An MOS-controlled thyristor (MCT) is a voltage-controlled fully controllable thyristor, controlled by MOSFETs (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect...
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in operating voltages. At the high-power end of the range, the MOS-controlled thyristor is a promising device. Achieving a major improvement over the conventional...
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: 12 or through the control gate signal on newer types. Some sources define "silicon-controlled rectifier" (SCR) and "thyristor" as synonymous. Other...
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Some sources define silicon-controlled rectifiers and thyristors as synonymous while other sources define silicon-controlled rectifiers as a proper subset...
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that are controlled by a metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) gate structure. Although the structure of the IGBT is topologically similar to a thyristor with a...
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mid- and far-infrared detectors (e.g. night vision) MOS-controlled thyristor, a type of thyristor (a solid-state semiconductor device) Multi Cable Transits...
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forward blocking voltage. Static induction transistor MOS composite static induction thyristor Li, Siyuan; Liu Su; Yang, Jianhong; Sang, Baosheng; Liu...
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MOSFET (redirect from Mos technology)
transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, MOS FET, or MOS transistor) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of...
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PMOS logic (redirect from P-MOS)
PMOS or pMOS logic (from p-channel metal–oxide–semiconductor) is a family of digital circuits based on p-channel, enhancement mode metal–oxide–semiconductor...
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NMOS logic (redirect from N-MOS)
NMOS or nMOS logic (from N-type metal–oxide–semiconductor) uses n-type (-) MOSFETs (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors) to implement logic...
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List of MOSFET applications (redirect from MOS integrated circuit)
processor could be contained on a single MOS LSI chip. The earliest microprocessors were all MOS chips, built with MOS LSI circuits. The first multi-chip microprocessors...
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High-voltage direct current (section Thyristor valves)
semiconductor devices including thyristors, integrated gate-commutated thyristors (IGCTs), MOS-controlled thyristors (MCTs) and insulated-gate bipolar...
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(triode for alternating current; also bidirectional triode thyristor or bilateral triode thyristor) is a three-terminal electronic component that conducts...
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induction Ampère's law Ohm's law Power Devices Gate turn-off thyristor MOS-controlled thyristor (MCT) Power BJT/MOSFET Static induction devices Electric power...
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DIAC (redirect from Silicon thyristor for alternating current)
another member of the thyristor family. Also referred to as a SYDAC (silicon thyristor for alternating current), bi-directional thyristor breakover diode,...
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13 sextillion MOS transistors have been manufactured. There were originally two types of MOSFET logic, PMOS (p-type MOS) and NMOS (n-type MOS). Both types...
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Memory cell (computing) (section MOS memory cells)
architecture is MOS memory, which consists of metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) memory cells. Modern random-access memory (RAM) uses MOS field-effect transistors...
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Central processing unit (redirect from Master control processor)
1960s, MOS ICs were slower and initially considered useful only in applications that required low power. Following the development of silicon-gate MOS technology...
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Integrated circuit (section MOS integrated circuits)
introduced the first commercial MOS integrated circuit in 1964, a 120-transistor shift register developed by Robert Norman. By 1964, MOS chips had reached higher...
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(AMOLED) control scheme. In the PMOLED scheme, each row and line in the display is controlled sequentially, one by one, whereas AMOLED control uses a thin-film...
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Transistor (section MOSFET (MOS transistor))
field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET), also known as the metal–oxide–silicon transistor (MOS transistor, or MOS), is a type of field-effect...
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Voltage regulator (redirect from Automatic voltage control)
of the switch sets how much charge is transferred to the load. This is controlled by a similar feedback mechanism as in a linear regulator. Because the...
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Power MOSFET (redirect from Trench-MOS)
semiconductor devices, such as an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) or a thyristor, its main advantages are high switching speed and good efficiency at low...
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UJTs or PUTs is to trigger thyristors (silicon controlled rectifiers (SCR), TRIACs, etc.). A DC voltage can be used to control a UJT or PUT circuit such...
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four active terminals. Thyristors Silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) – passes current only after triggered by a sufficient control voltage on its gate TRIAC...
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Thermostat (redirect from Thermostatically controlled load)
are often broadly classified as thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs). Thermostatically controlled loads comprise roughly 50% of the overall electricity...
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voltage-controlled capacitors. They are commonly used in voltage-controlled oscillators, parametric amplifiers, and frequency multipliers. Voltage-controlled...
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Rectifier (section High power: thyristors (SCRs) and newer silicon-based voltage sourced converters)
employ silicon semiconductor devices of various types. These are thyristors or other controlled switching solid-state switches, which effectively function as...
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Atalla and Dawon Kahng proposed a silicon MOS transistor in 1959 and successfully demonstrated a working MOS device with their Bell Labs team in 1960....
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