Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ; -)) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

21 Jun 2004

...
  If that condition isn't met, you have a "gas
filled tube"
 -- something you occasionally want, but not very often. 
That describes a thyratron, it behaves like a thyristor, a
very useful device.

...
  Take a look at power transistors sometime.  Some come
in "hockey
 puck" packages, which describes not just the shape but also the
 size. 
These big power transistors are actually lots of small transistors
in parallel.

Lee.

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