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TRIAC. For other uses, see Triac. A TRIAC (triode for alternating current; also bidirectional triode thyristor or bilateral triode thyristor[ 1 ]) is a three-terminal electronic component that conducts current in either direction when triggered. The term TRIAC is a genericised trademark. TRIACs are a subset of thyristors (analogous to a relay ...
A silicon controlled rectifier or semiconductor controlled rectifier is a four-layer solid-state current -controlling device. The name "silicon controlled rectifier" is General Electric 's trade name for a type of thyristor. The principle of four-layer p–n–p–n switching was developed by Moll, Tanenbaum, Goldey, and Holonyak of Bell ...
A Voltage controller thyristor based dimmer rack An electrical schematic for a typical SCR-based light dimmer. A voltage controller, also called an AC voltage controller or AC regulator is an electronic module based on either thyristors, triodes for alternating current, silicon-controlled rectifiers or insulated-gate bipolar transistors, which converts a fixed voltage, fixed frequency ...
The DIAC (diode for alternating current) is a diode that conducts electrical current only after its breakover voltage, V BO, has been reached momentarily. Three, four, and five layer structures may be used. [1] Behavior is similar to the voltage breakdown of a triac without a gate terminal. When breakdown occurs, internal positive feedback ...
Zero-crossing control (or burst-fire control) is an approach for electrical control circuits that starts operation with the AC load voltage at close to 0 volts in the AC cycle. [ 1 ] This is in relation to solid-state relays, such as TRIACs and silicon controlled rectifiers. [ 1 ] The purpose of the circuit is to start the TRIAC conducting very ...
Phase-fired control (PFC) is often used to control the amount of voltage, current or power that a power supply feeds to its load. It does this to create an average value at its output. If the supply has a DC output, its time base is of no importance in deciding when to pulse the supply on or off, as the value that will be pulsed on and off is ...
A circuit diagram (or: wiring diagram, electrical diagram, elementary diagram, electronic schematic) is a graphical representation of an electrical circuit. A pictorial circuit diagram uses simple images of components, while a schematic diagram shows the components and interconnections of the circuit using standardized symbolic representations.
In electronics, two anti-parallel or inverse-parallel devices are connected in parallel but with their polarities reversed. One example is the TRIAC, which is comparable to two thyristors connected back-to-back (in other words, reverse parallel), but on a single piece of silicon. Two LEDs can be paired this way, so that each protects the other ...