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ovonic threshold switch

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ovonic threshold switch [ō′vän·ik ′thresh‚hōld ‚swich]
(electronics)
A glass switch which, after being brought from the highly resistive state to the conducting state, returns to the highly resistive state when the current falls below a holding current value. Abbreviated OTS.


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