Title :
Fiftieth anniversary of modern power electronics: The Silicon Controlled Rectifier
Author_Institution :
Gen. Electr. Co., Schenectady, NY
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/HEP.2007.4510267
