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Complex thermal circuit, 63 feedback, 283, 351
Compression bonding, 59 limit, 282, 350
Compton current, 102 overload, 121
Conducted rating, 149
EMI. 112 transfer, 207
RFI, 114 transfer ratio, 82
Conduction, 66 transformer, 406
cycle, 61 Cycle syncopation, 173
loss, 61 Cycloconvelter, 140, 221, 362. 374,424
mode, 79 circuits, 226
Constant current operation, 358 circulating current, 235, 240
Contact impedance, 110 control circuits, 240
Contactor principles, 222
full-wave, 148 single-phase, 223
single-phase, 152 Cycloinverter, 238, 411, 424
static, 147, 149 Czochralski growth, 6
Control
a.c. motor, 395
d.c. motor, 370
circuit. 152, 164, 217 D.C. contactor, 150
circuit, chopper, 282 D.C. gain, 26
circuit, cycloconverter, 240 D.C. generator, 367,405
circuit, inverter, 350 D.C. line control, 141
components, 74 D.C. link frequency converter, 140, 145.22
layer, 47 284
requirements, 74 D.C. machine, 365
Controlled D.C. motor, 368
inversion, 139, 178 braking, 375
plugging, 376 control, 370
rectification, 139.178.424 reversible dnve, 374
Convection, 67 D.C. to d.c. converter, 261
Converter circuits, 263
negative group, 223 D.C. voltage ratio, 210
positive group, 223 Darlington, 40
Corona, 85 Data sheets, 18
Cosine law, 237 De-ionised, 71
Cosmic noise, 101 Decoupling. 105
Coupid-pulse commutation, 244, 258, 301 component, 293
Covalent bonds, 12 DEF, 113
Crest working voltage, 217 Delay angle, 180, 424
Critical inductance, 200 Delay time, 20, 46
Cross-over point, 174 Depletion
crosstalk, 119 barrier, 14
Crowbar, 133 capacitance. 27
circuit, 126, 357. 424 layer, 14, 43, 424
Crystal mode, 33
lattice, 7 region, 13
preparation, 5 Detector saturation, 83
structure, 14 Device characteristics, 4
CUIT. 78,424 difdt, 43, 123. 163. 243, 424
Current-fed inverter, 345, 424 Diac, 80
Current-sharing reactors, 57 Dielectric
Current characteristics, 106
boost, 406 failure, 85
distortion factor, 2 10 strength, 85