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Index

ABS, 413 Armature, 368
A.C. chopper, 157, 168 resistance, 370
A.C. commutator machine, 368 ASCR. 49.423
A.C. commutator motor, 394 Aymmetrical
A.C. contactors, 148 cycloconverter, 230
A.C. exciter, 402 peak current, 132
A.C. gain, 26 thyristor, 49
A.C. generator, 405 Asynchronous envelope cycloconverter, 233
A.C. line control, 137, 157, 355 Atmospheric noise, 100
A.C. motor, 391 Atom, 12
braking, 404 Attenuation factor, 359
control, 395 Auto-transformer, 85. 123, 185. 244
starting, 394 coupling, 259
Absolute temperature, 14 voltage boosting, 273
Absorption, 106 Automobile
coil, 185 control, 41 I
loss, 106 wiring harness, 411
Acceptor, 12 electronic ignition, 4 12
Active layer, 5 1 antilocking braking system, 413
After-saturation inductance, 253 Auxiliary
Air burst, 102 commutation circuit, 244, 247
Air cooled, 69 exciter, 406
Air-cored inductor, 133 supply, 291
Aircraft supply, 361 thyristor, 17. 282. 309
Alloyed junction, 54 transformer, 307
Alternator, 405 Avalanche
excitation, 406 breakdown, 16, 43.423
Amplification mode, 387 conduction, 18
Amplifier stage, 175 diode, 126
Amplifying gate, 47 effect, 54
Anechoic chamber, I1 7 Average gate power, 63
Antenna, 117
Anti-parallel, 137, 423
Arcing, 99 Back e.m.f., 369
time, 129 Back-to-back. 149
voltage. 132 Backswing, 86