Several different technologies and designs are available among solid-state switches today. The major families are the standard Triacs (triode for alternating current), the snubberless Triacs, and the ...

One of the biggest challenges for new, energy-efficient CFL and LED-based lights that will replace incandescents is working with existing triac-based dimmer switches. Triac dimmers vary widely in both ...

Hybrid relays combine a mechanical switch with a solid-state switch, and they are set up in parallel to control a single load ...

This system introduces an AC touch-controlled solid-state relay (SSR) capable of handling input voltages from 100V to 250V AC ...

Diacs and triacs often are used for line-voltage control. They also are getting additional interest as part of Internet- and cell-phone-controlled power-line switches such as the Belkin WeMo Home ...

Power-control modules are circuits comprising devices such as silicon-controlled rectifiers, triacs, power transistors, and power rectifier diodes. Power-control modules are circuits comprising ...