1. D. Hart, Power Electronics (McGraw-Hill Education, 2010), Chapter 1. ISBN 978-0-07-128930-6
2. L. Łukasiak, A. Jakubowski, History of semiconductors, J. Telecommun. Inf. Technol. 1, 3–9 (2010)
3. The early history of the Silicon controlled rectifier by frank William Gutzwiller. (of G.E.)
4. F.F. Mazda, Power Electronics Handbook: Components, Circuits, and Applications (F. Butterworth, London, 1990). ISBN 0-408-03004-06
5. D.P. Kothari, Electric Machines, 4th edn. (Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2014). ISBN 1259083705, 9781259083709