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The age of power semiconductors began when thyristors made their first appearance. They gradually replaced the saturable inductors that were used so far for switched power conversion. The problems related to the nonlinearities of magnetic amplifiers were then easily overcome by naturally commutated thyristor converters. Even so, constructing a line-controlled thyristor converter was still a laborious...
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