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How has thyristor term been coined?

Updated: 12/19/2022
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The term "thyristor" was coined from the terms "thyratron" and

"transistor". A thyratron was a gas-filled vacuum tube switch -

when triggered, it developed a low impedance path from cathode to

anode, and that path stayed in place until the current through the

tube ceased - you couldn't "turn it off". The thyristor was seen as

a "solid-state thyratron".

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