DocumentCode
3353042
Title
Fiftieth anniversary of modern power electronics: The Silicon Controlled Rectifier
Author
Owen, Edward L.
Author_Institution
Gen. Electr. Co., Schenectady, NY
fYear
2007
fDate
3-5 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
201
Lastpage
211
Abstract
The paper reviews the history, commercialization and the operation of the silicon controlled rectifiers.
Keywords
history; thyristors; commercialization; history; reverse blocking triode thyristors; silicon controlled rectifiers; Cathodes; History; Laboratories; Phase control; Power electronics; Pulse width modulation; Silicon; Solid state circuits; Technological innovation; Thyristors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electric Power, 2007 IEEE Conference on the History of
Conference_Location
Newark, NJ
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1343-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1344-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HEP.2007.4510267
Filename
4510267
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