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silicon controlled rectifier

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silicon controlled rectifier

A four-layer thyristor developed by General Electric in the 1950s. See thyristor.


silicon controlled rectifier [′sil·ə·kən kən′trōld ′rek·tə‚fī·ər]
(electronics)
A semiconductor rectifier that can be controlled; it is apnpnfour-layer semiconductor device that normally acts as an open circuit, but switches rapidly to a conducting state when an appropriate gate signal is applied to the gate terminal. Abbreviated SCR. Also known as reverse-blocking triode thyristor.


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In 2001, Amsdell was first granted Canada patent of "Electrical Inverter with a Silicon Controlled Rectifier Full-Bridge Circuit.
 
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