Talk:Gate turn-off thyristor

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"It may however be noted that the turn off time of a compareable SCR is ten times that of a GTO. Thus switching frequency of GTO is much better than SCR."

What?? This is completely opposite of the data given, as an SCR takes 15 microseconds to turn off and a GTO takes 150 microseconds. --Notfed 17:49, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

The test conditions are completely different. A SCR turned off by an external circuit and a GTO turns itself off. In an apples to apples comparison, the GTO is much faster Wefoij 22:15, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure you're correct, but the quoted claim is still non sequitur with regards to the table's data, which is why I brought it up. In my opinion, the speed comparison is an important distinction between semiconductor families and hopefully someone can find a way to phrase it a little more clearly.--Notfed (talk) 23:28, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

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I'm adding sections to the article to make it easier to follow Wefoij 22:17, 2 September 2007 (UTC)