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85 relations: ABB Group, Alternating current, Anode, Antiparallel (electronics), Autotransformer, Avalanche breakdown, Bell Labs, Bipolar junction transistor, Capacitor, Carrier generation and recombination, Cathode, Charge carrier, Circuit breaker, Crowbar (circuit), DIAC, Digital electronics, Dimmer, Diode, Diode bridge, Electric charge, Electrical reactance, Electromagnetic radiation, Electron, Electron hole, Emitter turn off thyristor, Extrinsic semiconductor, Field-effect transistor, Film, Flip-flop (electronics), Frequency changer, Fuse (electrical), Gas-filled tube, Gate, Gate turn-off thyristor, General Electric, Gold, Heavy metals, High-voltage direct current, Inductance, Infrared, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Insulated-gate bipolar transistor, Integrated gate-commutated thyristor, Ion, Ion implantation, Irradiation, Latch-up, MOS composite static induction thyristor, MOS-controlled thyristor, Operating temperature, ..., Optical fiber, Passivity (engineering), P–n junction, Phase-fired controller, Platinum, Potentiometer, Power inverter, Power MOSFET, Proton, Quadrac, Rectifier, Relaxation oscillator, Resistor, Semiconductor device, Shockley diode, Siemens, Silicon carbide, Silicon controlled rectifier, Snubber, Solid-state electronics, Static induction thyristor, Television, Theatre, Thyratron, Thyristor, Thyristor drive, Transistor, TRIAC, Trisil, Unijunction transistor, Valve hall, Watt, William Shockley, Zener diode, Zero cross circuit. Expand index (35 more) »
ABB Group
ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri) is a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipments, and automation technology areas.
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Alternating current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current which periodically reverses direction, in contrast to direct current (DC) which flows only in one direction.
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Anode
An anode is an electrode through which the conventional current enters into a polarized electrical device.
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Antiparallel (electronics)
In electronics, two anti-parallel or inverse-parallel devices are connected in parallel but with their polarities reversed.
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Autotransformer
An Auto-transformer (sometimes called auto-step down transformer) is an electrical transformer with only one winding.
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Avalanche breakdown
Avalanche breakdown is a phenomenon that can occur in both insulating and semiconducting materials.
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Bell Labs
Nokia Bell Labs (formerly named AT&T Bell Laboratories, Bell Telephone Laboratories and Bell Labs) is an American research and scientific development company, owned by Finnish company Nokia.
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Bipolar junction transistor
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Capacitor
A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores potential energy in an electric field.
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Carrier generation and recombination
In the solid-state physics of semiconductors, carrier generation and recombination are processes by which mobile charge carriers (electrons and electron holes) are created and eliminated.
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Cathode
A cathode is the electrode from which a conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device.
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Charge carrier
In physics, a charge carrier is a particle free to move, carrying an electric charge, especially the particles that carry electric charges in electrical conductors.
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Circuit breaker
A circuit breaker is an automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit.
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Crowbar (circuit)
A crowbar circuit is an electrical circuit used to prevent an overvoltage condition of a power supply unit from damaging the circuits attached to the power supply.
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DIAC
The DIAC is a diode that conducts electrical current only after its breakover voltage, VBO, has been reached momentarily.
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Digital electronics
Digital electronics or digital (electronic) circuits are electronics that operate on digital signals.
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Dimmer
Dimmers are devices connected to a light fixture and used to lower the brightness of light.
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Diode
A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other.
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Diode bridge
A diode bridge is an arrangement of four (or more) diodes in a bridge circuit configuration that provides the same polarity of output for either polarity of input.
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Electric charge
Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.
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Electrical reactance
In electrical and electronic systems, reactance is the opposition of a circuit element to a change in current or voltage, due to that element's inductance or capacitance.
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Electromagnetic radiation
In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) refers to the waves (or their quanta, photons) of the electromagnetic field, propagating (radiating) through space-time, carrying electromagnetic radiant energy.
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Electron
The electron is a subatomic particle, symbol or, whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.
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Electron hole
In physics, chemistry, and electronic engineering, an electron hole (often simply called a hole) is the lack of an electron at a position where one could exist in an atom or atomic lattice.
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Emitter turn off thyristor
The Emitter Turn Off Thyristor (ETO) is a type of thyristor that uses a MOSFET to turn on and turn off.
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Extrinsic semiconductor
An extrinsic semiconductor is one that has been doped, that is, into which a doping agent has been introduced, giving it different electrical properties than the intrinsic (pure) semiconductor.
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Field-effect transistor
The field-effect transistor (FET) is a transistor that uses an electric field to control the electrical behaviour of the device.
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Film
A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.
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Flip-flop (electronics)
In electronics, a flip-flop or latch is a circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information.
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Frequency changer
A frequency changer or frequency converter is an electronic or electromechanical device that converts alternating current (AC) of one frequency to alternating current of another frequency.
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Fuse (electrical)
In electronics and electrical engineering, a fuse is an electrical safety device that operates to provide overcurrent protection of an electrical circuit.
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Gas-filled tube
A gas-filled tube, also known as a discharge tube, is an arrangement of electrodes in a gas within an insulating, temperature-resistant envelope.
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Gate
A gate or gateway is a point of entry to a space which is enclosed by walls.
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Gate turn-off thyristor
A gate turn-off thyristor (GTO) is a special type of thyristor, which is a high-power semiconductor device.
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General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate incorporated in New York and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.
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Heavy metals
Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers.
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High-voltage direct current
A high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system (also called a power superhighway or an electrical superhighway) uses direct current for the bulk transmission of electrical power, in contrast with the more common alternating current (AC) systems.
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Inductance
In electromagnetism and electronics, inductance is the property of an electrical conductor by which a change in electric current through it induces an electromotive force (voltage) in the conductor.
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Infrared
Infrared radiation (IR) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with longer wavelengths than those of visible light, and is therefore generally invisible to the human eye (although IR at wavelengths up to 1050 nm from specially pulsed lasers can be seen by humans under certain conditions). It is sometimes called infrared light.
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Institution of Engineering and Technology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution.
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Insulated-gate bipolar transistor
An insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is a three-terminal power semiconductor device primarily used as an electronic switch which, as it was developed, came to combine high efficiency and fast switching.
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Integrated gate-commutated thyristor
The integrated gate-commutated thyristor (IGCT) is a power semiconductor electronic device, used for switching electric current in industrial equipment.
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Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).
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Ion implantation
Ion implantation is low-temperature process by which ions of one element are accelerated into a solid target, thereby changing the physical, chemical, or electrical properties of the target.
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Irradiation
Irradiation is the process by which an object is exposed to radiation.
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Latch-up
A latch-up is a type of short circuit which can occur in an integrated circuit (IC).
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MOS composite static induction thyristor
MOS composite static induction thyristor (CSMT or MCS) is a combination of a MOS transistor connected in cascode relation to the SI-thyristor.
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MOS-controlled thyristor
An MOS-controlled thyristor (MCT) is a voltage-controlled fully controllable thyristor.
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Operating temperature
An operating temperature is the temperature at which an electrical or mechanical device operates.
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Optical fiber
An optical fiber or optical fibre is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair.
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Passivity (engineering)
Passivity is a property of engineering systems, used in a variety of engineering disciplines, but most commonly found in analog electronics and control systems.
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P–n junction
A p–n junction is a boundary or interface between two types of semiconductor materials, p-type and n-type, inside a single crystal of semiconductor.
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Phase-fired controller
Phase-fired control (PFC), also called phase cutting or "phase angle control", is a method for power limiting, applied to AC voltages.
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Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
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Potentiometer
A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider.
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Power inverter
A power inverter, or inverter, is an electronic device or circuitry that changes direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC).
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Power MOSFET
A power MOSFET is a specific type of metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) designed to handle significant power levels.
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Proton
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Quadrac
Quadracs are a special type of thyristor which combines a "diac" and a "triac" in a single package.
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Rectifier
A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC), which periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC), which flows in only one direction.
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Relaxation oscillator
In electronics a relaxation oscillator is a nonlinear electronic oscillator circuit that produces a nonsinusoidal repetitive output signal, such as a triangle wave or square wave.
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Resistor
A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element.
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Semiconductor device
Semiconductor devices are electronic components that exploit the electronic properties of semiconductor materials, principally silicon, germanium, and gallium arsenide, as well as organic semiconductors.
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Shockley diode
The Shockley diode (named after physicist William Shockley) is a four-layer semiconductor diode, which was one of the first semiconductor devices invented.
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Siemens
Siemens AG is a German conglomerate company headquartered in Berlin and Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad.
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Silicon carbide
Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum, is a semiconductor containing silicon and carbon.
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Silicon controlled rectifier
A silicon controlled rectifier or semiconductor-controlled rectifier is a four-layer solid-state current-controlling device.
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Snubber
A snubber is a device used to suppress ("snub") a phenomenon such as voltage transients in electrical systems, pressure transients in fluid systems (caused by for example water hammer) or excess force or rapid movement in mechanical systems.
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Solid-state electronics
Solid-state electronics means semiconductor electronics; electronic equipment using semiconductor devices such as semiconductor diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits (ICs).
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Static induction thyristor
The static induction thyristor (SIT, SITh) is a thyristor with a buried gate structure in which the gate electrodes are placed in n-base region.
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Television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.
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Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.
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Thyratron
A thyratron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a high-power electrical switch and controlled rectifier.
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Thyristor
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials.
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Thyristor drive
A thyristor drive is a motor drive circuit where AC supply current is regulated by a thyristor phase control to provide variable voltage to a DC motor.
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Transistor
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and electrical power.
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TRIAC
TRIAC, from triode for alternating current, is a generic trademark for a three terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered.
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Trisil
Trisil is a trade name for a thyristor surge protection device, an electronic component designed to protect electronic circuits against overvoltage.
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Unijunction transistor
A unijunction transistor (UJT) is a three-lead electronic semiconductor device with only one junction that acts exclusively as an electrically controlled switch.
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Valve hall
A valve hall is a building which contains the valves of the static inverters of a high-voltage direct current plant.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.
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William Shockley
William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist and inventor.
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Zener diode
A Zener diode is a particular type of diode that, unlike a normal one, allows current to flow not only from its anode to its cathode, but also in the reverse direction, when the Zener voltage is reached.
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Zero cross circuit
A zero cross circuit (or zero crossing circuit) is an electrical circuit that starts operation with the AC load voltage at close to 0 Volts in the AC cycle.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyristor
