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[OM] Re: OM3 flash with no batteries????

Subject: [OM] Re: OM3 flash with no batteries????
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:45:34 -0000
Jeff Keller wrote:

>>>>> Silicon Controlled Rectifier, nowadays 'colloquially' termed
>>>>> Thyristor
>>>> Like the bit in the "O"lympus on the T20/32?
>>> No, that sensor is not a thyristor.
>> What is it, then?
> An electronic switch formed from alternating P and N layers 
> of silicon. (very roughly similar to a transistor)

But that *is* a thyristor, is it not?

Simon
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