What is the name of the device shown in...

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• Identify the package style and number of leads on the device in figure 5. • Know the typical appearance of an integrated circuit (IC) versus single discrete components like transistors or rectifiers. • Recall that some power semiconductors (like SCRs or rectifier diodes) often use stud or three‑lead packages rather than many small pins.

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• Count or estimate how many pins the device in figure 5 has and ask yourself whether that matches a simple two- or three-leaded device, or something more complex. • Compare the flat, rectangular body and dual rows of pins with how a bipolar junction transistor or silicon-controlled rectifier is usually packaged. • Think about which of the choices is most likely to require many external connections to a circuit, and match that to what you see in the illustration.

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• Verify whether the device in figure 5 has two, three, four, or many leads; match that to the listed components. • Check if the body style matches a dual in-line package (DIP) commonly used on circuit boards. • Confirm that devices like rectifier bridges and SCRs in your study materials usually have stud or block packages with far fewer leads than what is shown.

What is the name of the device shown in figure "5" of the illustration? See illustration EL-0068.

rectifier bridge

integrated circuit

bipolar junction transistor

silicon-controlled rectifier

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