-
combination of "
thyratron" and "transistor".
Since the 1960s
thyristors have
replaced thyratrons in most low- and medium-power applications.
Thyratrons resemble...
- lamps, and neon lights.
Specialized gas-filled
tubes such as krytrons,
thyratrons, and
ignitrons are used as
switching devices in
electric devices. The...
- low-current glow
discharge used in
other thyratrons. The
krytron is a
development of the
triggered spark gaps and
thyratrons originally developed for
radar transmitters...
- also
called thyristors due to
their functional similarity to
thyratrons.
Hydrogen thyratrons have long been used in
radar transmitters. A
specialized tube...
- in 2004 for
thyratrons for
cancer radiotherapy treatment. Hugh Menown,
responsible for
developing double-cathode and
hollow anode thyratrons, was awarded...
-
hobbyists had
built CD
ignitions throughout the 1950s
using thyratrons. However,
thyratrons were
unsuitable for use in
automobiles for two reasons. They...
- but
differ in the way the arc is ignited. They
function similarly to
thyratrons; a
triggering pulse to the
igniter electrode turns the
device "on", allowing...
-
using digital electronics in
computing was the 1931
paper "The Use of
Thyratrons for High
Speed Automatic Counting of
Physical Phenomena" by C. E. Wynn-Williams...
- facility, "Z machine" ABB
Pulsed Power Manufacturer of semiconductor-based
replacements for
thyratrons "Pulsed
Power Systems" Bluhm, Hansjoachim, 2006...
- idea that the one to two
thousand thermionic valves (vacuum
tubes and
thyratrons) proposed,
could work
together reliably, was
greeted with
great scepticism...
