Floyd Self-test in Thyristors - Answers

Below are the answers key for Floyd Self-test in Chapter 11: Thyristors from the book Electronic Devices Conventional Current Version, 9th edition by Thomas L. Floyd.

1. three pn junctions

2. diacs and triacs

3. the forward-breakover voltage

4. answers (a) and (b)

5. it has a gate terminal

6. answers (a) and (c)

7. in the off state

8. the device will turn off when the anode current falls below this value

9. answers (a), (b), and (c)

10. like a bidirectional SCR

11. it has two gate terminals

12. either (b) or (c)

13. answers (a) and (b)

14. bilateral conduction

15. triggered on and off by the gate-to-anode voltage

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