diac

An alternative term for "thyristor, bidirectional diode".

NOTE Most devices designated as "diac" have been three-layer devices (npn or pnp), but others have had five layers. Some early versions were unidirectional, and a 1975 IEEE definition included them as well as bidirectional types.

References

JESD77-B, 2/00

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