish
1 entries- tiristor noun (semiconductor diode)
Swedish
1 entries- tyristor noun (semiconductor diode)
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Figure 1.4 shows a modern thyristor encapsulated in a presspack housing and Figure 1.5 illustrates a typical interdigitated gate geometry in a high-power thyristor; the black areas indicate silicon ( Si0₂ ) and the white areas the Al metallisation.
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