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HVDC and electric-vehicle propulsion are two additional areas of application which may have a very significant long range impact on the tech nology. The impact of solid-state devices capable of handling appreciable power levels has yet to be fully realized. Since it first became available in late 1957, the SCR or silicon-controlled rec tifier (also called the reverse blocking triode thyristor) has become the most popular member of the thyristor family. At present, SCRs are available from a large number of manufacturers in this country and abroad. SCR ratings range from less than one ampere to over three thousand amperes with voltage ratings in excess of three thousand volts. ![]() Free Download Semiconductor Devices for Power Conditioning by Roland Sittig, P. Roggwiller English | PDF | 1982 | 373 Pages | ISBN : 1468472658 | 22.9 MB The Brown Boveri Symposia are by now part of firmly established tradition. 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