Thyristor
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A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device which can be thought of as a highly robust and switchable diode, allowing the passage of current in one direction but not the other, often under contr
Thyristor
A bank of six 2000-amp thyristors (white disks arranged in a row at top, and seen edge-on)
Valve hall containing thyristor valve stacks used for long-distance transmission of power from Manitoba Hydro dams
Thyratron
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A thyratron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a high-power electrical switch and controlled rectifier. Thyratrons can handle much greater currents than similar hard-vacuum tubes. Electron multiplic
Thyristor
…paper using Transitron's tetrode demonstrated an "unusual" (at the time) switched-mode power-supply circuit. An earlier gas-filled tube device called a thyratron provided a similar electronic switching capability, where a small control voltage could switch a large current. It is from a combination of "thyratron…
Rare Z806W relay tube used in elevators
Wynn-Williams's scale-of-two counter using thyratrons (with permission of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK.)
R.C.A. brand 885 Triode Thyratron