The device then remains on for the remainder of that cycle. In devices where the gate is left-floating or disconnected, silicon controlled rectifiers behave like Shockley diodes. Latching is achieved ...

Abstract: After a short historical review of the use of semiconductor junctions as rectifiers, first in control circuits and then in the application to auxiliaries on locomotives and MU (multiple unit ...

The silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) has the ability of switching high power (1 to 100 kw). Combining the SCR with saturable magnetic devices, a power amplifier (MAG-SCR) is provided. The MAG-SCR ...