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What is the reason of difference in distributed gate thyristor design

As in the pictures, they use different designs (current rate, voltage rate etc. are same.) What is difference between these two designs?
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Why does a triac trigger with gate current in either direction?

I've been coming up to speed on thyristors, and triacs in particular. I've found detailed material on them a little hard to find, in particular on the device physics. Horowitz & Hill is silent on ...
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