Talk:Thyristor

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[edit] Anything to say about thyristors?

GE called them "SCRs" for Silicon Controlled Rectifiers. --Wtshymanski 15:17, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Added a paragraph about SCR uses as a "crowbar" in power supplies. --mgolden 16:22, 15 Nov 2005 (UTC)

The thyristor entry asks whether the thyristor entry and the Silicon Controlled Rectifier should be combined. I recommend against this. The thyristor is a broad classification of semiconductor devices, of which the Silicon Controlled Rectifier is but one. Others are listed in the thyristor entry and include Gate Turn-Off Thyristors (GTOs), MOS Controlled Thyristors (MCTs), Static Induction Thryistors (SITh), among others. It would be better to link the thyristor entry to these other entries, but describe each individually.

I agree with the above entry. Thyristors include many different devices. The solution is to expand the thyristor article. I'll offer updates in the coming months. Mak17f 17:16, 1 January 2006 (UTC

yeah keep them seperate

Could anyone specify the exact function of the gate in the thyristor? It could be better also if an external website is specified on thyristors. There is no mention of the function of the gate on the SCR page as well.

I added the function in past versions, but for some reason it was removed. :-/ Mak17f 15:35, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

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Added the function of the gate terminal in the thyristor.Weltanschaunng 14:45, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Uploaded the image of the thyristor with its three junctions named as J₁,J₂ and J₃. It is requested that the image be formatted according to the wiki format. It may be replaced with a better image with the three junctions named accordingly.Weltanschaunng 12:46, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

the page has a heading "function" and also "function of the gate terminal". it would be better if they are merged under a single heading.

"function of the gate terminal" is now a sub-heading under "function" DFH 14:53, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Added the image of the v-i characteristics of thyristor Weltanschaunng 15:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for all your work!

Atlant 20:27, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Added a remark on the definition of "Thyristor" vs. that of "SCR". Unfortunately, IEC standards are bound by very tight copyrigths so I couldn´t go any further...

Why are technical standards so strongly copyrighted? I've never understood that. They are supposed to be established in order for technicians to use them as widely as possible...

biscay 11:25, 04 Dec 2006 (GMT+1)