Q. A silicon-controlled switch, or SCS, is essentially an __ with an extra gate terminal.

A
TRIAC
B
DIAC
C
SCR
D
IGBT
Solution:

A silicon-controlled switch, or SCS, is essentially an SCR with an extra gate terminal.
Typically, the load current through an SCS is carried by the anode gate and cathode terminals, with the cathode gate and anode terminals sufficing as control leads.

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