Littelfuse, Inc., the global leader in circuit protection, today introduced a series of 40A standard high-temperature silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) thyristors that are ideal for use as switches ...

Over on YouTube [Lockdown Electronics] reviews an old bit of kit known as the Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR). Invented in the 1950s the SCR is a type of thyristor and they were popular back in the ...

Although the silicon controlled rectifier or SCR has been around since 1957, it doesn’t get nearly the love an ordinary transistor does. That’s a shame because they are quite handy when it comes to ...

The order involves the supply of 125-mm press-pack SCR devices designed for high-power and high-current applications ...

Control of recombination features in the layers of the semiconductor element is considered to be one of the most effective methods of increasing performance and many other characteristics of power ...

For supply of 120 units of its 5kV silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) thyristors RIR Power Electronics has secured a large order from Overseas Customer that would see the company supplying 120 units ...

A gate turn-off switch, also known as a gate-controlled switch (GCS) or gate turn-off thyristor (GTO), is similar to an SCR but can be turned off by a negative signal on the gate terminal. GTOs ...