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other power semiconductor, such as a thyristor or gate turn-off switch,
could have been used in their place. Power transistors are, however,
popularly used in inverter circuits, primarily because of the ease with which
they can be controlled, and this section will describe inverter configura-
tions which are unique to transistors.
The simplest transistor inverter is the single-transistor circuit which uses
feedback from its collector to provide its own base drive. Such a
singie-ended arrangement is popular for low power blocking oscillator
applications, but is not often used in power inverters because of the
