> If that condition isn't met, you have a "gas filled tube"
> -- something you occasionally want, but not very often.
That describes a thyratron, it behaves like a thyristor, a
very useful device.
> Take a look at power transistors sometime. Some come in "hockey
> puck" packages, which describes not just the shape but also the
> size.
These big power transistors are actually lots of small transistors
in parallel.
Lee.
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