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A thyristor is a semiconductor device that acts like a controllable one-way gate for electrical current, designed to handle high-power applications such as inverters and radar systems. It works as a bistable switch—meaning it can be turned on or off—and typically consists of four alternating layers of semiconductor material that allow current to flow in one direction but not the other.
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Key facts
- Electronic component.name
- Thyristor
- Electronic component.image
- SCR1369.jpg
- Electronic component.caption
- Thyristor
- Electronic component.type
- Active
- Electronic component.first_produced
- 1956
- Electronic component.symbol
- 100px
- Electronic component.pins
- anode, gate and cathode
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- semiconductor device
- Has part
- cathode
- Image
- KU208B.JPG
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1956-00-00
- Commons category
- Thyristors
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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