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Re: IGBT



> Just a couple of quick questions.  What exactly does insulated gate in 
> IGBT mean?  How does it differ from an ordinary bipolar transistor?  

It means it has an insulated gate like mosfets. It can be thought as
a low power mosfet driving a bipolar transistor, all in one case.
It is therefore quite a different.

> What is GTO?  

GTO means Gate Turn Off thyristor. It is like normal thyristor but it
can also be turned off by the gate.

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