• 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