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• Thyristor — The thyristor is a solid state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P type material. They act as bistable switches, conducting when their gate receives a current pulse, and continue to conduct for as long as they are forward …   Wikipedia

• Gate turn-off thyristor — For other uses of the word, see GTO (disambiguation). GTO thyristor symbol A gate turn off thyristor (GTO) is a special type of thyristor, a high power semiconductor device. GTOs, as opposed to normal thyristors, are fully controllable switches… …   Wikipedia

• IGCT — The Integrated Gate Commutated Thyristor (IGCT) is a new high power semiconductor device. An IGCT is a sub family of the GTO thyristor and like the GTO thyristor is a fully controllable power switch. Device DescriptionAn IGCT is a special type of …   Wikipedia

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• Insulated-gate bipolar transistor — The insulated gate bipolar transistor or IGBT is a three terminal power semiconductor device, noted for high efficiency and fast switching. It switches electric power in many modern appliances: electric cars, variable speed refrigerators, air… …   Wikipedia

• semiconductor device — ▪ electronics Introduction       electronic circuit component made from a material that is neither a good conductor nor a good insulator (hence semiconductor). Such devices have found wide applications because of their compactness, reliability,… …   Universalium

• Power MOSFET — A Power MOSFET is a specific type of Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) designed to handle large power. Compared to the other power semiconductor devices (IGBT, Thyristor...), its main advantages are high commutation speed …   Wikipedia

• MOSFET — Two power MOSFETs in the surface mount package D2PAK. Operating as switches, each of these components can sustain a blocking voltage of 120 volts in the OFF state, and can conduct a continuous current of 30 amperes in the ON state, dissipating up …   Wikipedia