Abbreviations (was Re: SISG IGBT Timing Resistors)

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Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Whoops, I added TCML! ("Tesla Coil Mailing List"),
although that one *is* on the pupman.com cheat sheet
:-))

--- "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Check out:
> http://www.pupman.com/faq/abbrs.html
>
> It doesn't include SISG ("SIDAC/IGBT Spark Gap"),
> SIDAC (rumored to stand for "SIlicon Diode for
> Alternating Current") or IGBT ("Insulated Gate
> Bipolar
> Transistor"), but is otherwise pretty complete for
> TCML
> purposes.
>
> Thus far, however, I have generally found that
> plugging obscure acronyms/abbreviations into search
> engines like Google rapidly reveals their meaning,
> so
> I'm generally surprised by how many folks ask for
> cheat sheets :-)
>
> Regards,
> Aaron, N7OE
>
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "vfo" <vformigari@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > May I suggest the publication of a list with the
> > significances of the
> > numerouses abbreviations used by you experts, as
> > SISG, IGBT, RSG
> > a.s.o.? (I live in Rome, Italy, and am not so
> > familiar with your language...).
> > VFO. i.e. Vittorio Formigari, not Variable
> Frequency
> > Oscillator...
> > http://xoomer.virgilio.it/vform/tramroma/index.htm
>
> >
> >
> >
>
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