what is thyristor, how is it works

Answer Posted / gaurav voriya

A thyristor is a solid-state semiconductor device with four
layers of alternating N and P-type material. They act as
bistable switches, conducting when their gate receives a
current trigger, and continue to conduct while they are
forward biased

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