gate current

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thyristors

  • transistor
    In electronics: Using thyristors

    …if a suitable amount of gate current is applied, but otherwise it will not. The gate current is the equivalent of the base current for the n-p-n transistor; the resulting larger collector current is the base current for the p-n-p transistor. The p-n-p transistor has an unusually wide base region,…

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