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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AIgnitron.svg">right</a>An <b>ignitron</b> is a type of <a href="page.php?w=gas-filled_tube">gas-filled tube</a> used as a controlled <a href="page.php?w=rectifier">rectifier</a> and dating from the 1930s. Invented by <a href="page.php?w=Joseph_Slepian">Joseph Slepian</a> while employed by <a href="page.php?w=Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation">Westinghouse</a>, Westinghouse was the original manufacturer and owned trademark rights to the name "Ignitron". Ignitrons are closely related to <a href="page.php?w=mercury-arc_valve">mercury-arc valve</a>s</p><p>
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