Re: 48kW DRSSTC: international names

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Original poster: "Bob (R.A.) Jones" <a1accounting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

Wikipedia (not that Wikipedia is an authority on such matters) defines it
thus:
"Some resources define silicon controlled rectifiers and thyristors as
synonymous, while others define SCRs as a subset of thyristor".

I had always thought that SCR was the generic term and thyristors, gate turn
off and triacs etc where subsets (even diacs).

We probably should assume its an open question.

Robert (R. A.) Jones
A1 Accounting, Inc., Fl
407 649 6400



> Original poster: "Philip Chalk" <philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Long time, no posts....
>
> I always thought "Thyristor" was a generic term for 'ANY' 4-layer
> semiconductor device, including SCRs & Triacs (& probably others)
>
> I think both SCR & Triac are perfectly valid & acceptable terms for the
> devices they describe, & the term Thyristor exists to cover both
> devices.
>
> But, of course, maybe I'm wrong (That happened once before - when I was
> very young  :-)
>
> Just my AUD$0.02   ( Approx  US$0.0267)
>
>
> Phil Chalk.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: 48kW DRSSTC: international names
>
> Original poster: Steve Conner <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> so what - we all must stop now saying "thyristors" and
> start calling them scrs? no way! %o)))))))
>
> I prefer thyristor too. From the ancient Greek: Thuros, a gate +
> istor, an electronic thing ;-) And I'm sure all list members in the
> US know that a thyristor and an SCR are the same thing. It's just
> that ACMAAFA (Americans Can Make An Acronym/Abbreviation For Anything)
>
> I can think of dozens of things relevant to Tesla coiling that have
> different names in different countries. There are the obvious ones
> like "Ground" and "Receptacle", but also more subtle things like
> Bondo, pizza pan, GFI, Plexiglass, heavy build magnet wire and
> Schedule 80 pipe. Over here we would call those car body filler,
> baking tray, RCD, Perspex (or acrylic), Grade 1 ECW, and I h ave no
> idea what the pipe is called.
>
> It's important to bear these things in mind if you are following
> cookbook instructions written by someone in another country. Maybe
> there should be an international FAQ or something.
>
> Steve Conner
> http://www.scopeboy.com/
>
>