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gate-controlled switch

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gate-controlled switch [′gāt kən‚trōld ′swich]
(electronics)
A semiconductor device that can be switched from its nonconducting or “off” state to its conducting or “on” state by applying a negative pulse to its gate terminal and that can be turned off at any time by applying reverse drive to the gate. Abbreviated GCS.


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