Title : 
Boolean-functional representation of a thyristor
         
        
            Author : 
Beattie, W.C. ; Parker, J.H.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Queen´´s University of Belfast, Department of Electrical Engineering, Belfast, UK
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
1/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Using the method of prime implicants, an optimum Boolean model is derived which emulates the properties of a thyristor. The model is primarily intended for use in the computer-aided design of thyristor systems, but could also find application in analogue simulation.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Boolean functions; computer-aided circuit design; modelling; thyristors; Boolean model of thyristors; CAD of thyristor circuits; analogue simulations applications of Boolean models; prime implicants method;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/piee.1971.0036