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Thyristor

Known as: Thyristors, Dynistor, Thyrister 
A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating N and P-type material. It acts exclusively as a bistable switch… 
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Performance-Oriented Electric Motors Diagnostics in Modern Energy Conversion Systems
This paper presents the analysis of a performance-oriented electric motors diagnostics in modern energy conversion system. With… 
2010
2010
Novel AC coupled gate driver for ultra fast switching of normally-off SiC JFETs
Over the last years, more and more SiC power semiconductor switches became available in low production volumes in order to prove… 
2009
2009
Natural Harmonic Elimination of Square-Wave Inverter for Medium-Voltage Application
In this paper, a low-frequency square-wave inverter with a series-connected pulsewidth modulation (PWM) inverter is investigated… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
DC link current minimization for high power current source motor drives
In this paper, a loss reduction and DC link current minimization strategy for a high power current source inverter (CSI) fed… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Controllable switching of vortex chirality in magnetic nanodisks by a field pulse
We propose a way of fast switching the chirality in a magnetic nanodisk by applying a field pulse. To break the symmetry with… 
2006
2006
Monolithically integrated 40-gb/s switchable wavelength converter
An all-optical switchable wavelength-converting module at 40 Gb/s line rate is demonstrated in a fully integrated InP chip. The… 
1991
1991
All optical, high contrast absorptive modulation in an asymmetric Fabry-Perot étalon
We report a 27:1 switching contrast ratio with 2.5 mW of power in an asymmetric Fabry–Perot etalon. The modulation is achieved by… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A MOSFET resonant synchronous rectifier for high-frequency DC/DC converters
A resonant synchronous rectifier which combines the fast switching of Schottky diodes with low conduction drop of MOSFET devices… 
1985
1985
High-voltage bipolar mode JFET with normally off characteristics
The first realization of a power vertical JFET operated in the bipolar mode (BJFET) with normally off behavior is reported. The… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
High-speed integrated logic with GaAs MESFET's
The feasibility of using GaAs metal-semiconductor field-effect transistors (GaAs MESFET's) in fast switching and high-speed… 
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