thyristor

Definitions

General Science

• noun a semiconductor device with three electrodes in which a signal to one electrode causes an independent current to flow between the other two

Cars & Driving

• noun a silicon-controlled rectifier which converts alternating current to a unidirectional current

Electronics

• A solid-state equivalent of a thyratron. Examples includes SCRs, and three-layer diodes.
• A semiconductor device with four layers, p-n-p-n, which has an input terminal, or gate, output terminal, or anode, and a terminal common to both called cathode. Used, for instance, as a solid-state switch that turns large amounts of power on and off very quickly. Also called SCR (1).

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