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FORWARD BREAKOVER VOLTAGE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conductors and Resistors
OBS

forward break-over voltage; VBO: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • forward breakover voltage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conducteurs et résistances
OBS

tension de rupture directe : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Power Distribution
CONT

In the avalanche region, the leakage current increases until, at the forward breakover voltage VBO, the thyristor switches rapidly to the conducting state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Distribution électrique
CONT

La tension directe de retournement Vd (ou encore VBO) est la tension directe au-delà de la quelle le thyristor s'amorce par retournement direct.

OBS

Thyristors et triacs.

Spanish

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