Semiconductor Controlled Rectifier. Principles and applications of p n p n devices. A silicon controlled rectifier or scr is essentially a shockley diode with an extra terminal added.
Scrs are mainly used in electronic devices that require control of high voltage and power. Gutzwiller nick holonyak jr and e. The electric name of silicon controlled or the semiconductor controlled rectifier scr is thyristor.
The principle of four layer p n p n switching was developed by moll tanenbaum goldey and holonyak of bell laboratories in 1956.
Scrs are mainly used in electronic devices that require control of high voltage and power. Principles and applications of p n p n devices. A silicon controlled rectifier or scr is essentially a shockley diode with an extra terminal added. Gutzwiller nick holonyak jr and e.