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EE 6503 POWER ELECTRONICS

UNIT I
POWER SEMI-CONDUCTOR DEVICES
1. APPLICATIONS OF POWER ELECTRONICS
Switch- mode power supplies and uninterruptible power supplies

Computers, communication equipment and consumer electronics
Electro-technical applications
Welding, electroplating and induction heating
Aerospace
Space shuttle power supplies, satellite power supplies. Aircraft power systems
Commercial
Advertising, heating, airconditioning, central refrigeration, computer and office equipment, UPS,
elevators, light dimmers and flashers.
Industrial
blowers and fans, pumps and compressors, rolling mills, textile mills, excavators, cement mills,
welding
Residential
Air-conditioning, cooking, lighting, space heating, refrigerators, electric door openers, dryers, fans,
personal computers
Telecommunication
Battery chargers, traction control of electric vehicles, electric locomotives, street cars, trolley buses,
subways, and auto motive electronics
Utility systems
HVDC, excitation systems, VAR compensation, static circuit breakers, fans and boiler feed pumps.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS

ADVANTAGES
0 High efficiency due to low loss in power semiconductor devices

1 High reliability of power-electronic converter systems
2 Long life and less maintenance due to the absence of any moving parts
3 Fast dynamic response of the power electronic systems
4 Small size and less weight result in less floor space and therefore lower installation cost
5 lower cost of the converter equipment.
DISADVANTAGES
0 Power electronic converter circuits have a tendency to generate harmonics in the supply system as
well as in load circuit.
1 AC to DC and AC to AC converters operate at a low input powerfactor
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0 Power electronic controllers have low overload capacity.

1 Regeneration of power is difficult in power electronic converter systems.
2. POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEM
0
It is also known as power electronic conversion circuit.
1
It is a group of electrical and electronic components arranged to form an electric power from one form to
another.
2
The feedback component measures a parameter of the load (Ex. speed) and compares it with the
reference signal.
3
The difference between these two signals controls the instant of turn on of the semiconductor device
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through the digital circuit.
The load circuit can be controlled over a wide range with the adjustment of the reference signal.
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A filter is necessary to prevent any harmonics
0 CHARACTERISTICS OF A POWER DIODE
0 Amp-volt characteristics (i-v characteristics)
1 Turn-off characteristics (or reverse-recovery characteristics)
1. Amp-Volt Characteristics of Power Diode
Amp-Volt Characteristics of Power Diode
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Under forward-bias condition, signal diode current increases exponentially and then increases linearly.
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In the case of the power diode, it almost increases linearly with the applied voltage as all the layers of
P-I-N remain saturated with minority carriers under forward bias.
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Thus, a high value of current produces results in voltage drop which mask the exponential part of the
curve.
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In reverse-bias condition, small leakage current flows due to minority carriers until the avalanche
breakdown appears
Turn-Off Characteristics of Power Diode

2. Reverse Recovery Characteristics
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After the forward diode comes to null, the diode continues to conduct in the opposite direction
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The diode current flows for a reverse-recovery time trr.
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Time ta: At this time, Charges stored in the depletion layer is removed.
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Time tb: At this time, Charges from the semiconductor layer is removed.
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Power loss across diode = vf * if
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Ratio tb/ta: Softness factor or S-factor.
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23 S-factor: measure of the voltage transient that occurs during the time the diode recovers.
24 S-factor = 1 ⇒ low oscillatory reverse-recovery process. (Soft –recovery diode)
25 S-factor <1⇒ large oscillatory over voltage (snappy-recovery diode or fast-recovery diode).
4. POWER DIODE APPLICATIONS

5888 As a rectifier Diode
5889 For Voltage Clamping
5890 As a Voltage Multiplier
5891 As a freewheeling Diode
5892 TYPES OF POWER DIODES
23 Schottky Diode
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These diodes are used where a low forward voltage drop (usually 0.3V) is needed in low output voltage
circuits.
24 Fast Recovery diodes
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These are used in high frequency circuits in combination with controllable switches where a small
reverse recovery time is needed.
25 Line frequency diodes
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The on state voltage of these diodes is designed to be as low as possible and as a consequence have
larger trr, which are acceptable for line frequency applications.
5888 STATIC V-I CHARACTERISTICS OF A THYRISTOR
Circuit diagram for static VI characteristics

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Anode and cathode are connected to main source voltage through the load. The gate and cathode are fed
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from source ES
A typical SCR V-I characteristic is as shown below.
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SCR V-I characteristic

VBO=Forward break over voltage
VBR=Reverse break over voltage
Ig=Gate current
V=Anode voltage across the thyristor terminal A, K.a
Ia=Anode current
MODES OF OPERATION
SCR has 3 modes of operation.
0.0 Reverse blocking mode
0.1 Forward blocking mode (off state)
0.2 Forward conduction mode (on state)
0 Reverse Blocking Mode
0
When cathode of the thyristor is made positive with respect to anode with switch open thyristor is
1
reverse biased.
Junctions J 1 and J2 are reverse biased where junction J 2 is forward biased.
2
A small leakage current of the order of few mA only flows. As the thyristor is reverse biased and in
blocking mode. It is called as acting in reverse blocking mode of operation.
2. Forward Blocking Mode
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When anode is positive with respect to cathode, with gate circuit open, thyristor is said tobe forward
biased. Thus junction J 1 and J 3 are forward biased and J2 is reverse biased.
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As the forward voltage is increases junction J 2 will have an avalanche breakdown at a voltage
called forward break over voltage VB.
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When forward voltage is less then VBO thyristor offers high impedance.
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Thus a thyristor acts as an open switch in forward blocking mode.
3. Forward Conduction Mode
23 Thyristor can be brought from forward blocking mode to forward conducting mode,
23 By exceeding the forward break over voltage.
24 By applying a gate pulse between gate and cathode.
7. TURN ON METHODS
Different turn ON methods for SCR are:
1. Forward voltage triggering
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23 Gate triggering
24 dv/dt triggering
25 Light triggering
26 Temperature triggering
0 Forward voltage triggering
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A forward voltage is applied between anode and cathode with gate circuit open.
Junction J1 and J 3 is forward biased.
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Junction J 2 is reverse biased.
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As the anode to cathode voltage is increased breakdown of the reverse biased junction J2
occurs.
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This is known as avalanche breakdown and the voltage at which this phenomena occurs
is called forward break over voltage.
0 Gate triggering
5
Then a positive gate voltage is applied between gate and cathode. In practice the transition from OFF
state to ON state by exceeding VBO is never employed as it may destroy the device.
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When we require the turning ON of a SCR a positive gate voltage between gate and cathode is applied.
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When gate supply is given between gate and cathode gate p-layer is flooded with electron from cathode
n-layer.
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Now the thyristor is forward biased, so some of these electron reach junction J 2.
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As a result width of J 2 breaks down or conduction at J 2 occur at a voltage less than VBO.
3. dv/dt triggering
0 When SCR is forward biased, junction 1 and 3 are forward biased and junction 2 is reversed biased so it
behaves as if an insulator is place between two conducting plate.
1 Here J1and J3 acts as a conducting plate and J2 acts as an insulator.
2 J2 is known as junction capacitor.
3 So if we increase the rate of change of forward voltage instead of increasing the magnitude of voltage.
4 Junction J2 breaks and starts conducting.
4.0 Temperature triggering
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If we increase the temperature the leakage current will also increase and heat dissipation of junction J 2
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occurs.
When this heat reaches a sufficient value J 2 will break and conduction starts.
Disadvantages
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It may cause thermal run away of the device.
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It is very costly as protection is costly.
5. Light triggering
Due to the irradiation, free charge carriers (electron and hole) are generated.
Now if the intensity is increased above a certain value then it leads to turn ON of SCR. Such SCR are
known as Light activated SCR (LASCR).
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0 SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THYRISTORS DURING TURN ON

Turn on time
It is the time during which it changes from forward blocking state to ON state. Total turn on time is
divided into 3 intervals:
0 Delay time
1 Rise time
2 Spread time
23 Delay time
23 Gate current 0.9Ig to 0.1 I.
24 Anode voltage falls from Va to 0.9 Va.
25 Anode current rises from forward leakage current to 0.1I
24 Rise time (t) Time
during which
23 Anode current rises from 0.1Ia to 0.9 Ia
24 Forward blocking voltage falls from 0.9 V to 0.1.
0.0 Spread time (t)
0.0 Time taken by the anode current to rise from 0.9 Ia to I.
2. Time for the forward voltage to fall from 0.1 V to on state voltage drop of 1 to 1.5V.
SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS DURING TURN OFF

Thyristor turn off means it changed from ON to OFF state.
5
The turn off time can be different as the instant anode current becomes zero to the instant when SCR
regains its forward blocking capability.
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tq=trr+tqr
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Where,
tq is the turn off time, is the reverse recovery time, tqr is the gate recovery time.
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At t1 anode current is zero. Now anode current builds up in reverse direction with same
dv /dt slope.
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The time taken for the recombination of charges between t3 and t4 is called gate recovery time tq.
The turn off time is affected by:
0 Junction temperature
1 Magnitude of forward current
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Switching characteristics during turn off

10. THYRISTOR PROTECTION
Thyristor may be subjected to over voltages and over currents. And also there may be false triggering
of SCR by high value of dv/dt.
A thyristor must be protected from all these abnormal conditions for its reliable operation.
a. di/dt protection
0
If the rate of rise of anode current, i.e di/dt, is large local hotspots will be formed near the gate
connection on account of high current density.
1
This localized heating may destroy the thyristor. Therfore the rate of rise of anode current should be kept
2
below the specified limiting value.
It can be done by using a small inductor in series with the anode circuit.
b. dv/dt protection
0
If the rate of rise of suddenly applied voltage across thyristor is high, the device may get turned on.
1
dVa/dt must be kept below the specified limit.
2
This can be done by using a snubber circuit in parallel with the device.
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1. DESIGN OF SNUBBER CIRCUIT
The snubber circuit is a series combination of resistor ‘R’ and capacitor ‘C’.
They are connected across the thyristor to be protected.
The capacitor ‘C’ is used to limit the dv/dt across the SCR.
The resistor ‘R’ is used to limit high discharging current through the SCR.
The capacitor charges to full voltage Vs; after which the gate is triggered and SCR is turned ON and high
current flows through SCR.
As di/dt is high, it may damage the SCR. To avoid this, the resistor R in series with ‘C’ will limit the
magnitude of di/dt.
0 OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION
Internal Overvoltage
During the commutation of SCR, when the anode current decays to zero anode current reverses due to
stored changes.
ii. External over Voltage
0 This is due to external supply and load condition. This is because of
0 The interruption of current flow in an inductive circuit.
1 Lightening strokes on the lines feeding the thyristor systems.
1 The effect of overvoltage is minimized using:
0 RC circuits
1 Nonlinear resistor called voltage clamping device.
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0 OVERCURRENT PROTECTION
1 SCR is protected from overcurrent by using:
Circuit breakers
Fast acting fuses
Circuit Breaker (C.B)
C.B. has long tripping time. So it is used for protecting the device against continuous overload current.
a. Electronic crowbar protection
For overcurrent protection of power converter using SCR, electronic crowbar are used.
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An additional SCR is connected across the supply which is known as ‘Crowbar SCR’.
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Current sensing resistor detects the value of converter current.
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If it exceeds preset value, then gate trigger circuits turn ON the crowbar SCR.
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So the input terminals are short circuited by SCR and thus it bypass the converter over current.
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After some time the main fuse interrupts the fault current.
5888 HEAT PROTECTION
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To protect the SCR
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1. from the local spots
2. Temp rise
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SCRs are mounted over heat sinks.
5888 GATE PROTECTION
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Gate circuit should also be protected from
0.0 Over voltages
0.1 Over currents
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Protection against over voltage is achieved by connecting a Zener diode ZD across the gate circuit.
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A resistor R2 connected in series with the gate circuit provides protection against over currents.
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Overvoltage across the gate circuit causes the false triggering of SCR
11. TRIAC
This is a three terminal, four layer, bi-directional semiconductor device that controls AC power.
CONSTRUCTION OF TRIAC
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Two SCRs are connected in inverse parallel with gate terminal as common. Gate terminals is connected to
both the N and P regions.
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It consists of three terminals namely, main terminal 1(MT1), main terminal 2(MT2), and gate terminal G.
OPERATION OF TRIAC
0
The triac can be turned on by applying the gate voltage higher than break over voltage.
1
When the voltage applied is less than the break over voltage, we use gate triggering method to turn it on.
2
There are four different modes of operations, they are:
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0 When MT2 and Gate being Positive with Respect to MT1

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When this happens, current flows through the path P1-N1-P2-N2. Here, P1-N1 and P2-N2 are forward
biased but N1-P2 is reverse biased.
2
The triac is said to be operated in positively biased region. Positive gate with respect to MT1 forward
biases P2-N2 and breakdown occurs.
2. When MT2 is Positive but Gate is Negative with Respect to MT1
0
The current flows through the path P1-N1-P2-N2. But P2-N3 is forward biased and current carriers
injected into P2 on the triac.
1
When MT2 and Gate are Negative with Respect to MT1 Current flows through the path P2-N1-P1-N4.
2
Two junctions P2-N1 and P1-N4 are forward biased but the junction N1-P1 is reverse biased.
The triac is said to be in the negatively biased region.
3. When MT2 is Negative but Gate is Positive with Respect to MT1
0 P2-N2 is forward biased at that condition. Current carriers are injected so the triac turns on. This mode
of operation has a disadvantage that it should not be used for high (di/dt) circuits. Sensitivity of
triggering in mode 2 and 3 is high and if marginal triggering capability is required, negative gate
pulses should be used.
1 Triggering in mode 1 is more sensitive than mode 2 and mode 3.
0 CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRIAC
First Quadrant Operation of Triac
Voltage at terminal MT2 is positive with respect to terminal MT1 and gate voltage is also positive with
respect to first terminal.
Second Quadrant Operation of Triac
Voltage at terminal 2 is positive with respect to terminal 1 and gate voltage is negative with respect to
terminal 1.
Third Quadrant Operation of Triac
Voltage of terminal 1 is positive with respect to terminal 2 and the gate voltage is negative.
Fourth Quadrant Operation of Triac
Voltage of terminal 2 is negative with respect to terminal 1 and gate voltage is positive.
ADVANTAGES OF TRIAC
0
It can be triggered with positive or negative polarity of gate pulses.
1
It requires only a single heat sink of slightly larger size, whereas for SCR, two heat sinks should be
2
required of smaller size.
It requires single fuse for protection.
3
A safe breakdown in either direction is possible but for SCR protection should be given with parallel
diode.
DISADVANTAGES OF TRIAC
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They are not much reliable compared to SCR.
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It has (dv/dt) rating lower than SCR.
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Lower ratings are available compared to SCR.
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We need to be careful about the triggering circuit as it can be triggered in either direction.
USES OF TRIAC
1
They are used in control circuits.
2
It is used in High power lamp switching.
3
It is used in AC power control
13. POWER MOSFET
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A power MOSFET has three terminal device. Arrow indicates the direction of current flow. MOSFET is a
1
voltage controlled device.
The operation of MOSFET depends on flow of majority carriers only.
BASIC CONSTRUCTION
5 + -
The bottom layer is n substrate. On substrate, high resistivity n layer epitaxially grown.
5 -
The n layer is called the drift region. This drift region determines the breakdown voltage of the device.
5 +
On the other side n substrate, a metal layer is deposited to form the drain terminal.
5 - - +
Now p regions are diffused in the epitaxially grown n layer. Further n regions are diffused in p-
regions.
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SiO2 layer is added which is then etched so as to fit metallic source and gate terminals.
Circuit and symbol of MOSFET
STATIC CHARACTERISTICS
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a. Transfer characteristics
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There is threshold voltage VGST below which the device is off. The magnitude of VGST is of the order of
2 to 3 V.
b. Output characteristics
For low values of VDS, the graph between ID- VDS is almost linear, this indicates a constant value of on-
resistance RDS= VDS/ID.
For given VGS, if VDS is increased, output characteristic is relatively flat indicating that drain current
is nearly constant.
Output characteristics of IGBT

SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS
The switching characteristic is influenced by
0 Internal capacitance of the device.
1 Internal impedance of the gate drive
circuit. Total turn on time is divided into
0 Turn on delay time
1 Rise time
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The turn off process is initiated by removing the gate to source voltage. Turn off time is composed
of turn off delay time to fall time.
5
Turn off delay time to turn off the MOSFET the input capacitance has to be discharged. During t df
the input capacitance discharge from V1 to VGSP. During fall time, the input
capacitance discharges from VGSP to VGST. During tf drain current falls from ID to zero.
So when VGS ≤ VGST, MOFSET turn off is complete.
Turn on process
The turn on time is defined as the sum of turn- on delay time and rise time of the device.
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Turn- on delay time

During turn on delay time tdn period, the input capacitance charges to gate threshold voltage VGST and
the drain current is zero.
Rise time tr
0
During rise time period, gate voltage rises to VGSP. It is the gate source peak voltage.
1
Thus the total turn-on time is
ton= tdn+ tr
Turn off process
The turn off time is the sum of turn off delay time tdf and fall time tf.
Turn off delay time tdf
During this period tdf, the input capacitance discharges from over drive gate voltage V1≤VGSP but the
drain current ID does not change.
Fall time tf
During fall time tf, the input capacitance again discharges from VGSP to threshold voltage VGST.
Then drain current falls from ID to zero. So when VGS≤ VGST, power MOSFET turn off is complete.
Toff= tdf+tf
14. COMPARISON BETWEEN MOSFET AND BJT
S.NO MOSFET BJT

1 It has lower switching losses It has higher switching losses
2 It has more conduction loss It has low conduction losses
3 It is a voltage controlled device It is a current controlled device
4 It is a unipolar device It is a bipolar device
5 It operates at switching frequencies It operates at switching frequencies in the
in the MHz range KHz range
6 It has positive temperature It has negative temperature coefficient
coefficient
7 Secondary breakdown does not It has secondary break down
occur in MOSFET
8 MOSFETs are available with MOSFETs are available with ratings upto
ratings upto 500V, 140 A. 1200V, 800 A.
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23 INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (IGBT)

BASIC CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING
Equivalent circuit and symbol of IGBT

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The n+ layer substrate at the drain in the power MOSFET is substituted by p+ layer substrate and called as
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collector.
When gate to emitter voltage is positive, n- channel is formed in the p- region.
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This n- channel short circuit the n- and n+ layer and an electron movement in n channel causes hole injection from
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p+ subtrate layer to n- layer.
The three layers p+, n- and p constitute a pnp transistor
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Also n-, p, n+ layers constitute npn transistor.
IGBT CHARACTERISTICS
STATIC CHARACTERISTICS
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When the device is off, junction J2 blocks forward voltage and in case of reverse voltage appears across
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collector and emitter, junction J1 blocks it.
When VGE is less than the threshold voltage VGET, IGBT is in the off state.
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SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS
Turn on time
Turn on time = Delay time + Rise time
Delay time = Time for collector emitter voltage fall from VCE to 0.9 VCE
tdn=collector current to rise from initial leakage current to 0.1Ic Ic=
Final value of collector current
Rise time
Collector emitter voltage to fall from 0.9VCE to 0.1 VCE. 0.1Ic to Ic
Turn off time
It consists of three intervels
23Delay time tdf
24Initial fall time tf1
25Final fall time tf2
toff= tdf + tf1+ tf2
Delay time tdf
As VGE falls to VGET, Collector current falls from Ic to 0.9Ic.
At the end of the tdf collector emitter voltage begins to rise.
First fall time tf1
the time during which collector emitter voltage rises from VCES to 0.1 VCE
Final fall time tf2
The time during which collector emitter voltage rises from 0.1 V CE to final value VCE.
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16. COMPARISON OF IGBT AND MOSFET
S.NO MOSFET IGBT

1 MOSFET is made of gate, source, Terminals of IGBT are known as
and drain emitter, collector, and gate
2 possesses high input impedance possesses high input impedance
3 voltage- controlled device voltage- controlled devices
4 MOSFETS can’t be designed for IGBTs can be designed for higher
higher voltage ratings like IGBT voltage ratings than MOSFET
5 It is not better in power handling It is better in power handling
MOSFETs don’t have PN IGBT has PN junctions
junctions
6 It has a higher forward voltage It has a lower forward voltage drop
drop compared to MOSFET
5888 SCR FIRING CIRCUITS

23 Resistance Firing Circuit
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When the gate current is applied by varying the resistance R2 such that the gate current should be
more than the minimum value of gate current, the SCR is turned ON. And hence the load current
starts flowing through the SCR.
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The SCR remains ON until the anode current is equal to the holding current of the SCR. And it will
switch OFF when the voltage applied is zero. So the load current is zero as the SCR acts as open
switch.
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The diode protects the gate drive circuit from reverse gate voltage during the negative half cycle of
the input. And Resistance R1 limits the current flowing through the gate terminal and its value is
such that the gate current should not exceed the maximum gate current.
2. Resistance – Capacitance (RC) Firing Circuit
23 It provides the firing angle control from 0 to 180 degrees.

24 By changing the phase and amplitude of the gate current, a large variation of firing angle is obtained
using this circuit.
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5888 By varying the variable resistance, triggering or firing angle is controlled in a full positive half
cycle of the input signal.
5889 During the negative half cycle of the input signal, capacitor charges with lower plate positive
through diode D2 up to the maximum supply voltage Vmax. This voltage remains at -Vmax across
the capacitor till supply voltage attains zero crossing.
5890 During the positive half cycle of the input, the SCR becomes forward biased and the capacitor
starts charging through variable resistance
5891 When the capacitor charging voltage is equal to the gate trigger voltage, SCR is turned ON and
the capacitor holds a small voltage.
5892 Therefore the capacitor voltage is helpful for triggering the SCR even after 90 degrees of the
input waveform.
3. UJT Firing Circuit
23 The RC network is connected to the emitter terminal of the UJT which forms the timing circuit.
24 The capacitor is fixed while the resistance is variable.
25 When the voltage is applied, the capacitor starts charging through the variable resistance.
26 By varying the resistance value voltage across the capacitor get varied.
27 Once the capacitor voltage is equal to the peak value of the UJT, it starts conducting and hence
produce a pulse output.
28 This process repeats and produces a train of pulses.
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5888 THYRISTOR COMMUTATION TECHNIQUES (SCR TURN OFF METHODS)

23 Natural commutation and 2) Forced commutation.
NATURAL COMMUTATION
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If the SCR is connected to an AC supply, at every end of the positive half cycle the anode current
goes through the natural current zero and also immediately a reverse voltage is applied across the
SCR. These are the conditions to turn OFF the SCR.
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This method of commutation is also called as source commutation, or line commutation, or class F
commutation.
5888 FORCED COMMUTATION
23
In case of DC circuits, there is no natural current zero to turn OFF the SCR. In such circuits,
forward current must be forced to zero with an external circuit to commutate the SCR hence
named as forced commutation.
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This commutating circuit consist of components like inductors and capacitors called as commutating
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components.
Forced commutation is classified into different types such as class A, B, C, D, and E.
23 CLASS A COMMUTATION
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This is also known as self commutation, or resonant commutation, or load commutation. In this
commutation, the source of commutation voltage is in the load.
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This load must be an under damped R-L-C supplied with a DC supply so that natural zero is
obtained.
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The commutating components L and C are connected either parallel or series with the load resistance
R.
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When the thyristor or SCR is triggered, the forward currents starts flowing through it and during this
the capacitor is charged up to the value of E.
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Once the capacitor is fully charged (more than the supply source voltage) the SCR becomes reverse
biased and hence the commutation of the device.
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The time for switching OFF the SCR depends on the resonant frequency which further depends on
the L and C components.
5889 CLASS B COMMUTATION
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This is also a self-commutation circuit in which commutation of SCR is achieved automatically by L
and C components, once the SCR is turned ON.
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When the DC supply is applied to the circuit, the capacitor charges with an upper plate positive and
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lower plate negative up to the supply voltage E.
Once the SCR is turned ON, the capacitor starts discharging.
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When the capacitor is fully discharged, it starts charging with a reverse polarity.
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Hence a reverse voltage applied across the SCR which causes the commutating current IC to oppose
load current IL.
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When the commutating current Ic is higher than the load current, the SCR will automatically turn
OFF and the capacitor charges with original polarity.
23 CLASS C COMMUTATION
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The main SCR to be commutated is connected in series with the load and an additional or
complementary SCR is connected in parallel with main SCR. This method is also called as
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complementary commutation.
In this, SCR turns OFF with a reverse voltage of a charged capacitor.
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Initially, both SCRs are in OFF state so the capacitor voltage is also zero.
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Therefore, the capacitor starts charging up to the value of E.
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When the SCR2 is triggered, SCR is turned ON and simultaneously a negative polarity is applied
across the SCR1.
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So this reverse voltage across the SCR1 immediately causes to turn OFF the SCR1. Now the
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capacitor starts charging with a reverse polarity.
And again, if the SCR 1 is triggered, discharging current of the capacitor turns OFF the SCR2.
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5888 CLASS D COMMUTATION

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This is also called as auxiliary commutation because it uses an auxiliary SCR to switch the charged
capacitor.
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In this, the main SCR is commutated by the auxiliary SCR. The main SCR with load resistance forms
the power circuit while the diode D, inductor L and SCR2 forms the commutation circuit.
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When the supply voltage E is applied, both SCRs are in OFF state and hence the capacitor voltage is
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zero.
When the SCR2 is triggered capacitor starts discharging.
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When this discharging current is more than the load current the SCR1 becomes turned OFF.
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This is also known as external pulse commutation. In this, an external pulse source is used to produce
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the reverse voltage across the SCR.
If the SCR need to be commutated, pulse duration equal to the turn OFF time of the SCR is applied.
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When the SCR is triggered, load current flows through the pulse transformer.
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If the pulse is applied to the primary of the pulse transformer, an emf or voltage is induced in the
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This induced voltage is applied across the SCR as a reverse polarity and
hence the SCR is turned OFF. The capacitor offers a very low or zero impedance to the high frequency pulse.
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UNIT II
PHASE-CONTROLLED CONVERTERS
0 APPLICATION OF CONTROLLED RECTIFIER
0 Steel rolling mills, paper mills, printing presses and textile mills employing dc motor drives.
1 Traction systems working on DC
2 Electrochemical and electrometallurgical processes
3 Magnet power supplies
4 Portable hand tool drives
5 HVDC transmission
1 ONE PULSE CONVERTER

SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH R LOAD
Single Phase Half Wave Controlled Rectifier with R Load

During positive half cycle
The anode is positive with respect to its cathode, and the thyristor is said to be forward biased.
When T is triggered at wt=α, T conducts and the input voltage appears across the load.
During the period α< wt<π, we can get the output voltage and current.
During negative half cycle
The thyristor is negative with respect to its cathode, and T is said to be reverse biased.
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T blocks the flow of load current and no voltage is applied across the load R.
By varying the firing angle α, the output voltage can be controlled.
SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH R-L LOAD

At wt=α
T is turned on by applying the gate signal. The load voltage vo at once becomes equal to source
voltage vs.
But inductance L forces the load or output current io rise gradually.
After sometime io reaches maximum value the then begins to decrease.
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At wt= π
vo is zero but io is not zero beacause of the load inductance L.
After wt= π
After wt= π, SCR is subjected to reverse anode voltage, but it will not be turned off as the
load
current io is not less than the holding current.
At some angle β>π, io reduces to zero and T is turned off as already it is reverse biased.
After wt=β
After wt=β, vo=0 and io=0.
Angle β is called extinction angle and γ= β-α is called the conduction angle.
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SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH R-L LOAD AND FREE
WHEELING DIODE
At wt=0, source voltage is becoming positive and T is said to be forward biased.
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At wt=α, T is triggered and source voltage Vs appears across the load as Vo.
At wt=π, Vs is zero and just after this instant, as Vs tends to reverse, freewheeling diode FD is forward
biased through the conducting SCR. As a result i o is immediately transferred from T to FD.
At wt=π, T is subjected to reverse voltage and zero current so T is turned off. It is assumed that the
load current does not decay to zero during freewheeling period until SCR is triggered again at
(2π+α).
During the freewheeling period, output voltage Vo is zero.
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ADVANTAGES OF USING FREEWHEELING DIODE

Input power factor is improved.
Load current waveform is improved and thus the load performance is better.
MAIN FUNCTIONS OF FREEWHEELING DIODE

It prevents reversal of load voltage except for small diode voltage drop.
I transfers the load current away from the rectifier, thereby allowing all of its thyristors to
regain their blocking states.
SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH RLE LOAD
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Minimum value of firing angle θ1= sin (E/Vm)
Maximum value of firing angle θ2=π-θ1
T is fired at an angle α>θ1.
At α= 0 to θ1, as the thyristor is reverse biased, load current io is zero and load voltage Vo=E.
At wt=α, T is triggered and comes to on state. The load voltage follows the source voltage and io
increases.
At wt=π, Vo=0 and io=0.
At wt=β
Due to inductance in the load, the load current io reaches to zero at wt=β.
The load voltage goes to negative and reaches to zero at wt=β.
At wt=β, io=0, then T is turned off automatically.
T is reverse biased.
During the period β to 2π+α, io is zero but Vo= E.
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TWO PULSE CONVERTERS

SINGLE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH R LOAD

T1, T2 are forward biased and they are triggered simultaneously.
At wt=α, T1, T2 are conducting, then current flows through the path P-T1-R-T2-N. At
wt=π, Vs falls to zero and current also goes to zero. Hence T1, T2 are turned off.
T3, T4 are forward bias and they are triggered simultaneously.
At wt=π+α, T3, T4 are conducting, then current flows through the path N-T3-R-T4-P.
At wt= 2π, Supply voltage Vs and current goes to zero and T3, T4 are turned off.
The output voltage can be varied by varying the firing angle α.
So, the load current is always discontinuous with purely resistive load.
By using full converter with R load, the output voltage and output current is always positive.
A fully controlled rectifier with R load acts as a one quadrant converter.
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SINGLE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH RL LOAD
Single phase fully controlled bridge rectifier with RL load-Rectification mode (α< 90º)
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Single phase fully controlled bridge rectifier with RL load- Inversion mode (α>90º)
At firing angle wt=α (30º)

T1, T2 are triggered. Current flows through the path P-T1-RL-T2-N.
Supply voltage appears across the load and forces the current through the load. This load
current io is assumed to be continuous. The load current flows from source to load which is
taken as positive.
At firing angle wt=π
Source voltage reverses, but due to the very large inductance , the current is maintained in the
same direction at constant magnitude I which keeps T1, T2 in conducting state and hence
negative supply voltage appears across the load.
At firing angle wt=π+α
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T3, T4 are triggered and with this, the negative line voltage reverse biases T1, T2 and T1, T2
are commutated. The current path is N-T3-RL-T4-P.
MODE-I: Rectification mode (α< 90º)

During the interval α to π, both Vs and Is are positive. Therefore power flows from AC source
to load.
During the interval π to π+α, both Vs is negative and Is is positive. Therefore the load returns
some of its energy to the supply system.
MODE-II: Inversion Mode
(α>90º)
The firing pulses are retarded for 120º i.e., α=120º
The output voltage waveform now contains a mean negative component. Also from the Vdc
equation, if α>90º, the voltage at the load terminal is negative, therefore the power flows from
DC side to AC side and the converter operates as a line commutated inverter. In this mode the
power flows from load to source.
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SINGLE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH RLE LOAD

At wt=α, T1, T2 are triggered and they conduct from wt=α to π+α. The conduction period of
the thyristors is 180º or π radians.
At wt=π+α, forward biased thyristors T3, T4 are triggered. The supply voltage turns off T1, T2
by
line or natural commutation and the load current is transferred from T1, T2 to T3, T4. T3, T4 conduct
from wt=π+α to 2π+α.
During wt=α to π, both Vs and Is is positive. Therefore power flows from AC source to load.
During wt=π to π+α, Vs is negative but Is is positive. Therefore power flows from load to source.
Rectification mode
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RLE Inversion Mode ( α>90º)
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SINGLE PHASE SEMI CONVERTER

SINGLE PHASE HALF CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH R LOAD
During positive half supply of the AC supply, T1 and D1 are forward biased. When T1 is triggered
at a firing angle wt=α, T1 and D1 come to on state. Now the load current path is P-T1-R-D1-N.
During this period we get positive output voltage and current.
During negative half cycle of the AC supply, T2 and D2 is forward biased. When T2 is triggered at
firing angle wt=π+α, t2 and D2 come to on state. The load current path is N-T2-R-D2-P. During
this period we get positive output voltage and current.
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SINGLE PHASE HALF CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH RL LOAD

During positive half cycle (0 to π)
T1, D1 are forward biased. At wt=α, T1, D1 comes to on state. Now the current path is P-T1-
RL- D2-N.
During this period, output voltage will be zero because of closed current path.

At the instant (π+α), a triggering pulse is applied to the forward biased SCR T2.
T2 is turned on. The supply voltage reverse biases T1 and T1 is turned off by
natural commutation.
During this period output current is positive and output voltage is zero due to the closed circuit.
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SINGLE PHASE HALF CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH RLE LOAD AND

FREEWHEELING DIODE
After wt=0, T1 is forward biased, only when source voltage Vm sinwt exceeds E. Thus T1 is
triggered at firing angle wt=α such that Vm sinα>E.
At w=α, T1, D1 comes to the on state.
During that period, we can get positive output voltage and current.
During the period, π to π+α, the input voltage is negative and freewheeling diode FD is
forward biased.
During that period, we can get zero output voltage and positive output current.
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THREEPULSE CONVERTERS
THREE PHASE HALF CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER
Mode 1: Continuous conduction mode
At instant (π/3+ α), T1 is triggered with a firing angle α<60º. Since R-Y has the highest value
compared to other phases, T1 becomes on. The current path is R-T1-R-L-D3-Y.
Then, phase R-B has the maximum value. Therefore, the current path shifts from Y to B, i.e, T1
continues to conduct but current changes from D3 to D1. Therefore T1 conducts for 120º,
which is the maximum conduction period of the SCRs.
For α<60º, the output voltage will never become negative. The output voltage waveforms
repeat
for every 120º.
Mode 2: Dis Continuous conduction mode
This mode occurs for firing angles α>60º. The output voltage becomes zero because of the
freewheeling action. Freewheeling period is (α-π/3). Therfore input current flows for the period
(π-α) in each half cycle.
When α increases, the duration of input current pulse decreases and the harmonic content in the
source current increases.
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Fig. 4.2 Continuous conduction mode
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Dis Continuous conduction mode

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ADVANTAGES
Commutation is made very simple
Distortion on the input side is reduced due to reduction in lower order
harmonics. Inductance required in series is considerably decreased.
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THREE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER
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Here, T1, T3, T5 forms a positive group, whereas T2, T4, T6 forms a negative group. The positive
group thyristors are turned on when the supply voltage is positive and negative group of thyristors
are turned on when the supply voltage is negative.
The line voltages are
Vry, Vrb, Vyb, Vyr, etc.
The subscripts in sequence appear twice. When first subscript appears twice, the SCR in
the positive group pertaining to that line conducts for 120º.
When second subscript comes twice, the SCR in the negative group pertaining to that line
conducts for 120º.
From this wave form the output voltage is negative. This means DC source is delivering power
to AC source. This operation is called line commutated inverter operation.
For α=0º to 90º, the converter operates in rectification mode and 90º to 180º, the
converter operates in inversion mode.
EFFECT OF SOURCE IMPEDENCE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CONVERTER

EFFECTS OF SOURCE INDUCTANCE
It lowers the mean output voltage
It distorts the output voltage and current waveforms
It modifies the performance of the converter
SINGLE PHASE FULL CONVERTER
When terminal 1 of source voltage Vs is positive, current i1 flows through Ls, T1, load and
T2. This is shown in fig.b. i.e., L, T1, T2 and load.
Similarly when terminal 2 of Vs is positive, load current i2 flows through T3, load and T4 and
this is shown as V2, Ls, T3, T4 and load.
Because of the presence of source inductance Ls, the current through outgoing thyristors T3,
T4 decreases gradually to zero from its initial value of Io; whereas in incoming thyristors T1,
T2, the current builds up gradually from zero to full value of load current Io.
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At wt=30º, T5 is outgoing SCR and T1 is incoming SCR and both T5, T1 belong to
positive group.
As T1 is triggered, current through T5 starts decaying while through T1 current begins to
build up.
conduct.
After wt=30+µ; T6, T1 conduct.
At wt=90º, as T2 is triggered, I6 begins to decrease and I2 starts building up. Therefore
from wt=90º to 90º+µ, three SCRs T6, T1, T2 conduct.
At wt=90º+µ, I6=0, I2=Io. After wt=90º+µ, only two SCRs T1, T2 conduct. This sequence of
operation repeats with other SCRs of the full converter.
DUAL CONVERTERS
A full converter operates as a rectifier in first quadrant ( Vo,Io positive) from α=0º to 90º and
as an inverter (Vo negative Io positive) from α=90º to 180º in the fourth quadrant.
In the first quadrant, power flows from AC source to the DC load and in the fourth quadrant,
power flows from DC circuit to the AC source.
Four quadrant operation without any mechanical switchover can be achieved by connecting
two full converters. Such an arrangement using two full converters in antiparallel and
connecting to the same DC load is called a dual converter
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There are two functional modes of dual converter, one is non circulating current mode and the
other is circulating- current mode. Here, we use non- circulating type of dual converters in
single phase and three phase.
Converter 1 operates in first and fourth quadrant and the second converter operates in second
and third quadrant.
Thus a dual converter using two full converters can give four quadrant operation.
PRACTICAL DUAL CONVERTER

a. Dual converter without circulating current
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In this converter, only one con converter is in operation and it alone carries the
entire load current.
Only, this converter receives the triggering pulse and the triggering pulse to the other
converter is removed.
If suppose, the converter 1 is in operation and the converter 2 must be turned on,
then first the firing pulse to the converter 1 should be removed so that its load current
will decay to zero and
converter 1 will be made to conduct.
Now the current in converter 2 will build up through the load in the reverse direction.
As firing pulses are withdrawn from converter1, it is idle as long as the converter
2 is in operation.
It should be ensured that during changeover from one converter to another converter,
the load current must decay to zero.
After the outgoing converter stopped working, a delay time of 10 to 20 m sec is
introduced before applying firing pulses to the incoming converter.
This time delay ensures the reliable commutation of SCRs in the outgoing converter. If
the incoming converter is triggered, before completely turning off the outgoing
converter, then the circulating current will flow between the converters.
With non-circulating current mode of dual converter, the load current may be continuous
or discontinuous.
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Disadvantages
0 A reactor is required to limit the circulating current. The size and cost of this reactor may be
quite significant at higher power levels.
1 Circulating current causes more losses in the converters, hence the efficiency and
power factor are low. As the converters have to handle load as well as circulating
currents, the thyristors for two converters are rated for higher currents.
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EE6503 POWER ELECTRONICS

UNIT III
DC TO DC CONVERTER
0 INTRODUCTION
0 DC to DC converter is very much needed nowadays as many industrial applications are
dependent upon DC voltage source. The performance of these applications will be improved if
we use a variable DC supply. It will help to improve controllability of the equipment also.
1 Chopper is a basically static power electronics device which converts fixed dc voltage/power to
variable DC voltage or power. It is nothing but a high speed switch which connects and
disconnects the load from source at a high rate to get variable or chopped voltage at the output.
Fig. 3.1 DC to DC chopper

Chopper can increase or decrease the DC voltage level at its opposite side. So, chopper serves the same
purpose in DC circuit transfers in case of ac circuit. So it is also known as DC transformer.
APPLICATIONS
5 Subway cars, trolley buses, battery operated vehicles etc.
5 We can control and vary a constant dc voltage with the help of a chopper.
3.1 TYPES OF CHOPPER
There are two types of choppers – AC and DC.

3.1.1 AC LINK CHOPPER
0 In the case of an ac link chopper, first dc is converted to ac with the help of an inverter. After
that, AC is stepped-up or stepped-down by a transformer, which is then converted back to dc by a
diode rectifier.
1 Ac link chopper is costly, bulky and less efficient as the conversion is done in two stages.
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3.1.2 DC CHOPPER
0 A DC chopper is a static device that converts fixed dc input voltage to a variable dc output
voltage directly.
1 Just like a transformer, a chopper can be used to step up or step down the fixed dc output voltage.
Choppers are used in many applications all over the world inside various electronic equipment.
2 A chopper system has a high efficiency, fast response and a smooth control.
3.2 PRINCIPLE OF CHOPPER OPERATION

0 A chopper can be said as a high speed on/off semiconductor switch. Source to load connection
and disconnection from load to source happens in a rapid speed.
1 Consider the figure, here a chopped load voltage can be obtained from a constant dc supply of
voltage, which has a magnitude Vs.
2 Chopper is the one represented by “SW” inside a dotted square which can be turned on or off as
desired.
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3.2.1 OUTPUT VOLTAGE AND CURRENT WAVEFORMS
0 During the time period Ton, the chopper is turned on and the load voltage is equal to source
voltage Vs. During the interval Toff, the chopper is off and the load current will be flowing
though the freewheeling diode FD.
1 The load terminals are short circuited by FD and the load voltage is therefore zero during Toff.
2 Thus, a chopped dc voltage is produced at the load terminals. We can see from the graph that the
load current is continuous.
During the time period Ton, load current rises but during Toff load current decays .
Average load Voltage is given by
V0 = Ton/ (Ton +Toff) * Vs = (Ton/T) V = αVs……………… (1.0)
Ton: on -time
Toff: off- time
T = Ton +Toff= chopping period
α= Ton /T = duty cycle

So we know that the load voltage can be controlled by varying the duty cycle α.
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Equation 1.0 shows that the load voltage is independent of load current it can be also written
as V0 = f. Ton .Vs
f= 1/T = chopping frequency
3.3 STEP – UP CHOPPERS
5 If V0 or the average output voltage is greater than the input voltage Vs, then this type of chopper
is called a step up chopper.
5 For a step-up chopper we can obtain an average output voltage V0 greater than input voltage.
Figure (a) shows the elementary form of a step-up chopper.
3.3.1 WORKING PRINCIPLE OF A STEP-UP CHOPPER

0 In step-up chopper a large inductor, L is in series with the source voltage Vs. This forms a closed
path as shown in the figure (b).
1 During the time period Ton the chopper is on the inductor stores energy.
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0 When the chopper is turned off the current is forced to flow through the diode and load for a time
Toff and as the inductor current cannot die suddenly.
1 When the current decreases the polarity of the emf induced in L is reversed. Fig (c).
As a result the total voltage available across the load is given by the equation V0 = Vs + L (di/dt).
0 The voltage V0 exceeds the source voltage and hence the circuit acts as a step-up chopper and
the energy which is stored in L is released to the load.
3.3.2 VOLTAGE AND CURRENT WAVEFORMS
0 When the chopper is turned ON the current through the inductance L will increase from I1 to I2.
As the chopper is on the source voltage is applied to L that is vL = VS .
1 When the chopper is OFF, the KVL for the figure (c) can be written as
vL – V0+Vs =0 or vL =V0 -Vs where vL is the voltage across L.
0 Variation of source voltage vS , source current IS , load voltage v0 and load current iO is sketched.
Let us assume that the variation of output current is linear, the energy input to inductor from the
source, during the time period Ton, is
Win= Vs (I1+I2/2) Ton
1 During the time Toff, the chopper is off, so the energy released by the inductor to the load is
Woff = (V0-Vs) (I1+I2/2).Toff
2 Let us assume that the system is lossless, then the two energies say Win and Woff are equal.
3 So equating these two we will get
Vs (I1+I2/2) Ton = (V0-Vs) (I1+I2/2).Toff
Vs Ton = (V0-Vs) Toff
V0Toff = Vs (Toff + Ton)
= Vs .T
V0 = VS (T/Toff)
= VS (T/T-Ton)
=VS (1/ (1-α)) ………….(2.0)
0 From the equation 2.0 we can see that the average voltage across the load can be stepped up by
varying the duty cycle.
1 If the chopper in the figure (a) is always off, α=0 and V0= Vs.
2 If the chopper is always on, α=1 and V0 = infinity as we can see from the graph.
3 In practical applications the chopper is turned on and off so that the required step-up average
output voltage, more source voltage is obtained.
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Figure shows variation of load voltage V0 with duty cycle.
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3.3.3 APPLICATION
The principle of step-up chopper can be used for the regenerative braking of DC motors.
3.4 STEP DOWN CHOPPER

Since the output voltage Vo is lesser than the input voltage Vs, this type of chopper is called as step
down chopper.
3.4.1STEP DOWN CHOPPER FOR R LOAD

Figure below shows the Circuit Diagram and waveform of resistive load step down chopper.
0 The thyristor in the circuit acts as a switch.

1 When thyristor is ON, supply voltage appears across the load
2 When thyristor is OFF, the voltage across the load will be zero.
3 The average output voltage is given as,
Where, D (or use α) is duty cycle = TON/T.

TON can be varied from 0 to T, so 0 ≤ D ≤ 1.
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0 Hence output voltage VO can be varied from 0 to VS.

1 Therefore effective input resistance is given by,
5 So, we can conclude that output voltage is always less than the input voltage and hence the name
step down chopper is justified. The output voltage and current waveform of step down chopper
with resistive load is shown in above figure.
3.4.2 STEP DOWN CHOPPER RL LOAD

0 Figure below shows the Circuit Diagram and waveform of highly inductive load step down
chopper.
0 A buck converter (dc-dc) is shown in above figure.

1 A diode (termed as freewheeling) is used to allow the load current to flow through it, when the
switch (i.e., a device) is turned off. The load is inductive (R-L) one.
2 Also a diode (termed as freewheeling) is used to allow the load current to flow through it, when
the switch (i.e., a device) is turned off. The load is inductive (R-L) one.
3 Due to the load inductance, the load current must be allowed a path, which is provided by the
diode; otherwise, i.e., in the absence of the above diode, the high induced emf of the inductance,
as the load current tends to decrease, may cause damage to the switching device. If the switching
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device used is a thyristor, this circuit is called as a step-down chopper, as the output voltage is
normally lower than the input voltage.
0 When chopper is ON, supply is connected across load. Current flows from supply to load.
1 When chopper is OFF, load current continues to flow in the same direction through FWD due to
energy stored in inductor‘L’.
2 Load current can be continuous or discontinuous depending on the values of ‘L’ and duty cycle
‘d’ For a continuous current operation, load current varies between two limits Imax and Imin
3 When current becomes equal to Imax the chopper is turned-off and it is turned-on when
current reduces to Imin.
Average output Voltage is given by,
3.5 TYPES OF CHOPPER
The chopper can be classified into following types.

0 TYPE A Chopper
1 TYPE B Chopper
2 TYPE C Chopper
3 TYPE D Chopper
4 TYPE E Chopper
3.5.1 TYPE A CHOPPER OR FIRST–QUADRANT CHOPPER

0 This type of chopper is shown in the figure. It is known as first-quadrant chopper or type A
chopper.
1 When the chopper is on, v0 = VS as a result and the current flows in the direction of the load.
2 But when the chopper is off, v0 is zero but I0 continues to flow in the same direction through the
freewheeling diode FD, thus average value of voltage and current say V0 and I0 will be always
positive as shown in the graph.
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Chopper First Quadrant
0 In type A chopper the power flow will be always from source to the load as the average voltage
V0 is less than the dc input voltage Vs.
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3.5.2 TYPE B CHOPPER OR SECOND-QUADRANT CHOPPER
Chopper second quadrant
0 In type B or second quadrant chopper the load must always contain a dc source E.
When the chopper is on, v0is zero but the load voltage E drives the current through the
inductorL and the chopper, L stores the energy during the time Ton of the chopper.
0 When the chopper is off, v0 = (E+ L.di/dt) will be more than the source voltage Vs.
1 Because of this the diode D2 will be forward biased and begins conducting and hence the power
starts flowing to the source.
2 No matter the chopper is on or off the current I0 will be flowing out of the load and is treated
negative. Since VO is positive and the current I0 is negative, the direction of power flow will be
from load to source.
3 The load voltage V0 = (E+L.di/dt ) will be more than the voltage Vs so the type B chopper is
also known as a step up chopper .
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3.5.3 TYPE -C CHOPPER OR TWO-QUADRANT TYPE-A CHOPPER

0 Type C chopper is obtained by connecting type –A and type –B choppers in parallel.
1 We will always get a positive output voltage V0 as the freewheeling diode FD is present across
the load.
2 When the chopper is ON, the freewheeling diode starts conducting and the output voltage v0 will
be equal to Vs .
3 The direction of the load current i0 will be reversed. The current i0 will be flowing towards the
source and it will be positive regardless the chopper is on or the FD conducts.
0 The load current will be negative if the chopper is or the diode D2 conducts.
1 We can say the chopper and FD operate together as type-A chopper in first quadrant.
2 In the second quadrant, the chopper and D2 will operate together as type –B chopper.
Chopper two quadrant
0 The average voltage will be always positive but the average load current might be positive or
negative. The power flow may be life the first quadrant operation ie from source to load or from
load to source like the second quadrant operation.
1 The two choppers should not be turned on simultaneously as the combined action my cause a
short circuit in supply lines.
2 For regenerative braking and motoring these type of chopper configuration is used.
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3.5.4 TYPE D CHOPPER OR TWO-QUADRANT TYPE –B CHOPPER
Two quadrant type B chopper or D chopper circuit

0 The circuit diagram of the type D chopper is shown in the above figure.
1 When the two choppers are on the output voltage v0 will be equal to Vs.
2 When v0 = – Vs the two choppers will be off but both the diodes D1 and D2 will start conducting.
3 V0, the average output voltage will be positive when the chopper’s turn-on time Ton will be more
than the turn off time Toff. It’s shown in the wave form below.
4 As the diodes and choppers conduct current only in one direction the direction of load current
will be always positive.
The power flows from source to load as the average values of both v0 and i0 is positive.
0 From the wave form it is seen that the average value of V0 is positive thus the forth quadrant
operation of type D chopper is obtained.
From the wave forms the Average value of output voltage is given by V0= (Vs Ton-VsToff)/T =
Vs. (Ton-Toff)/T
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3.5.5 TYPE –E CHOPPER OR THE FOURTH-QUADRANT CHOPPER

0 Type E or the fourth quadrant chopper consists of four semiconductor switches and four diodes
arranged in antiparallel.
1 The 4 choppers are numbered according to which quadrant they belong.
2 Their operation will be in each quadrant and the corresponding chopper only be active in its
quadrant.
First Quadrant
0 During the first quadrant operation the chopper CH4 will be on. Chopper CH3 will be off and
CH1 will be operated.
1 As the CH1 and CH4 is on, the load voltage v0 will be equal to the source voltage Vs and the
load current i0 will begin to flow .
2 v0 and i0 will be positive as the first quadrant operation is taking place.
3 As soon as the chopper CH1 is turned off, the positive current freewheels through CH4 and the
diode D2.
4 The type E chopper acts as a step- down chopper in the first quadrant.
Second Quadrant
0 In this case the chopper CH2 will be operational and the other three are kept off.
1 As CH2 is on negative current will starts flowing through the inductor L.
2 Flows through CH2, E and D4.
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0 Energy is stored in the inductor L as the chopper CH2 is on. When CH2 is off the current will be
fed back to the source through the diodes D1 and D4.
1 Here (E+L.di/dt) will be more than the source voltage Vs .
2 In second quadrant the chopper will act as a step-up chopper as the power is fed back from load
to source
Third Quadrant
0 In third quadrant operation CH1 will be kept off, CH2 will be on and CH3 is operated.
1 For this quadrant, the polarity of the load should be reversed.
2 As the chopper CH3 is on, the load gets connected to the source Vs and v0 and i0 will be negative
and the third quadrant operation will take place. This chopper acts as a step-down chopper
Fourth Quadrant
0 CH4 will be operated and CH1, CH2 and CH3 will be off.
1 When the chopper CH4 is turned on, positive current starts to flow through CH4, D2, E and the
inductor L will store energy.
2 As the CH4 is turned off the current is fedback to the source through the diodes D2 and D3, the
operation will be in fourth quadrant as the load voltage is negative but the load current is positive.
3 The chopper acts as a step up chopper as the power is fed back from load to source.
Effect of Source & Load Inductance
0 The source inductance should be as small as possible to limit the transient voltage.
1 Also source inductance may cause commutation problem for the chopper.
2 Usually an input filter is used to overcome the problem of source inductance.
3 The load ripple current is inversely proportional to load inductance and chopping frequency.
4 Peak load current depends on load inductance.
5 To limit the load ripple current, a smoothing inductor is connected in series with the load.
3.6 CONTROL STRATEGIES

In DC-DC converters, the average output voltage is controlled by varying the alpha (α) value. This is
achieved by varying the Duty Cycle of the switching pulses. Duty cycle can be varied usually in 2 ways:
0 Time Ratio Control
1 Current Limit Control
3.6.1 TIME RATIO CONTROL
5 As the name suggest, here the time ratio (i.e. the duty cycle ratio Ton/T) is varied. This kind of
control can be achieved using 2 ways:
0 Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) (Constant frequency system)
1 Frequency Modulation Control (FMC) ( Variable frequency system)
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0 PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) or CONSTANT FREQUENCY SYSTEM
0 In this technique, the time period is kept constant, but the ‘On Time’ or the ‘OFF Time’ is
varied.
1 Using this, the duty cycle ratio can be varied.
2 Since the ON time or the ‘pulse width’ is getting changed in this method, it is popularly known
as Pulse width modulation.
Fig. 3.6.1 Pulse Width Modulation
0 FREQUENCY MODULATION CONTROL (FMC) OR VARIABLE FREQUENCY SYSTEM
0 In this control method, the ‘Time Period’ is varied while keeping either of ‘On Time’ or ‘OFF
time’ as constant.
1 In this method, since the time period gets changed, the frequency also changes accordingly, so
this method is known as frequency modulation control.
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Fig. 3.6.2 Frequency Modulation Control
There are major disadvantages in this control strategy are:

0 The frequency has to be varied over a wide range for the control of output voltage in frequency
modulation. Filter design for such wide frequency variation is, therefore, quite difficult.
1 For the control of a duty ratio, frequency variation would be wide. As such, there is a possibly of
interference with systems using certain frequencies, such as signaling and telephone line, in
frequency modulation technique.
2 The large OFF time in frequency modulation technique, may make the load current
discontinuous, which is undesirable.
3 Thus, the constant frequency system using PWM is the preferred scheme for dc-dc converters
(choppers)
3.6.2 CURRENT LIMIT CONTROL
0 In this method, current is allowed to fluctuate or change only between two values i.e. maximum
current (I max) and minimum current (I min).
1 When the current is at minimum value, the chopper is switched ON.
2 After this instance, the current starts increasing, and when it reaches up to maximum value, the
chopper is switched off allowing the current to fall back to minimum value.
3 This cycle continues again and again.
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3.6.3 Current limit control
3.7 COMMUTATION
All commutation circuits can be classified into two groups
Forced commutation
Load commutation
3.7.1 FORCED COMMUTATED CHOPPER

In forced commutation, external elements L and C which do not carry the load current continuously, are
used to turn off a conducting thyristor.
Forced commutation can be achieved in the following two ways.
0 Voltage commutation
1 Current commutation
1. VOLTAGE COMMUTATED CHOPPER
3.7.1 Voltage Commutated Chopper circuit diagram
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5 It is similar to step down chopper.

5 T1 = Main thyristor, TA = Auxiliary thyristor, L, C = commutating components, Rc = charging
resistor
5 Assume output current is constant.
5 Close the switch S so that capacitor C gets charged to voltage Vs through source Vs, C, S and
charging resistor Rc. Switch S is then opened.
5 TA is triggered so that C gets charged through source Vs, C, TA and the load.
5 The charging current through capacitor C decays as it reaches zero, Vc=Vs and TA is turned off.
MODE I
0 At t = 0, T1 is on, load RLE is connected across the supply Vo = Vs.
1 There are two current paths. Load current Io, assumed constant, constitute one path and
commutation current ic the other path.
5 Load current Io flows through Vs, T1, load whereas the current ic flows through the oscillatory
circuit formed by C, T1, L and D.
5 The capacitor current first rises from zero to a maximum value when voltage across C is zero
at t= t1/2.
5 As ic decreases to zero, capacitor is charged to voltage (-Vs) at t=t1.
5 The capacitor current changes sinusoidally whereas the capacitor voltage cosinusoidally from t=
0 to t=t1. This voltage is held constant at (-Vs) by diode D.
5 Voltage across TA is (-Vs) at t=0, zero at t1/2 and Vs at t1.
5 At the end of the mode I, at t1, ic=0, it1=Io, vc=-Vs, vTA= Vs, vo= Vs.
MODE II
5 The conditions existing at t1 continue during mode II.
5 For t1≤t≤t2, ic=0,iT1=Io,vc=-Vs, vTA=Vs, vo=Vs, iD=0.
5 During this mode, only T1 is conducting.
MODE III
0 When T1 is to be turned off, TA is triggered at the desired instant t2. Capacitor voltage (-Vs)
appears across T1, it is therefore reverse biased and turned off
1 As the capacitor does the required job of commutating the main thyristor T1, it is called voltage
commutated chopper.
2 Current iT1 becomes zero at t2. After T1 is turned off, capacitor and TA provide the path for load
current Io through Vs, C, TA and the load.
3 The load voltage is the sum of source voltage and voltage across capacitor.
4 Therefore at t2, vo=Vs+Vs= 2Vs and it decreases linearly as the voltage across capacitor decreases.
5 Since capacitor is connected across T1 and TA, vc=vT1.
6 As the capacitor discharges through the load, vc and vT1 change from (-Vs) to zero at (t2+tc)
7 Load voltage vo changes from 2Vs at t2 to Vs at (t2+tc).
8 After (t2+tc), vc and vT1 starts rising from zero towards Vs whereas v o starts falling towards zero.
9 Vc and vT1 change linearly from (-Vs) at t2 to Vs at t3, because load current Io is assumed
constant.
10 Similarly vo changes linearly from 2Vs at t2 to zero at t3.
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5 During mode III, ic= -Io and iTA= Io during mode III.
MODE IV
5 At t3, vc=vT1=Vs and vo=0.
5 At t3, capacitor is slightly overcharged, freewheeling diode FD gets forward biased at t3.
5 In the load circuit formed by FD, TA, C and Vs, vc>vs at t3; therefore current ic tends to go
negative.
5 As ic or iTA, tends to reverse, TA is turned off naturally at t3. Thus at t3, FD gets turned on and
TA is turned off.
5 As a result, load current after t3 free wheels through the load and FD. During freewheeling
period, vTA is slightly negative as C is somewhat overcharged.
5 A reverse voltage is applied across conducting SCR due to which current through SCR becomes
zero and it is getting off. Hence it is called voltage commutation.
5 Other name of this is impulse commutation. It is because a high reverse voltage will turn off the
SCR.
Limitations of voltage commutated chopper:

A starting circuit is required.
Load voltage at once rises to 2Vs at the instant commutation of main SCR is initiated.
It can't work at no load. It is because at no load, capacitor would not get charged from -Vs to Vs when
auxiliary SCR is triggered for commutating the main SCR.
Main thyristor is required to carry current more than load current. So, it is to be over rated.
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Fig. 3.7.2 Voltage Commutated Chopper- output voltage and current waveform
0 CURRENT COMMUTATED CHOPPER
0 T1 is main thyristor, TA- Auxiliary thyristor, C-capacitor, L-Inductor, D1, D2 constitutes

commutation circuitry. FD-Freewheeling diode, Rc- Charging resistor.
1 Assumptions
0 Load current is constant
0 SCRs and diodes are ideal switches
0 Rc is so large that it can be treated as open circuit during the commutation interval.
0 Capacitor is charged to Vs, main thyristor T1 is fired at t = 0. So that load voltage Vo =
Vs.
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Fig. 3.7.3 Current commutated chopper
MODE I
0 At t = t1, auxiliary thyristor is turned on to commutate main thyristor.
1 With turning on of TA, an oscillatory current ic is set up in the circuit.
2At t2, Vc = - Vs and ic tends to reverse in the auxiliary thyristor TA, it gets naturally commutated.
3 During this mode, T1 remains unaffected, therefore load current and load voltage remain Io and
Vs respectively.
MODE II
5 As TA is reverse biased and turned off at t2, Oscillatory current ic begins to flow through C, L,
D2 and T1.
5 Note that after t2, ic would flow through T1 and not through D1. It is because D1 is reverse
biased by a small voltage drop across conducting thyristor T1.
5 In T1, ic is in opposition to load current io so that iT1= Io-ic.
5 At t3 ic rises to Io so that iT1 = 0. As a result main SCR T1 is turned off at t3. Since oscillating
current through T1 turns it off it is called current commutated chopper.
MODE III
0 After t3 ic supplies load current io and the excess current. iD1 = ic - Io is conducted through diode
D1.
1 The voltage drop in D1 due to (ic-Io) keeps T1 reverse biased for (t4-t3)=tc.
2 At t4, incase vc exceeds Vs, FD comes into conduction, otherwise mode IV follows.
MODE IV
0 At t4, ic reduces to Io, as a result iD1=0 and D1 is turned off.
1 Afetr t4, a constant current equal to Io flows through Vs, C, L, D2 and load.
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0Capacitor c is charged linearly to source voltage Vs at t5, so during time (t5 - t4) ic= Io.
1 As D1 is turned off at t4, vT1=vTa=vc. At t5, vc=Vs, therefore load voltage vo=Vs-Vs=0
MODE V
2 At t5, C is overcharged more than Vs. Therefore, FD gets forward biased and starts to conduct
load current Io at t5.
3 As ic is not zero at t5, C is still connected to load through Vs, C, L and D2.
4 At t6, ic=0 and vc becomes more than Vs. Commutation process ic completed at t6.
5 In this commutation an opposite current pulse will be injected through SCR. As a result currents
decreases and finally comes to zero if both the currents would be equal and opposite.
6 Antiparallel diode is useful to apply the reverse voltage after current through SCR becomes to
zero. The value of reverse voltage is low. So
7 Turn off time increases.
8 Turn off power loss increases.
0 Jones chopper employs the principle of voltage commutation.

1 Morgan's chopper based on the principle of current commutation.
MERITS:
2 Commutation is reliable so long as the load current is less than the peak commutating current Icp.
3 Capacitor is always charged with correct polarity.
4 TA is naturally commutated as its commutating current passes through zero.
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Fig. 3.7.4 Current and Voltage waveforms of current commutated chopper
3.7.2 LOAD COMMUTATED CHOPPER
0 It has four thyristors T1-T4, one commutating capacitor. T1, T2 act as a pair and T3, T4 act as a
second pair for conducting the load current alternately.
1 When T1, T2 are conducting, they act as the main thyristors and T3, T4, C act as the
commutating components.
2 When T3, T4 are conducting, they act as main thyristors and T1, T2, C act as commutating
components.
3 FD is the freewheeling diode across the load.
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Fig. 3.7.5 Load commutated chopper circuit

5 The capacitor is initially charged to a voltage Vs with upper plate negative and lower plate positive.
MODE I
5 With C charged with lower plate positive, the load commutated chopper is ready for operation.
5 When T1, T2 is triggered at t=0, vo= Vs+vc=2Vs.
5 The capacitor is charged linearly by a constant load current Io from Vs at t=0 to (-Vs) at t1.
5 When the capacitor voltage becomes (-Vs), the load voltage falls from 2Vs to vo=Vs-Vs=0 at t1.
5 At t=0, when T1, T2 are turned on, T3, T4 are reverse biased by capacitor voltage; i.e, at t=0, vT3,
vT4= -Vs.
5 At t1, vT3=vT4=Vs; T3, T4 are forward biased at t1.
MODEII
0 At t1, capacitor C is slightly overcharged, as a result free wheeling diode gets forward biased and
load current is transferred from T1,T2 to FD.
1 From t1 onwards load current freewheels through FD.
MODE III
0 At t2, T3, T4 is triggered, vo= Vs+vc=2Vs.
1 T1, T2 is reverse biased by vc, this pair is turned off at t2.
2 At t2, capacitor is charged linearly from (-Vs) to Vs.
3 Load voltage accordingly falls from 2Vs at t2 to zero at t3.
4 At t2, vT1=vT2= -Vs and Vs at t3.T1, T2 gets forward biased at t3.
5 At t3, C is overcharged and therefore after t3, load current freewheels through FD and load.
6 When T1, T2 are turned on at t4, mode I repeats.
MERITS
It is capable of commutating any amount of load current
No commutating inductor is required that is normally costly, bulky and noisy.
As it can work at high frequencies in the order of KHz, filtering requirements are minimal.
DEMERITS
Peak voltage is equal to twice the supply voltage. This peak however can be reduced by filtering.
For, higher power applications, efficiency may become low because of higher switching losses at
high operating frequencies.
Freewheeling diode is subjected to twice the supply voltage.
The commutating capacitor has to carry full load current at a frequency of half the chopping
frequency.
One pair of SCRs should be turned on only when the other pair is commutated. This can be done by
sensing the capacitor current that is alternating.
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Fig. 3.7.6 Circuit for load commutated chopper b. Current and Voltage waveforms
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3.8 SWITCHED MODE REGULATOR
DC choppers can also be used as a switched mode regulators. Switched mode regulators convert
unregulated DC input voltage to a regulated DC output voltage.
It consists of chopper circuit and control circuit.

The chopper circuit consists of the power semiconductor devices like power BJT, MOSFET and
IGBT.
The regulated output voltage can be obtained by PWM technique at a fixed frequency. .i.e., time
ratio control method.
The control circuit consists of comparator, amplifier and control unit.
The comparator compares actual output voltage and reference voltage Vref.
The comparator output voltage (Vc) can be amplified by using amplifier.
This amplifier output voltage Vc is compared with saw tooth voltage Vr.
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The control unit generates the PWM control signal (Vg) for the DC chopper.
3.8.1 TYPES OF SWITCHED MODE REGULATORS
Buck converter
Boost converter
Buck boost converter
Cuk converter
We can see about first three types.
BUCK CONVERTER
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It is also called step down converter, since the average output voltage is less than the input voltage.
Here the power semi conductor device is BJT. It acts as a chopper. The device may be IGBT or
power MOSFET.
The LC filter is used to reduce the ripple content. The operation is divided into two modes.
MODEI OPERATION
The transistor T1 is turned ON by applying base signal from control unit. At t=0, T1 comes to the
ON state.
Now the current flows through T1, L, C and load.
During Ton of the chopper, we can get output voltage and inductor current increases from I1 to I2.
The voltage across the inductor VL= Vs-Vo.
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MODE II OPERATION
At t=t1, the base signal of the transistor is zero, then T1 comes to the OFF state.
During the OFF period Toff, the freewheeling diode comes to conduction state due to stored energy
in the inductor.
Now the inductor current flows through L, C, load and freewheeling diode.
During this period, inductor current decreases from I2 to I1. The voltage across the inductor is – Vo.
The inductor current reaches to I1, again transistor T1 is switched ON. This cycle is repeated.
The inductor current could be continuous or discontinuous depending upon the switching frequency,
filter capacitance and inductance.
Voltage and Current waveform
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Average output voltage and source current
ADVANTAGES
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The circuit requires only one transistor

It is a simple circuit
It has high efficiency
Di/dt of the load current is reduced by inductor L.
DISADVANTAGES
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The input current is discontinuous
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Input filter is required for smoothing purpose
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It gives one polarity of output voltage and unidirectional output current
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A protection circuit is needed across the diode path because short circuit may occur.
BOOST CONVERTER
Since the average output voltage is greater than the input voltage it is called boost converter. The
operation can be divided into two modes.
MODE I OPERATION
The transistor T1 is turned ON by applying base signal. At t=0, T1 comes to ON state.

At that time, diode D is reverse biased. Due to this, load is isolated from the input.
The input supplies energy to inductor L. Now the inductor current increases from I1 to I2.
The inductor voltage VL is equal to supply voltage. i.e., VL=VS.
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MODE II OPERATION
At t=t1, the base signal of the transistor is zero, then the transistor T1 comes to the OFF state.
During the off time period Toff, diode D comes to conduction and current flows through inductor,
diode, C and load.
The energy stored in inductor L is transferred to the load. The inductor current decreases from I2 to
I1.
The voltage across the inductor L is (Vs-Vo). Here the output voltage is greater than input voltage.
Voltage and Current waveforms
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Average output voltage and average source current
ADVANTAGES
This regulator can step up the output voltage
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Input current is continuous

DISADVANTAGES
High peak current flows through the transistor T1.
The average output voltage is very sensitive to changes in duty cycle α and it may be difficult to
stabilize the regulator.
Circuit needs larger filter capacitor and larger inductor because of higher RMS current flow
through L and C.
APPLICATIONS
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Regulated DC power supplies
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Regenerative braking of DC motors.
BUCK BOOST CONVERTER
The output voltage of the buck boost converter may be either higher or lower than the input voltage.
Here, the output voltage polarity is opposite to that of the supply voltage. It is also called as
inverting regulator.
The operation can be divide into two modes.
MODEI OPERATION
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The transistor T1 is turned ON by applying base signal. At t=0, transistor T1 comes to ON state and
diode D is reverse biased.
Now the source current flows through T1 and L. During this TON period, inductor stores energy and
inductor current increases from I1 o I2. Now the voltage across the inductor is Vs.
MODE II OPERATION
At t=t1, T1 is switched off and now the current flows through L, C, D and load.
The inductor current decreases from I2 to I1. Stored energy in inductor L would transferred to the
load.
Now the voltage across the inductor is –Vo. The inductor current reaches I1 and T1 is again switched
ON.
This cycle is repeated.
Voltage and Current waveforms
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Average output voltage and average source current
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ADVANTAGES
It’s output voltage polarity is reversed.
The rate fo change of current ( under transistor fault condition) is limited by the inductor L.
The output short circuit protection is also easy to implement in this converter.
DISADVANTAGES
Input current is discontinuous.
In transistor T1, high peak current also flows.
3.9 RESONANT CONVERTERS

In all the pulse width modulated DC to DC and DC to AC converter topologies, the controllable
switches are operated in a switch mode where they are required to turn on and turn off the entire
load current during each switching.
In this switch mode operation, the switches are subjected to high switching stresses and high
switching power loss that increases linearly with the switching frequency of the PWM.
Another significant drawback of the switch mode operation is the EMI produced due to large di/dt
and dv/dt caused by a switch mode operation.
The shortcomings of switch mode converters are exacerbated if the switching frequency is increased in
order to reduce the converter size and weight and hence to increase the power density.
Therefore, to realize high switching frequencies in converters, the aforementioned shortcomings are
minimized if each switch in a converter changes its status when the voltage across it or the
current through it is zero at the switching instant.
Since most of these topologies require some form of LC resonance, these are broadly classified as
“resonant converters”.
3.9.1 CLASSIFICATION OF RESONANT CONVERTERS
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The resonant converters are defined here as the combination of converter topologies and
switching strategies that result in zero voltage and zero current switching.
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One way to categories these converters is as follows:
Load resonant converters
Voltage source series resonant converters
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Series loaded resonant (SLR) converters
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Parallel loaded resonant (PLR) converters
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Hybrid resonant converters
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Current source parallel resonant converters
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Class E and subclass E resonant converters
Resonant switch converters
Resonant- DC- link converters
High frequency link integral half cycle converters
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1.12 SCR TURN OFF METHODS

The reverse voltage which causes to commutate the SCR is called commutation voltage. Depending
on the commutation voltage located, the commutation methods are classified into two major
types.
Those are 1) Natural commutation and 2) Forced commutation. Let us discuss in brief about these
methods.
1.12.1 NATURAL COMMUTATION
In natural commutation, the source of commutation voltage is the supply source itself. If the SCR is
connected to an AC supply, at every end of the positive half cycle the anode current goes through
the natural current zero and also immediately a reverse voltage is applied across the SCR. These
are the conditions to turn OFF the SCR.
This method of commutation is also called as source commutation, or line commutation, or class F
commutation.
This commutation is possible with line commutated inverters, controlled rectifiers, cyclo converters
and AC voltage regulators because the supply is the AC source in all these converters.
1.12.2FORCED COMMUTATION
In case of DC circuits, there is no natural current zero to turn OFF the SCR. In such circuits, forward
current must be forced to zero with an external circuit to commutate the SCR hence named as
forced commutation.
This commutating circuit consist of components like inductors and capacitors called as commutating
components.
These commutating components cause to apply a reverse voltage across the SCR that immediately
bring the current in the SCR to zero.
Based on the manner in which the zero current achieved and arrangement of the commutating
components, forced commutation is classified into different types such as class A, B, C, D, and E.
This commutation is mainly used in chopper and inverter circuits.
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CLASS A COMMUTATION
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This is also known as self commutation, or resonant commutation, or load commutation. In this
commutation, the source of commutation voltage is in the load.
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This load must be an under damped R-L-C supplied with a DC supply so that natural zero is
obtained.
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The commutating components L and C are connected either parallel or series with the load
resistance R as shown below with waveforms of SCR current, voltage and capacitor voltage.
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The value of load resistance and commutating components are so selected that they forms a
under damped resonant circuit to produce natural zero.
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When the thyristor or SCR is triggered, the forward currents starts flowing through it and during
this the capacitor is charged up to the value of E.
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Once the capacitor is fully charged (more than the supply source voltage) the SCR becomes
reverse biased and hence the commutation of the device.
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The capacitor discharges through the load resistance to make ready the circuit for the next cycle
of operation.
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The time for switching OFF the SCR depends on the resonant frequency which further depends
on the L and C components.
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This method is simple and reliable. For high frequency operation which is in the range above 1000
Hz, this type of commutation circuits is preferred due to the high values of L and C components.
CLASS B COMMUTATION
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This is also a self commutation circuit in which commutation of SCR is achieved automatically
by L and C components, once the SCR is turned ON. In this, the LC resonant circuit is connected
across the SCR but not in series with load as in case of class A commutation and hence the L and
C components do not carry the load current.
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When the DC supply is applied to the circuit, the capacitor charges with an upper plate positive
and lower plate negative up to the supply voltage E.
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When the SCR is triggered, the current flows in two directions, one is through E+ – SCR – R –
E-and another one is the commutating current through L and C components.
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Once the SCR is turned ON, the capacitor is starts discharging through C+ – L – T – C-. When
the capacitor is fully discharged, it starts charging with a reverse polarity.
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Hence a reverse voltage applied across the SCR which causes the commutating current IC to
oppose load current IL.
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When the commutating current Ic is higher than the load current, the SCR will automatically turn
OFF and the capacitor charges with original polarity.
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In the above process, the SCR is turned ON for some time and then automatically turned OFF
for some time.
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This is a continuous process and the desired frequency of ON/OFF depends on the values of L
and C. This type of commutation is mostly used in chopper circuits.
CLASS C COMMUTATION
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In this commutation method, the main SCR is to be commutated is connected in series with the
load and an additional or complementary SCR is connected in parallel with main SCR. This
method is also called as complementary commutation.
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In this, SCR turns OFF with a reverse voltage of a charged capacitor. The figure below shows the
complementary commutation with appropriate waveforms.
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Initially, both SCRs are in OFF state so the capacitor voltage is also zero. When the SCR1 or
main SCR is triggered, current starts flowing in two directions, one path is E+ – R1 – SCR1 – E-
and another path is the charging current E+ – R2- C+ – C- SCR1 – E- .
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Therefore, the capacitor starts charging up to the value of E.
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When the SCR2 is triggered, SCR is turned ON and simultaneously a negative polarity is applied
across the SCR1.
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So this reverse voltage across the SCR1 immediately causes to turn OFF the SCR1. Now the
capacitor starts charging with a reverse polarity through the path of E+ – R1- C+ – C- SCR2 – E
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And again, if the SCR 1 is triggered, discharging current of the capacitor turns OFF the SCR2.
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This commutation is mainly used in single phase inverters with a center tapped transformers. The
Mc Murray Bedford inverter is the best example of this commutation circuit. This is a very
reliable method of commutation and it is also useful even at frequencies below 1000Hz.
CLASS D COMMUTATION
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This is also called as auxiliary commutation because it uses an auxiliary SCR to switch the
charged capacitor.
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In this, the main SCR is commutated by the auxiliary SCR. The main SCR with load resistance
forms the power circuit while the diode D, inductor L and SCR2 forms the commutation circuit.
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When the supply voltage E is applied, both SCRs are in OFF state and hence the capacitor voltage
is zero. In order to charge the capacitor, SCR2 must be triggered first. So the capacitor charges
through the path E+ – C+ – C- – SCR2- R- E-.
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When the capacitor is fully charged the SCR2 becomes turned OFF because no current flow
through the SCR2 when capacitor is charged fully.
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If the SCR1 is triggered, the current flows in two directions; one is the load current path E+ –
SCR1- R- E- and another one is commutation current path C+ – SCR1- L- D- C.
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As soon as the capacitor completely discharges, its polarities will be reversed but due to the
presence of diode the reverse discharge is not possible.
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When the SCR2 is triggered capacitor starts discharging through C+ – SCR2- SCR1- C-. When
this discharging current is more than the load current the SCR1 becomes turned OFF.
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Again, the capacitor starts charging through the SCR2 to a supply voltage E and then the SCR2
is turned OFF. Therefore, both SCRs are turned OFF and the above cyclic process is repeated.
This commutation method is mainly used in inverters and also used in the Jones chopper circuit.
CLASS E COMMUTATION
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This is also known as external pulse commutation. In this, an external pulse source is used to
produce the reverse voltage across the SCR.
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The circuit below shows the class E commutation circuit which uses a pulse transformer to
produce the commutating pulse and is designed with tight coupling between the primary and
secondary with a small air gap.
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If the SCR need to be commutated, pulse duration equal to the turn OFF time of the SCR is
applied. When the SCR is triggered, load current flows through the pulse transformer.
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If the pulse is applied to the primary of the pulse transformer, an emf or voltage is induced in the
secondary of the pulse transformer.
This induced voltage is applied across the SCR as a reverse polarity and hence the SCR is turned
OFF. The capacitor offers a very low or zero impedance to the high frequency pulse.
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PART A
What is meant by dc chopper?
A dc chopper is a high speed static switch used to obtain variable dc voltage from a constant dc
voltage.
What are the applications of dc chopper?

0 Battery operated vehicles
1 Traction motor control in electric traction
2 Trolly cars
3 Marine hoists
4 Mine haulers
5 Electric braking.
What are the advantages of dc chopper?

Chopper provides a. High efficiency
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Smooth acceleration
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Fast dynamic response
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Regeneration
What is meant by step-up and step-down chopper?

In a step- down chopper or Buck converter, the average output voltage is less than the input
voltage. In a step- up chopper or Boost converter, the average output voltage is more than the
input voltage.
Write down the expression for average output voltage for step down chopper.
Average output voltage for step down chopper V0 = αVs, α is the duty cycle
Write down the expression for average output voltage for step up chopper. Average
output voltage for step down chopper V0 = (1/(1-α))Vs, _ is the duty cycle
What is meant by duty-cycle?

Duty cycle is defined as the ratio of the on time of the chopper to the total time period of the
chopper. It is denoted by α.
What are the two types of control strategies?

0 Time Ratio Control (TRC)
1 Current Limit Control method (CLC)
What is meant by TRC?

In TRC, the value of Ton / T is varied in order to change the average output voltage.
What are the two types of TRC?
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0 Constant frequency control b. Variable frequency control

What is meant by FM control in a dc chopper?
In frequency modulation control, the chopping frequency f (or the chopping period T) is varied.
Here two controls are possible.
0 On-time Ton is kept constant
1 Off period Toff is kept constant.
What is meant by PWM control in dc chopper?

In this control method, the on time Ton is varied but chopping frequency is kept constant. The
width of the pulse is varied and hence this type of control is known as Pulse Width Modulation
(PWM).
What are the different types of chopper with respect to commutation process?
Voltage commutated chopper. b. Current commutated chopper.
c. Load commutated chopper.
What is meant by voltage commutation?

In this process, a charged capacitor momentarily reverse biases the conducting thyristor and turn
it off.
What is meant by current commutation?

In this process, a current pulse is made to flow in the reverse direction through the conducting
thyristor and when the net thyristor current becomes zero, it is turned off.
What is meant by load commutation?

In this process, the load current flowing through the thyristor either becomes zero or is
transferred to another device from the conducting thyristor.
What are the advantages of current commutated chopper?

0 The capacitor always remains charged with the correct polarity.
1 Commutation is reliable as load current is less than the peak commutation current
ICP.
c. The auxiliary thyristor TA is naturally commutated as its current passes through zero value.
What are the advantages of load commutated chopper?

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Commutating inductor is not required.
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It is capable of commutating any amount of load current.
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It can work at high frequencies in the order of kHz. d. Filtering requirements are minimal.
What are the disadvantages of load commutated chopper?

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For high power applications, efficiency becomes very low because of high switching
losses at high operating frequencies.
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Freewheeling diode is subjected to twice the supply voltage.
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What is meant by resonant converters?

The converter circuits, which employ zero-voltage and or zero current switching, are
called resonant converters.
Define latching current.

It is the min current required for the device to conduct even without a gate signal.
Define holding current.
It is the minimum current which must pass through a circuit in order for it to remain in the 'ON'
state. The term can be applied to a single switch or to an entire device.
PART-B
Describe in detail about the types of chopper. Derive an expression for the average output voltage
in terms of input dc voltage & duty cycle (16)
Describe the principle of step-up chopper. Derive an expression for the average output voltage
in terms of input dc voltage & duty cycle. (16)
3. Describe the working of four quadrant chopper. (16)
4. Explain the working of current commutated chopper with aid of circuit diagram
and necessary waveforms. Derive an expression for its output voltage. (16)
5. Explain the working of voltage commutated chopper with aid of circuit diagram
and necessary waveforms. Derive an expression for its output voltage. (16)
Draw the power circuit for step down DC chopper and explain its operation for inductive load.
What is the role of freewheeling diode in such choppers? (16)
Explain the operation of boost and buck boost converter with neat circuit diagrams
and waveforms (16)
Explain the working of voltage commutated chopper with aid of circuit diagram
and necessary waveforms. Derive an expression for its output voltage (16)
Discuss the operation of DC- DC boost converter and prove that its output voltage is always
greater than input voltage (16)
10. Explain the control strategies employed in a DC chopper (16)
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UNIT IV
INVERTERS
APPLICATIONS OF INVERTER
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Adjustable speed AC drives
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Induction heating
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Standby aircraft power supplies
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UPS for computers
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HVDC transmission lines, etc..
SINGLE PHASE HALF BRIDGE INVERTERS
For 0<t≤T/2, T1 conducts and the load is subjected to a voltage Vs/2 due to the upper voltage source
Vs/2.
At t=T/2, T1 is commutated and T2 is gated ON.
During the period T/2<t≤T, T2 conducts and the load is subjected to a voltage (-Vs/2) due to the lower
voltage source Vs/2.
The load voltage is an alternating voltage waveform of amplitude Vs/2
3. SINGLE PHASE FULL BRIDGE INVERTER

For full bridge inverter, when T1, T2 conduct, load voltage is Vs and when T3, T4 conduct, load.
Frequency of of output voltage can be controlled by varying the periodic time T.
Thyristors T1, T2 are in series across the source. Thyristors T1, T4 or T3, T2 are also in series For a
resistive load four SCRs would suffice, because load current io and load voltage vo would
always be in phase with each other.
For non-resistive loads, current io will not be in phase with voltage vo and diodes connected in
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antiparallel with thyristors will allow the current to flow when the main thyristors are turned off.
4. MODIFIED MCMURRAY HALF-BRIDGE INVERTER
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5. THREE PHASE BRIDGE INVERTERS -180º MODE VSI
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In the three phase inverter, each SCR conducts for 180º of a cycle.
Thyristor pair in each arm, i.e. T1, T4; T3, T6 and T5, T2 are turned on with a time interval of 180º.
It means that T1 conducts for 180º and T4 for the next 180º of a cycle.
Thyristors in the upper group, i.e.T1, T3, T5 conduct at an interval of 120º. It implies that if T1 is
fired at wt=0º, then T3 must be fired at wt=120º and T5 at wt=240º. Same is true for lower group
of SCRs.
In the firing scheme table, first row shows that T1 from upper group conducts for 180º, T4 for the next
180º and then again T1 for 180º and so on.
In the second row, T3 from the upper group is shown to start conducting 120º after T1 starts conducting.
After T3 conduction for 180º, T6 conducts for the next 180º and again T3 for the next 180º and so on.
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In the third row, T5 from the upper group starts conducting 120º after T3 or 240º after T1.
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After T5 conduction for 180º, T2 conducts for next 180º, T5 for the next 180º and so on. In this
manner, the pattern of firing the six SCRs is identified.
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This table show that T5, T6, T1 should be gated for step I; T6, T1, T2 for step II; T1, T2, T3 for step
III; T2, T3, T4 for step IV and so on.
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Thus the sequence of firing the thyristors is T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6; T1, T2….
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In every step of 60º duration, only three SCRs are conducting one from upper group and two from
the lower group or two from the upper group and one from the lower group.
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During step I, thyristors 5, 6, 1 are conducting. The load terminals a and c are connected to the
positive bus of DC source whereas terminal b is connected to the negative bus of DC source.
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The load voltage is vab=vcb=Vs in magnitude.
THREE PHASE 120º MODE VSI

(Draw the circuit in 180º mode)
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For the 120º mode VSI, each thyristor conducts for 120º of a cycle.
Like 180º mode, 120º mode inverter also requires six steps, each of 60º duration, for completing one
cycle of the output AC voltage.
In the table, first row shows that T1 conducts for 120º and for the next 60º, neither T1 nor T4 conducts.
Now T4 is turned on at wt=180º and it further conducts for 120º, i.e. from wt=180º to wt=300º.
This means that for 60º interval from wt=120º to wt=180º, series connected SCRs T1, T4 do not conduct.
At wt=300º, T4 is turned off, then 60º interval elapses.
In the second row, T3 is turned on at wt=120º as in 180º mode inverter.
Now T3 conducts for 120º, then 60º interval elapses during which neither T3 nor T6 conducts.
At wt=300º, T6 is turned on, it conducts for 120º and then 60º interval elapses after which T3 is turned
on again. The third row is completed similarly.
The table shows that T6, T1 should be gated for step I; T1, T2 for step II; T2, T3 for step III and so on.
The sequence of firing is same as for the 180º mode inverter.
During each step, only two thyristors conduct for this inverter, one from upper group and another from
lower group; but in the 180º mode three conductors conduct in each step.
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7. PWM TECHNIQUES
TYPES OF PWM TECHNIQUE
Different types of PWM control technique is given as follows
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Single pulse width modulation (Single PWM)
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Multiple pulse width modulation (MPWM)
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Sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM)
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Modified Sinusoidal pulse width modulation (MSPWM)
SINGLE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (SINGLE PWM)
By comparing rectangular reference signal of amplitude (Ar) and a triangular carrier wave (Ac),
the gating signals can be generated as shown in Figure.
This generated gating signal is used to control the output of single phase full bridge inverter. The
fundamental frequency of the output voltage is determined by the
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frequency of the reference signal.
MULTIPLE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (MPWM)
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The generation of gating signal is achieved by comparing the reference signal of the amplitude (A r) with
a triangular carrier wave (Ac) as shown Figure.
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The output frequency (fo) is determined by the frequency of the reference signal. The output
voltage can be controlled by modulation index.
3. SINUSOIDAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (SPWM)

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The gating signal can be generated by comparing a sinusoidal reference signal with a
triangular carrier wave and the width of each pulse varied proportionally to the amplitude of
a sine wave evaluated at the center of the same pulse.
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The output frequency (fo) of the inverter can be found by using the frequency of the
reference signal (fr). The rms output voltage (vo) can be controlled by modulation index M
and in turn modulation index is controlled by peak amplitude (Ar).
MODIFIED SINUSOIDAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATION
The fundamental component is increased and its harmonic characteristics are improved. The
main advantages of this technique is increased fundamental component, improved harmonic
characteristics, reduced number of switching power devices and decreased switching losses.
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ADVANTAGES OF PWM
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The output vo l t a ge co nt r ol w i t h this method c a n be obtained without any
additional components.
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With this method, lower order harmonic can be eliminated or minimized along with its
output voltage control.
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It reduces the filtering requirements.
HARMONIC CONTROL OF INVERTER
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The reduction of harmonic contents or the improvement in wave shape can be done by
following methods.
0 Single pulse width modulation
1 Transformer connections
2 Multiple commutation in each half cycle
3 Stepped wave inverters.
HARMONIC REDUCTION BY SINGLE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION
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In the case of single phase pulse width modulation, the width of the pulse is adjusted to reduce
the harmonic.
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The RMS value of the harmonic voltages of a single pulse width modulated wave is given by
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Where P is the width of the pulse and Vs is the supply DC voltage.
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For example, if the third harmonic is to be eliminated, VL3=0,
HARMONIC REDUCTION BY TRANSFORMER CONNECTIONS

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To get net output voltage with reduced harmonic content, output voltage from two or more
inverters can be combined by means of transformers.
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The essential condition of this scheme is that the output voltage waveforms from the
inverters must be similar but phase shifted from each other.
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Figure shows a scheme for connecting two inverters and two transformers for harmonic
elimination.
VL=VL1+VL2
0 (√3 [A1 sin (wt-π/6)+A5 sin 5(wt+π/6)+……..]
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Along with the third harmonics, the multiples of third harmonics, such as 9, 12 are also
eliminated.
HARMONIC REDUCTION BY MULTIPLE COMMUTATION IN EACH HALF CYCLE
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Instead of having commutation at the end of half cycle, some more commutations can be created
in the half cycle. It is shown in figure.
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By properly selecting the values of delay angle α1 and α2, any two unwanted lower order
harmonics can be eliminated from the waveform.
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HARMONIC REDUCTION USING STEPPED WAVE INVERTERS
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Two stepped wave inverters fed from a common DC input voltage is shown in figure.
These inverters are connected to a common load through transformers having turns ratio of
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1:3 and 1:1 respectively.
The inverter I is so operated that its output voltage is VL1. The output voltage level is either
zero or positive during the first half cycle.
During the second half cycle, the output voltage would be either zero or negative.
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This type of modulation in which the output voltage has only two levels during any half cycle,
is called as two level modulation.
The inverter II is so operated that its output voltage is VL2. It is observed from VL2 waveform
that the level of output voltage is positive, zero and negative during the first half cycle.
Therefore, inverter II is operated with three level modulation.
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UNIT IV
INVERTERS
4. INTRODUCTION
A circuit that converts DC power into AC power at desired output voltage and frequency is called as an
inverter.
4.1 APPLICATIONS
Adjustable speed AC drives
Induction heating
Standby aircraft power supplies
UPS for computers
HVDC transmission lines, etc..
Inverters can be broadly classified in to two types:
voltage source inverter

Current source inverter
Voltage source inverter is one in which the DC source has small or negligible internal impedance. In
other words, a VSI has stiff DC voltage source at its input terminals.
A current source inverter is fed with adjustable current from a DC source of high internal impedance,
i.e, from a stiff DC current source. In a CSI fed stiff current source, output current waves are not
affected by the load.
In VSIs using thyristors, some type of forced commutation is usually required. However, load
commutation is possible only if the load is underdamped.
In VSIs using GTOs, switching off is achieved by applying a negative gate current pulse. VSIs using
transistors, like BJTs, PMOSFETs, IGBTs or SITs can be turned off by the control of their base
current. Switching off of the devices with the help of their gate or base currents is called self-
commutation.
So, the self-commutated inverters using GTOs and transistors do not require additional commutation
circuitry as needed in thyristor based inverters. This reduces the complexity and cost of the self-
commutated inverter circuits and at the same time, enhances the reliability of their operation.
From the view point of connections of semiconductor devices, inverters are classified as follows.
Bridge inverters
Series inverters
Parallel inverters
We will study about bridge inverters deeply.
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4.2 SINGLE PHASE BRIDGE INVERTERS

Single phase bridge inverters are of two types, namely i) Single phase half bridge inverters and ii) Single
phase full bridge inverters.
The power circuit diagram of the single phase bridge inverter is shown in figure. The gating signalsfor
the thyristors and the resulting output voltage waveforms are shown in figure.
These voltage waveforms are drawn on the assumption that each thyristor conducts for the duration its
gate pulse is present and is commutated as soon as this pulse is removed.
Ig1- ig4 are gate signals applied respectively to thyristors T1- T4.
4.2.1 SINGLE PHASE HALF BRIDGE INVERTERS
fig. 4.2.1 Single phase half bridge inverter

Single phase half bridge inverter consists of two SCRs, two diodes and three wire supply.
For 0<t≤T/2, T1 conducts and the load is subjected to a voltage Vs/2 due to the upper voltage source
Vs/2.
At t=T/2, T1 is commutatedand T2 is gated ON.
During the period T/2<t≤T, T2 conducts and the load is subjected to a voltage (-Vs/2) due to the lower
voltage source Vs/2.
The load voltage is an alternating voltage waveform of amplitude Vs/2 and of frequency 1/T Hz.
Frequency of the inverter output voltage can be changed by controlling T.
For a resistive load two SCRs would suffice, because load current io and load voltage vo would always
be in phase with each other.
For nonresistive loads, current io will not be inphase with voltage vo and diodes connected in antiparallel
with thyristors will allow the current to flow when the main thyristors are turned off.
As the energy is fed back to the DC source when these diodes conduct, these are called feedback diodes.
D1, D2 are feedback diodes.
The main drawback of half bridge inverter is that it requires 3-wire DC supply.
This difficulty can be overcome by use of a full bridge inverter.
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4.2.2 SINGLE PHASE FULL BRIDGE INVERTER
Fig. 4.2.2 Single phase full bridge inverter
It consists of four SCRs and four diodes. In this inverter, number of thyristors and diodes is twice of that
in a half bridge inverter.
The amplitude of output voltage is doubled whereas output power is four times in this inverter as
compared to their corresponding values in the half bridge inverter.
For full bridge inverter, when T1, T2 conduct, load voltage is Vs and when T3, T4 conduct, load voltage
is –Vs.
Frequency of of output voltage can be controlled by varying the periodic time T.
Thyristors T1, T2 are in series across the source. Thyristors T1, T4 or T3, T2 are also in series across the
source.
During inverter operation, it should be ensured that two SCRs in the same branch, such as T1, T2 do not
conduct simultaneously as this would lead to a direct short circuit of the source.
For a resistive load four SCRs would suffice, because load current io and load voltage vo would always
be in phase with each other.
For non-resistive loads, current io will not be in phase with voltage vo and diodes connected in
antiparallel with thyristors will allow the current to flow when the main thyristors are turned off.
As the energy is fed back to the DC source when these diodes conduct, these are called feedback diodes.
D1, D2, D3, D4 are called feedback diodes.
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4.3 MODIFIED MCMURRAY HALF-BRIDGE INVERTER
Fig. 4.3.1 Modified mc-murray half-bridge inverter
It consists of thyristors T1, T2 and main diodes D1, D2.

The commutation circuit consistes of auxiliary thyristors TA1, TA2, auxiliary diodes DA1, DA2,
damping resistor Rd, inductor L and capacitor C.
Three wire DC supply is required and AC load is connected between terminals A and B.
The function of capacitor is to provide the energy required for commutating the main thyristors.
Inductance L1 is for limiting di/dt to a safe value in main and auxiliary thyristors.
As an auxiliary thyristor is used for commutating the main thyristor, this inverter is also known as
auxiliary- commutated inverter.
In the original inverter circuit given by McMurray, elements DA1, DA2 and Rd were not present,
hence this circuit is known as modified McMurray inverter. As three wire DC supply is
required, the term “half bridge” is added to this inverter.
The following assumptions are made for this inverter.
Load current remains constant during the commutation interval.
SCRs and diodes are ideal switches.
Inductor L and capacitor are ideal, in that they have no resistance.
MODES OF OPERATION
The operation of the inverter is divided in to following modes.
MODE I
Thyristor T1 is conducting a constant load current Io, i.e.iT1=Io.
Capacitor is charged to a voltage Vs with right hand plate positive because of the commutation of
previously conducting thyristor T2. In this mode, the equivalent circuit is shown in fig.a.
With T1 conducting, commutation circuit is passive in this mode.
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Fig. 4.3.2 Modes of operation

MODE II
Auxiliary thyristor TA1 is triggered at t=0 to turn off the main thyristor T1.
As TA1 is fired, capacitor current ic starts building up through resonant circuit consisting of L, T1, TA1
and C.
Voltage drop across T1 reverse biases D1, current i c can therefore flow only through T1 and not
through D1. As io is constant, an increase in i c causes a corresponding decrease in i T1 so that
iT1=Io-ic.
At t1, ic rises to Io and therefore iT1=0. As a result, main thyristor T1 is turned off at t1.
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MODE III
After t1, as resonant current ic exceeds Io, the excessive current ic-Io=iD1 circulates through feedback
diode D1. The voltage drop across D1 reverse biases T1 to bring it to forward blocking
capability.
When capacitor voltage vc discharges to zero, resonant current, resonant current ic rises to the peak value
Icp.
After attaining Icp, ic begins to decrease and in so doing, C begins to get charged in the reverse direction.
At t2, ic falls to Io. In case vc is somewhat more than source voltage Vs at t 2, diode D2 gets forward
biased and starts conducting.
MODE IV
After t2, as ic tends to fall below Io, diode current i D1 becomes zero and D1, therefore, stops
conducting.
Constant load current Io continues flowing through Vs/2, TA1, C, L and load. Load current
charges capacitor C linearly with reverse polarity and at t3, v c is somewhat more than Vs.
MODE V
At t3, as vc becomes slightly more than Vs, diode D2 gets forward biased and thus an alternate path for Io
is provided.
Load current Io is now shared by resonant circuit and D2. Current through D2 flows through Vs/2, D2
and load.
After t3, ic begins to decrease whereas iD2 starts building up so that the sum of i c and iD2 is equal to Io.
i.e. ic+iD2=Io.
The supply voltage Vs through D2, is now impressed across the resonant circuit. As current i c is
falling from Io to zero, the energy stored in L is transferred to C and as a consequence, capacitor
is overcharged to a peak voltage Vm at t4.
MODE VI
At t4, iD2 rises to Io and at the same time ic falls to zero. As ic tends to reverse, TA1 is turned off at t4.
Now vc > Vs, capacitor C therefore discharges through Rd, DA1, source voltage Vs, D2, L and C.
Current ic is negative as it flowing opposite to its positive direction. i D2=ic+Io. During this period, iD2 is
more than Io.
At t5, ic becomes zero, vc=-Vs and iD2=Io. Just after t5, as ic tends to reverse, DA1 is turned off.
MODE VII
In this mode, only conducting device is diode D2. A part of the energy stored in the load is delivered to
source.
The decreasing load current io=iD2 becomes zero at t6. Main thyristor T2 is already gated on after TA1 is
fired but it will not get turned on at this moment because of the reverse bias applied to it.
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At t6, iD2=0 and T2 is no longer reverse biased. After t6, capacitor charged to voltage –Vs is ready for the
next commutation process.
Fig. 4.3.3 Voltage and current waveforms

4.4 THREE PHASE BRIDGE INVERTERS
For providing adjustable- frequency power to industrial applications, three phase inverters are more
common than single phase inverters.
Fig. 4.4.1 three phase bridge inverters
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A basic three phase inverter is a six bridge inverter. In inverter terminology, a step is defined as a change
in the firing from one thyristor to the next thyristor in proper sequence.
For one cycle of 360º, each step would be of 60º interval for a six step inverter.
This means that thyristors would be gated at regular intervals of 60º in proper sequence.
There are two possible patterns of gating the thyristors. In one pattern, each thyristor conducts for 180º
and in the other, each thyristor conducts for 120º.
But in both these patterns, gating signals are applied and removed at 60º intervals of output voltage
waveform.
Therefore both these modes require six six step bridge inverter. These modes of thyristor conduction are
described as follows.
4.4.1 THREE PHASE 180º MODE VSI
fig. 4.4.2 Three phase 180º mode VSI- modes of operation
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Fig. 4.4.3 Three phase 180º mode VSI
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In the three phase inverter, each SCR conducts for 180º of a cycle.
Thyristor pair in each arm, i.e. T1, T4; T3, T6 and T5, T2 are turned on with a time interval of 180º.
It means that T1 conducts for 180º and T4 for the next 180º of a cycle.
Thyristors in the upper group, i.e.T1, T3, T5 conduct at an interval of 120º. It implies that if T1 is
fired at wt=0º, then T3 must be fired at wt=120º and T5 at wt=240º. Same is true for lower group
of SCRs.
In the firing scheme table, first row shows that T1 from upper group conducts for 180º, T4 for the next
180º and then again T1 for 180º and so on.
In the second row, T3 from the upper group is shown to start conducting 120º after T1 starts conducting.
After T3 conduction for 180º, T6 conducts for the next 180º and again T3 for the next 180º and so on.
In the third row, T5 from the upper group starts conducting 120º after T3 or 240º after T1.
After T5 conduction for 180º, T2 conducts for next 180º, T5 for the next 180º and so on. In this manner,
the pattern of firing the six SCRs is identified.
This table show that T5, T6, T1 should be gated for step I; T6, T1, T2 for step II; T1, T2, T3 for step III;
T2, T3, T4 for step IV and so on.
Thus the sequence of firing the thyristors is T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6; T1, T2….
In every step of 60º duration, only three SCRs are conducting one from upper group and two from the
lower group or two from the upper group and one from the lower group.
During step I, thyristors 5, 6, 1 are conducting. The load terminals a and c are connected to the positive
bus of DC source whereas terminal b is connected to the negative bus of DC source.
The load voltage is vab=vcb=Vs in magnitude.
4.4.2 THREE PHASE 120º MODE VSI

For the 120º mode VSI, each thyristor conducts for 120º of a cycle.
Like 180º mode, 120º mode inverter also requires six steps, each of 60º duration, for completing one
cycle of the output AC voltage.
In the table, first row shows that T1 conducts for 120º and for the next 60º, neither T1 nor T4 conducts.
Now T4 is turned on at wt=180º and it further conducts for 120º, i.e. from wt=180º to wt=300º.
This means that for 60º interval from wt=120º to wt=180º, series connected SCRs T1, T4 do not conduct.
At wt=300º, T4 is turned off, then 60º interval elapses.
In the second row, T3 is turned on at wt=120º as in 180º mode inverter.
Now T3 conducts for 120º, then 60º interval elapses during which neither T3 nor T6 conducts.
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Fig. 4.4.4 Three phase 120º mode VSI- waveforms
At wt=300º, T6 is turned on, it conducts for 120º and then 60º interval elapses after which T3 is turned
on again. The third row is completed similarly.
The table shows that T6, T1 should be gated for step I; T1, T2 for step II; T2, T3 for step III and so on.
The sequence of firing is same as for the 180º mode inverter.
During each step, only two thyristors conduct for this inverter, one from upper group and another from
lower group; but in the 180º mode three conductors conduct in each step.
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Fig. 4.4.5 Three phase 120º mode VSI- modes of operation
4.4.3 COMPARISON OF 180º AND 120º CONDUCTION MODES

In 180 mode conduction, when gate signal Ig1, is removed to turn off SCR T1 at wt=180, gating signal
Ig4 is simultaneously applied to turn on SCR T4 in the same leg.
In practice, a commutation interval must exist between the removal of Ig1 and application of I g4 for
proper reliable operation of the three phase inverter circuit.
Since enough time may not be provided for the commutation of SCR and two SCRs in series may
simultaneously conduct, resulting into short circuit of the source by these SCRs.
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This problem is overcome considerably in 120 mode inverter. In this inverter, there is a 60 interval
between the turning off of SCR T1 and turning on of SCR T4. During this 60 interval, SCR T1
can be commutated safely.
Thus, enough time is made available for the outgoing SCR to commutate before the SCR in series is
turned on. Therefore, commutation is more reliable and possibility of two series SCRs
conducting simultaneously is much less.
4.5 VOLTAGE CONTROL IN SINGLE PHASE INVERTERS
AC loads may require constant or adjustable voltage at their input terminals. When such loads are
fed by inverters, it is essential that output voltage of the inverters is so controlled as to fulfil the
requirement of AC loads.
Examples of such requirements
An AC load may require a constant input voltage though at different levels. For such a load, any
variations in the DC input voltage must be suitably compensated inorder to maintain a constant
voltage at the AC load terminals at a desired level.
In case of inverter supplies power to a magnetic circuit, such as an induction motor, the voltage to
frequency ratio at the inverter output terminals must be kept constatnt. This avoids saturation in
the magnetic circuit of the device fed by the inverter.
The various methods for the control of output voltage of inverters are as under:
External control of AC output voltage
External control of DC input voltage
Internal control of inverter
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The first two methods require the use of peripheral components whereas the third method
requires no peripheral components.
External control of AC OUTPUT VOLTAGE
There are two possible methods
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AC voltage control
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Series inverter control
a. AC voltage control
Fig. 4.5.1 External control of AC output voltage

In this method, an AC voltage controller is inserted between the output terminals of inverter and the load
terminals.
The voltage input to the AC load is regulated through the firing angle control of AC voltage controller.
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This method gives rise to higher harmonic content in the output voltage; particularly when the output
voltage from the AC voltage controller is at low level.
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This method is therefore rarely employed except for low power
applications. b. Series inverter control
Fig. 4.5.2 Series inverter control

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This method of voltage control involves the use of two or more inverters in series.
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The inverter output is fed to two transformers whose secondaries are connected in series.
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Phasor sum of the two fundamental voltages Vo1, Vo2 gives the resultant fundamental voltage Vo.
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Vo is given by
2 1/2
Vo= [Vo1 +Vo2 +2Vo1.Vo2 cosθ]
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It is essential that the frequency of output voltages Vo1, Vo2 from the two inverters is the same.
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When θ is zero, Vo =Vo1+Vo2 and for θ=π, Vo=0 incase Vo1=Vo2.
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The angle θ can be varied by firing angle control of two inverters. The series connection of
inverters, called multiple converter control, does not augment the harmonic content even at low
output voltage levels.
External control of DC input voltage
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If the available voltage source is AC, then DC voltage input to the inverter is controlled through
a fully controlled rectifier like an uncontrolled rectifier and a chopper or an AC voltage
controller as shown in figure.
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If available voltage is DC, then DC voltage input to the inverter is controlled by means of a chopper.
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In the input voltage control techniques, DC voltage input to inverter is controlled by means of
components external to the inverter, has the following main advantages.
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Fig. 4.5.3 External control of DC input voltage

Advantage
Output voltage waveform and its harmonic content are not affected appreciably as the inverter output
voltage is controlled through the adjustment of DC input voltage to the inverter.
This method of voltage control however suffer from the following disadvantages.
Disadvantages
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The number of power converters used for the control of inverter output voltage varies from two
to three. More power handling stages result in more losses and reduced efficiency of the entire
scheme.
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For reducing the ripple content of DC voltage input to the inverter, filter circuit is required in all
types of schemes. Filter circuit increases the cost, weight and size and at the same time reduces
efficiency and makes the transient response sluggish.
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As the DC input is decreased, the commutating capacitor voltage also decreases.
Internal control of inverter

Output voltage from an inverter can also be adjusted by exercising a control within the inverter itself.
The most efficient method of doing this is by pulse width modulation control used within an
inverter.
Pulse width modulation control
In this method, a fixed input AC voltage is given to the inverter and a controlled AC output voltage is
obtained by adjusting the on and off periods of the inverter components.
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This is the most popular method of controlling the output voltage and this method is termed as pulse
width modulation (PWM) control.
The advantages possessed by PWM technique are as under:
Advantages
The output voltage control with this method can be obtained without any additional components.
With this method, lower order harmonics can be eliminated or minimized along with its output
voltage control. As higher order harmonics can be filtered easily, the filtering requirements are
minimized.
Disadvantage
The SCRs are expensive as they must possess low turn-on and turn-off times.
4.6 PWM TECHNIQUES
Pulse Width Modulation method is a fixed dc input voltage is given to the inverters and a
controlled ac output voltage is obtained by adjusting the on and off periods of the inverter
components.
This is the most popular method of controlling the output voltage and in this method is known as
pulse width modulation (PWM CONTROL).
4.6.1 TYPES OF PWM TECHNIQUE
Different types of PWM control technique is given as follows
0 Single pulse width modulation (Single PWM)
1 Multiple pulse width modulation (MPWM)
2 Sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM)
3 Modified Sinusoidal pulse width modulation (MSPWM)
SINGLE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (SINGLE PWM)
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In single pulse width modulation control technique only one pulse will be there for every half
cycle.
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The width of the single pulse can be adjusted in order to control the output voltage of the inverter.
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By comparing rectangular reference signal of amplitude (Ar) and a triangular carrier wave (Ac),
the gating signals can be generated as shown in Figure.
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This generated gating signal is used to control the output of single phase full bridge inverter. The
fundamental frequency of the output voltage is determined by the
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frequency of the reference signal. For this technique the amplitude modulation index (M) can
be defined as
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2. MULTIPLE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (MPWM)

The main drawback of single PWM technique is high harmonic content. In order to reduce
the harmonic content, the multiple PWM technique is used, in which several pulses are given
in each half cycle of output voltage.
The generation of gating signal is achieved by comparing the reference signal of the amplitude (A r) with a
triangular carrier wave (Ac) as shown Figure.
The output frequency (fo) is determined by the frequency of the reference signal. The output
voltage can be controlled by modulation index.
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The number of pulses (p) per half cycle is calculated by the carrier
frequency (fc). Number of pulses per half cycle is found by
3.
3.SINUSOIDAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (SPWM)
Fig. 4.6.3 Generation of Sinusoidal pulse width modulation

The figure explains the generation of a sinusoidal PWM signal, which finds more applications in
industries.
The gating signal can be generated by comparing a sinusoidal reference signal with a triangular
carrier wave and the width of each pulse varied proportionally to the amplitude of a sine
wave evaluated at the center of the same pulse.
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The output frequency (fo) of the inverter can be found by using the frequency of the
reference signal (fr). The rms output voltage (vo) can be controlled by modulation index M
and in turn modulation index is controlled by peak amplitude (Ar).
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The number of pulses per half cycle depends on the carrier frequency.
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The gating signal can be produced by using the unidirectional triangular carrier wave.
MODIFIED SINUSOIDAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATION
Fig. 4.6.4 Generation of Modified sinusoidal pulse width modulation

When considering sinusoidal PWM waveform, the pulse width does not change significantly with the
variation of modulation index.
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The reason is due to the characteristics of the sine wave. Hence this sinusoidal PWM technique is
modified so that the carrier signal is applied during the first and last 600 intervals per half cycle
as shown in Figure.
The fundamental component is increased and its harmonic characteristics are improved. The
main advantages of this technique is increased fundamental component, improved harmonic
characteristics, reduced number of switching power devices and decreased switching losses.
4.6.2 ADVANTAGES OF PWM

The output vo l t a ge co nt r ol w i t h this method c a n be obtained without any
additional components.
With this method, lower order harmonic can be eliminated or minimized along with its
output voltage control.
It reduces the filtering requirements.
4.7 HARMONIC CONTROL OF INVERTER

The power electronics equipments, such as rectifiers, inverters and choppers have switching
devices and their operation produces current and voltage harmonics into the system from
which they are working.
These harmonics affect the operation of other equipment connected to the same system through
conduction or by radio interference.
The harmonics present in the inverter system lead to the following disadvantages
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Harmonic currents will lead to excessive heating in the induction motors connected with
the thyristor system. This will reduce the load carrying capacity of the motor.
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If the control and regulating circuits are not properly shielded, harmonics from power
side can affect their operation and malfunctioning can result.
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On critical loads, torque pulsation produced by the harmonic current can be harmful.
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Harmonic currents cause losses in the AC system and can even some time produce
resonance in the system. Under the resonant conditions, the metering and instrumentation
may also be affected because of the distortion, etc.
These effects can be minimized by reducing harmonic content. There are various methods
available to reduce the harmonic content.
The reduction of harmonic contents or the improvement in wave shape can be done by
following methods.
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Single pulse width modulation
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Transformer connections
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Multiple commutation in each half cycle
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Stepped wave inverters.
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HARMONIC REDUCTION BY SINGLE PULSE WIDTH MODULATION
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In the case of single phase pulse width modulation, the width of the pulse is adjusted to reduce
the harmonic.
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The RMS value of the harmonic voltages of a single pulse width modulated wave is given by
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Where P is the width of the pulse and Vs is the supply DC voltage.
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For example, if the third harmonic is to be eliminated, VL3=0,
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Similarly, to eliminate fourth harmonic, P=72º
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By this method, only one harmonic can be eliminated at a time.
HARMONIC REDUCTION BY TRANSFORMER CONNECTIONS
Fig. 4.7.1 Harmonic reduction by transformer connections
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Fig. 4.7.2 Harmonic reduction by transformer connections

To get net output voltage with reduced harmonic content, output voltage from two or more inverters
can be combined by means of transformers.
The essential condition of this scheme is that the output voltage waveforms from the inverters must
be similar but phase shifted from each other.
Figure shows a scheme for connecting two inverters and two transformers for harmonic elimination.
Their output voltages VL1 from inverter 1 and VL2 from inverter 2 are shown in figure.
Waveform VL2 is taken to have a phase shift of π/3 radians with respect to VL1 waveform.
By adding the VL1 and VL2, resultant output voltage VL is obtained.
It is assumed that the transformers have a turns ratio of 1:1.
The absence of third harmonic in the output waveform VL can be explained by writing fourier series
for VL1 and VL2.
VL1=A1sinwt+A3sin3wt+A5 sin5wt+……..
Since the output of second inverter VL2 is delayed by π/3
VL2=A1sin(wt-π/3)+A3sin3(wt-π/3)+A5sin5(wt-π/3)+……
The resultant voltage VL is obtained by vector addition.
VL=VL1+VL2
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(Root 3)[A1 sin (wt-π/6)+A5 sin 5(wt+π/6)+……..]
From the above expression of VL, it is observed that with the phase shifting of π/3 and combining
voltages by transformer connection, it is possible to eliminate third harmonics.
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Along with the third harmonics, the multiples of third harmonics, such as 9, 12 are also eliminated.
It should be noted that the resultant fundamental component is not twice the individual voltage
but Root3/2(=0.866) of that individual output voltage and the effective output has been
reduced by (1-0.866)=13.4%.
The main drawback of this method
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The need for more number of inverters and transformers of similar ratings.
HARMONIC REDUCTION BY MULTIPLE COMMUTATION IN EACH HALF CYCLE

It is explained with respect to a single phase inverter.
Normally there is one commutation per half cycle and this produces a square wave output.
Instead of having commutation at the end of half cycle, some more commutations can be created in
the half cycle. It is shown in figure.
By properly selecting the values of delay angle α1 and α2, any two unwanted lower order harmonics
can be eliminated from the waveform.
Fig. 4.7.3 Harmonic reduction by multiple commutation in each half cycle

Here waveforms are drawn for a single phase half bridge inverter. It employs four extra
commutations per cycle instead of one.
As this voltage waveform has quarter wave symmetry, An=0,
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The above two simultaneous equations can be solved numerically to calculate α1 and α2 under
the condition that
0<α1<90º and α1<α2<90º
which gives α1=23.62º and α2=33.6º
Similarly any two harmonics can be eliminated by calculating the corresponding values of
α1 and α2.
Disadvantages of this method
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This method produces a fundamental voltage of 83.9% or 0.839 times the amplitude of
fundamental component of unmodulated voltage wave. So inverter is de rated by (100-83.9)
16.1%.
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There are additional four commutations per cycle and this leads to more switching losses
which decreases the efficiency of operation.
HARMONIC REDUCTION USING STEPPED WAVE INVERTERS

This method may be called as wave stepping, in which pulses of different widths and heights are
added to produce a resultant stepped wave with reduced harmonic content.
Two stepped wave inverters fed from a common DC input voltage is shown in figure.
These inverters are connected to a common load through transformers having turns ratio of 1:3 and
1:1 respectively.
The inverter I is so operated that its output voltage is VL1. The output voltage level is either zero or
positive during the first half cycle.
During the second half cycle, the output voltage would be either zero or negative.
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Fig. 4.7.4 Harmonic reduction using stepped wave inverters
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This type of modulation in which the output voltage has only two levels during any half cycle, is
called as two level modulation.
The inverter II is so operated that its output voltage is VL2. It is observed from VL2 waveform that
the level of output voltage is positive, zero and negative during the first half cycle.
Therefore, inverter II is operated with three level modulation.
The resultant output voltage waveform from a series combination of inverter I and II is obtained by
super imposing the waveforms of figure b) and c) as shown in d).
The load waveform shows that the amplitude of output voltage is 4 Vs and waveform has four steps.
Fourier analysis would give harmonics whose amplitudes would depend upon the values of P1, P2,
P3, P4 and amplitude of VL.
By a proper choice of these parameters, third, fifth, seventh harmonics can be decreased
considerably and the fundamental component is optimized.
The three level modulation of inverter II helps achieving the required wave stepping of the resultant
output voltage waveform.
4.8 CURRENT SOURCE INVERTERS
A CSI converts the input DC current to an AC current at its output terminals. The amplitude of AC
output current can be adjusted by controlling the magnitude of DC input current.
The inverters whose output voltage is maintained constant independent of the load is called voltage
source inverters (VSI).
However the load current is forced to fluctuate from positive to negative and vice versa to cope up
with inductive loads, SCRs with freewheeling diodes are required.
Normally, for maintaining inverter output voltage constant, a large capacitor is connected at the DC
input side of the inverter.
In a current source inverter (CSI) the current from the DC source is maintained at an effectively
constant level, irrespective of load or inverter conditions.
This is achieved by inserting a large inductance in series with the DC supply to enable changes of
inverter voltage to be accommodated at low values of di/dt.
The DC input to CSI is obtained from a fixed voltage AC source through a controlled rectifier
bridge, or through a diode bridge and a chopper.
In order for the current input to CSI to be ripple free, L filter is used before CSI.
The CSI find their use in the following applications:
Speed control of AC motors

Induction heating
Lagging VAR compensation
Synchronous motor starting, etc…
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Current source inverters may be either load commutated or force commutated.

Load commutation is possible when load pf is leading. For lagging pf loads, forced commutation is
essential.
Use of commutating capacitor is an important feature of force- commutated current source inverters.
Fig. 4.8.1 Current source inverters
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4.8.1 SINGLE PHASE CAPACITOR COMMUTATED CSI WITH R LOAD
Fig. 4.8.2 Single phase capacitor commutated CSI with R load
In this type of CSI, capacitor C in parallel with the load is used for storing the charge for force
commutating the SCRs.
SCRs T1, T2, T3 and T4 form power circuit. T1, T2 together are triggered by gate signals Ig1, Ig2
and T3, T4 by Ig3, Ig4.
Before t=0, let the capacitor voltage be Vc=-V1, i.e., capacitor has right plate positive and left plate
negative.
At t=0, SCRs T1 and T2 are triggered and when T1, T2 become turned ON, capacitor applies reverse
voltage across the previously conducting SCRs T3, T4 and hence turn them off.
The source current I now flows through SCR T1, parallel combination of RC and through T2.
From 0 to T/, IT1=IT2=I, output current Iac=I, Vc changes from –V1 to +V1 through the charging of
C by current Ic. Here, the load voltage VL=Vc.
Thus the waveform of IL=VL/R has the same nature as that of Vc as shown in figure.
When T3, T4 are gated at t=T/2, Vc= V1 reverse biases T1, T2 and therefore these are turned off
immediately.
The source current now flows through T3, parallel combination of R,C and T4.
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From instant T/2 to T, iT3=iT4=I, but Iac=-I. The current Iac is a square wave of amplitude I.
Fig. 4.8.3 Output waveforms
4.8.2 COMPARISON BETWEEN VSI AND CSI
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S.NO VSI CSI

1 Input voltage is maintained constant Input current is constant but adjustable.
2 The output voltage does not depend on The amplitude of output current does not
the load. depend on the load
3 The magnitude of output current and The magnitude of output voltage and its
its waveform depend upon the nature waveform depend upon the nature of the
of the load impedance. load impedance
4 It requires feedback diodes. It does not require any feedback diode.
5 Commutation circuit is complex. Commutation circuit is simple. i.e., it
contains only capacitors.
4.9 SINGLE PHASE AUTO SEQUENTIAL COMMUTATED INVERTER
Fig. 4.9.1 Single phase auto sequential commutated inverter
In the circuit, the forced commutating circuit components are included. The two capacitors store the
energy necessary for commutation.
The four series diodes effectively prevent the capacitors from discharging through the load in the
interval between inverter commutations.
T1, T2 and T3, T4 are alternatively switched to obtain nearly square wave load current. The
triggering frequency of the SCRs determine the output frequency.
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If the inverter feeds a RL load, the voltage and current waveforms are shown in figure.
The operation of this inverter can be divided into four modes.
Fig. 4.9.1 Output voltage and current wavefroms

MODE I
In this mode between commutations, the constant source current I is flowing in the load, and hence
the load voltage is RI.
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T1, T2 are conducting and the current I is established in the circuit consisting of T1, D1, the load, D2
and T2.
The capacitors C1, C2 are charged to a voltage Vc= +VL from the previous half cycle. Note that VL
is greater than the load voltage RI.
MODE II
When T3, T4 are gated on, capacitors C1, C2 apply a reverse bias to T1 and T2 respectively, causing
them to turn off.
However, the load current I continues to flow in the same direction as before, through T3, C1, D1,
the load, D2, C2 and T4.
The capacitors are in series with the load and are discharged by the constant current I.
When the capacitor voltages have fallen from VL to R1, diodes D4, D3 conduct and mode 2 is
terminated.
MODE III
SCRs T3, T4 and all four diodes are now conducting so that the load is effectively connected in
parallel with both commutating capacitors.
This RLC circuit undergoes a transient response during which the load current falls to zero and
reverse.
When a load current attains a value –I, diodes D1 and D2 become reverse biased.
This terminates mode 3 and completes the commutation process.
MODE IV
For the next half cycle, the source current I is flowing through T3, D3, the load, D4 and T4.
Note that the capacitor voltage is now –VL and the capacitor hold this voltage until the next
commutation.
The DC current source delivers a unidirectional current I to the inverter and when the inverter
feeds a reactive or regenerative load, the DC supply current cannot reverse as it did in the
case of a voltage source inverter (VSI).
However, the feedback diodes of VSI have been removed, allowing the DC link voltage to
change polarity and permitting a return of energy to the DC link by virtue of a reversal of
DC link voltage rather than a reversal of DC link current.
When SCRs T3, T4 are gated to initiate Mode 2, the inverter input voltage, Vs, goes negative and
remains negative throughout this interval.
Hence, the input power VsI is also negative, indicating that power is being returned to the DC current
source.
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PART- A
1. What is meant by inverter?
A device that converts dc power into ac power at desired output voltage and
frequency is called an inverter.
What are the applications of an inverter?

0 Adjustable speed drives
1 Induction heating
2 Stand-by aircraft power supplies

3 UPS
4 HVDC transmission
What are the main classifications of inverter?
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Voltage Source Inverter
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Current Source Inverter
Why thyristors are not preferred for inverters?
Thyristors require extra commutation circuits for turn off which results in increased complexity of
the circuit. For these reasons thyristors are not preferred for inverters.
Give two advantages of CSI.
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Current Source Inverter does not require any feedback diodes.
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Commutation circuit is simple as it involves only thyristors.
What is meant by series inverter?
An inverter in which the commutating elements are connected in series with the load is called a
series inverter
7. What is meant by parallel inverter?
An inverter in which the commutating elements are connected in parallel with the load is called a
parallel inverter.
What are the applications of a series inverter?
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The thyristorised series inverter produces an approximately sinusoidal waveform at a

high output frequency, ranging from 200 Hz to 100kHz. It is commonly used for fixed
output applications such as
Ultrasonic generator.
Induction heating.
Sonar Transmitter
Fluorescent lighting.
9. What is meant by McMurray inverter?
It is an impulse commutated inverter which relies on LC circuit and an auxiliary

thyristor for commutation in the load circuit.
What are the applications of a CSI?
0 Induction heating
1 Lagging VAR compensation
2 Speed control of ac motors
3 Synchronous motor starting
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What is meant by PWM control in inverter?
In this method, a fixed dc input voltage is given to the inverter and a controlled ac output voltage is
obtained by adjusting the on and off periods of the inverter components. This is the most popular
method of controlling the output voltage and this method is termed as PWM control
12. Compare VSI and CSI.
VSI CSI
VSI is fed from a DC voltage source having small CSI is fed with adjustable current from a DC
negligible impedance. voltage source of high impedance.
Input voltage is maintained constant The input current is constant but adjustable.
Output voltage does not dependent on the load the amplitude of output current is independent of
the load
The waveform of the load current as well as its The magnitude of output voltage and its waveform
magnitude depends on the nature of the load depends on the nature of the load impedance
impedance
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What are the advantages of 120 degree mode of operation over 180 degree mode of
operation?
We can get continuous conduction in 180 degree mode, whereas discontinuous current flow in
120 degree mode. Hence losses are high in 120 degree mode.
List the disadvantages of PWM control.
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Cost of integrated circuit packages for PWM
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Complexity of circuitry necessary for implementation
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Radio Frequency Interference/Electromagnetic Interference limits the performance of
the circuitry
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Voltage spikes in the pulse signal to a rapid succession of switches similar to an impulse
What are the applications of a CSI?

The applications of a CSI are,
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Induction heating
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Lagging VAR compensation
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Speed control of ac motors
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Synchronous motor starting.
What is integral cycle control?
Action by a control mechanism that makes changes to the inputs of a manufacturing process based on
the accumulated error over a period of time. Integral action controllers are often used in
conjunction with proportional controllers, which make corrective changes in proportion to the
amount of error in an input, in order make input adjustments faster and more accurate.
List the various advantages of using PWM control in inverter.
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Average value proportional to duty cycle, this dependence is often observed to follow a linear
trend due to the previous formulaic definition.
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Low power used in transistors used to switch the signal, and fast switching possible due to
MOSFETS and power transistors at speeds in excess of 100 kHz
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Alleviates the problem of high heat loses through resistive elements at intermediate voltage
points
What are the applications of ac voltage controllers?
Domestic and industrial heating
Lighting control
Speed control of single phase and three phase ac motors
Transformer tap changing
Mention the difference between Sinusoidal PWM over modified PWM techniques.
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In sinusoidal pulse width modulation there are multiple pulses per half-cycle and the width of the
each pulse is varied with respect to the sine wave magnitude. Fig 4(c) shows the gating signals
and output voltage of SPWM with unipolar switching. In this scheme, the switches in the two
legs of the full-bridge inverter are not switched simultaneously, as in the bi-polar scheme.
20. Define Space Vector Modulation.
Space vector modulation (SVM) is an algorithm for the control of pulse width modulation (PWM).
It is used for the creation of alternating (AC) waveforms; most commonly to drive 3 phase AC
powered motors at varying speeds from DC using multiple class-D amplifiers. There are various
variations of SVM that result in different quality and computational requirements.
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Why diodes should be connected in antiparallel with the thyristors in inverter circuits?
For RL loads, load current will not be in phase with load voltage and the diodes connected in anti-
parallel will allow the current to flow when the main thyristors are turned off. These diodes are
called feedback diodes.
What types of inverters require feedback diodes?

VSI with RL load.
How is the inverter circuit classified based on commutation circuitry?
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Line commutated inverters. b. Load commutated inverters. c. Self-commutated inverters.
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Forced commutated inverters.
What are the disadvantages of PWM control?

SCRs are expensive as they must possess low turn-on and turn-off times.
What does ac voltage controller mean?
It is device which converts fixed alternating voltage into a variable voltage without change in
frequency.
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Domestic and industrial heating b. Lighting control
c. Speed control of single phase and three phase ac

motors d. Transformer tap changing
What are the advantages of ac voltage controllers?
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High efficiency
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Flexibility in control c. Less maintenance
What are the disadvantages of ac voltage controllers?
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The main drawback is the introduction of harmonics in the supply current and the load voltage
waveforms particularly at low output voltages
What is meant by current source inverter? (Nov/Dec- 2011)
A CSI converts the input DC current to an AC current at its output terminals. The amplitude of AC
output current can be adjusted by controlling the magnitude of DC input current.
What is the advantage of 120º mode of inverter operation over 180º mode? (Nov/Dec- 2013)
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In 120º mode of inverter, there is a 60 interval between the turning off of SCR T1 and turning on
of SCR T4. During this 60 interval, SCR T1 can be commutated safely.
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Thus, enough time is made available for the outgoing SCR to commutate before the SCR in
series is turned on. Therefore, commutation is more reliable and possibility of two series SCRs
conducting simultaneously is much less.
What is meant by voltage source Inverter?

A VSI is one in which the DC source has small or negligible impedance. In other words, a VSI has stiff DC
voltage source at its input terminals. Its output voltage is maintained constant independent of the load
PART-B
State different methods of voltage control inverters. Describe about PWM control in inverter. (16),
Explain different methods of voltage control adopted in inverter with suitable wave forms (16), Explain
different methods of voltage control adopted in inverter with suitable waveforms. (16) (16) (Nov/Dec-
2015) Explain different PWM techniques in detail. (8) (May/ June- 2014)
Explain the operation of 3 phase bridge inverter for 180 degree mode of operation with aid of relevant
phase and line voltage waveforms. (16)
Explain the operation of 3 phase bridge inverter for 120 degree mode of operation with aid of relevant
phase and line voltage waveforms. (16)
Describe the principle of current source inverter. Derive an expression for the average output voltage in
terms of input dc voltage. (16)
Discuss the functioning of three phase VSI with neat circuit diagrams and waveforms. (16)
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Describe any one PWM technique used in inverter in detail. (8)
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Explain the working principle of single phase current source inverter. (8)
Describe about space vector modulation technique. (16)

Write short note on the following (Nov/Dec- 2013)
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Sinusoidal pulse width modulation as applied to inverter (8)
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Current source inverter (8)
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8. Discuss about the different PWM techniques. (16), What is PWM? List the various PWM techniques and
explain any one of them. (8) (Nov/Dec- 2010), Explain in detail, the various types of PWM methods
employed in an inverter. (Nov/Dec- 2012), Explain different PWM techniques in detail. (8) (May/ June-
2014), Explain the following PWM techniques used in inverter. (May/ June- 2016) Briefly explain the
different types of PWM schemes available for voltage control in an inverter. (16) (Nov/Dec- 2014)
i. Sinusoidal PWM
ii. Multiple PWM
Describe the working of a 1 phase full bridge inverter with relevant circuit and waveforms.
(8) (Nov/Dec- 2010), Describe the working of a single phase full bridge inverter supplying R, RL loads
with relevant circuit diagram and waveforms (May/ June- 2016)
11. Explain the Harmonic reduction by transformer corner lines and stepped wave inverters.
(16) (Nov/Dec- 2010)
Discuss in detail about the functioning of three phase voltage source inverter in 120° operating mode.
(Nov/Dec- 2012), With the neat circuit and output waveforms, explain the operation of three phase
bridge inverter in 120 degree mode of operation. (16) (Nov/Dec- 2015)
Discuss the principle of working of three phase bridge inverter with an appropriate circuit diagram.
Draw the output phase and line voltage waveforms on the assumption that each thyristor conducts for
180º and resistive load is star connected. The sequence of firing of various SCR should also be
indicated. (16) (Nov/Dec- 2013) Explain the operation of 3 phase voltage source inverter in 180º mode
of conduction. (16) (Nov/Dec- 2014) Explain the principle of operation of 3 phase voltage source
inverter with 180º conduction mode with necessary waveforms and circuits. Also obtain the expression
for line to line voltage. (May/ June- 2016)
Draw the circuit diagram of current source inverter and explain its operation with relevant waveforms
(May/ June- 2016)
What is the need for controlling the output of the inverter? Classify the various techniques adopted to
vary the inverter gain and brief on sinusoidal PWM. (May/ June- 2016)
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UNIT V
AC TO AC CONVERTERS
1. ON-OFF CONTROL
The basic principle of on-off control technique is explained with reference to a single phase full
wave ac voltage controller circuit shown below.
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The thyristor switches and are turned on by applying appropriate gate trigger pulses to
connect the input ac supply to the load for ‘n’ number of input cycles during the time
interval
The thyristor switches are turned off by blocking the gate trigger pulses for ‘m’ number of input
cycles during the time interval.
2. PHASE CONTROL
SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE VOLTAGE CONTROLLER

(UNIDIRECTIONAL CONTROLLER)
switching device is so operated that load gets connected to AC source for a part of each half cycle of
the input voltage.
The circuit diagram consists of one thyristor in antiparallel with one diode. This configuration is
called single phase half wave voltage controller.
When SCR is forward biased during positive half cycle, it is turned ON at firing angle α.
Load voltage at once jumps to Vm sinα and load current becomes (Vm/R) sinα.
The waveforms of output voltage and current are drawn. Thyristor gets turned off at wt=π for R load.
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SINGLE PHASE FULL WAVE VOLTAGE CONTROLLER (AC

REGULATOR) OR RMS VOLTAGE CONTROLLER WITH RESISTIVE
LOAD
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It consists of two SCRs connected in antiparallel.
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During positive half cycle, T1 is triggered at firing angle α, it conducts from wt= α to π for
R load.
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During negative half cycle, T2 is triggered at wt= π+α, it conducts from wt= π+α to 2π.
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The waveform reveals that positive half cycle is identical with negative half cycle for both
voltage and current waveforms.
SINGLE PHASE VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS WITH R LOAD
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T1 and T2 are forward biased during positive and negative half cycles respectively.
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During positive half cycle, T1 is triggered at firing angle α. T1 starts conducting and source
voltage is applied to load from α to π.
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At π, both vo, io fall to zero. Just after π, T1 is subjected to reverse bias, it is therefore turned off.
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During negative half cycle, T2 is triggered at (π+α). T2 conducts from π+α to 2π.
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Soon after 2π, T2 is subjected to a reverse bias, it is therefore commutated. Load and source
current have the same waveform.
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SINGLE PHASE VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS WITH RL LOAD

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During zero to π, T1 is forward biased.
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At wt=α, T1 is triggered and io=iT1 starts building up through the load.
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At π, load and source voltages are zero but current is not zero because of the presence of
inductance in the load circuit.
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At β>π, load current reduces to zero. Angle β is called extinction angle.
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After π, T1 is reverse biased but does not turn off because io is not zero.
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At β only, when io is zero, T1 is turned off as it is already reverse biased.
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After the commutation of T1 at β, a voltage magnitude Vm sinβ at once appears as a reverse bias
across T1 and as a forward bias across T2.
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From β to π+α, no current exists in the power circuit, therefore vo=0, vT1=-vs and vT2=vs.
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T2 is turned ON at π+α>β. Current io=iT2 starts building up in the reversed direction through the load.
At 2π, vs and vo are zero but iT2=io is not zero.
TWO STAGE CONTROL OF VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS
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The turns ratio of primary and each secondary is taken as unity for convenience. This
means that for source voltage vs=Vm sinwt, v1=v2=Vm sinwt and sum of two secondary
voltages is 2Vm sinwt.
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For both R and RL type of loads, use only thyristor pair T3, T4 and keep T1, T2 off for
obtaining output voltage control from zero to RMS value V. For obtaining zero output
voltage, α is 180º and for V, α is zero. α is varied from zero to 180º.
a. Resistance load
For resistance load, the load current waveform is identical with output voltage waveform.
When T3, T4 is in operation with T1, T2 off, then the output voltage and current waveforms are
shown in figure.b.
When both pairs T1, T2 and T3, T4 are in operation, then firing angle α for T3, T4 is always
zero and firing angle for T1, T2 pair is varied from 180º to zero for obtaining voltage
from V to 2V.
When T3 is triggered at wt=0, the output voltage follows v2=Vm sinwt curve.
When T1 is triggered at wt= α, voltage v1 reverse biases T3, it is therefore turned off.
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After this, T1 begins conduction and the output voltage jumps from v 2 to v1+v2 and follows 2 Vm
sinwt curve.
At wt= π, output voltage and current are zero.
At this instant T4 is triggered and output voltage follows Vm sinwt curve.
At wt=π+α, when forward biased T2 is triggered, T4 is reverse biased by Vm sinα and it is turned off.
When T2 begins conduction, output voltage follows 2Vm sinwt as shown by negative half
cycle in fig.b. In this figure the output current waveform i o is identical with output
voltage vo waveform.
When both pairs T1, T2 and T3, T4 are in use, the output voltage vo is shown in figure.b.
From 0 to α, vo follows Vm sinwt curve and from α to π, vo adopts to 2Vm sinwt curve.
RL load
During positive half cycle, T3 is conducting and a voltage v2=√2 Vm sinwt is applied to the load.
At wt=α, when T1 is triggered, T3 is turned off by reverse voltage v1 and output voltage
jumps to v1+v2=2Vm sinwt.
At wt=π, v1+v2 reaches zero, but output current io is not zero because of the presence L in
the load.
Thus T1 continues conducting until wt=β, where io decays to zero and T1 which is
already reverse biased by v1+v2, is turned off.
T4 which is already gated at wt=π, starts conducting lowering voltage to v2.
At wt= π+α, T2 is triggered, v1 turns off T4 and output voltage in the negative half cycle
jumps to v1+v2.
At wt= 2π, v1+v2 reaches zero but io is not zero because of L.
At wt= π+β, io reaches zero. T2 which is already reverse biased is turned off and T3 gated at
wt=2π is turned ON lowering the voltage to v2 at wt=π+β.
At wt=2π+α, T1 turns ON and T3 turns off and output voltage jumps from v2 to v1+v2in the
positive half cycle.
MULTISEQUENCE CONTROL OF VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS
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When it is desired to lower the harmonic content than that in a two stage sequence control, multi
stage sequence control of AC voltage controller is employed.
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In this, the transformer has n secondary windings. Each secondary is rated for v s/n and vs is the
source voltage.
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Voltage of terminal a with respect to 0 is vs, voltage of terminal b is (n-1) vs /n and so on.
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If voltage control from vdo= (n-3)vs/n to vco= (n-2) vs/n is required, then thyristor pair 4
is fired at α=0º and the firing angle thyristor pair 3 is controlled from α=0º to 180º
whereas all other thyristor pairs are kept off.
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Similarly for controlling voltage from vbo= (n-1) vs/n to vao=vs, thyristor pair 2 is triggered at
α=0º whereas for pair 1, α is varied from 0º to 180º by keeping the remaining
(n-2) SCR pairs off.
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Thus the load voltage can be controlled from vs/n to vs by an appropriate control of triggering the
adjacent thyristor pairs.
The presence of harmnics in the output voltage depends upon the magnitude of voltage variation.
If this voltage variation is small fraction of the total output voltage, the harmonic content in the output
voltage is small.
For example, if voltage variation is vs/n<< (n-1) vs/n for voltage control from (n-2) vs/n to (n-1)vs/n,
then the harmonic content in the output voltage would be small.
SINGLE PHASE CYCLOCONVERTER - STEPDOWN CYCLO

CONVERTER
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Consider the operation of the cycloconverter to get one-fourth of the input frequency at the
output. For the first two cycles of vs, the positive converter operates supplying current to the
load. It rectifies the input voltage; therefore, the load sees 4 positive half cycles.
In the next two cycles, the negative converter operates supplying current to the load in the reverse
direction.
Note that when one of the converters operates the other one is disabled, so that there is no
current circulating between the two rectifiers.
The frequency of the output voltage, vo in Fig. b is 4 times less than that of vs, the input voltage, i.e.
fo/fi=1/4.
Thus, this is a step-down cycloconverter.
9. THREE PHASE TO SINGLE PHASE WAVE CYCLOCONVERTERS
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For converting three phase supply at one frequency to single phase supply at a lower
frequency, the basic principle is to vary progressively the firing angle of the three
thyristors of a three phase half wave circuit.
Firing angle at A is 90º, at B is less than 90º, at C, firing angle is further reduced than it is at B and so
on.
In this manner, a small delay in firing angle is introduced at C, D, E, F and G.
At ‘G’ the firing angle is zero and the mean output voltage given by Vo=V do cosα, is maximum at G.
At A, the mean output voltage is zero as α=90º.
Mean output voltage is obtained by joi8ning points pertaining to average voltage values.
For example, at A, α=90º, Vo=0; at G, α=0º, therefore Vo has the maximum mean output voltage and
so on.
Fabricated output voltage given by thick curve can be resolved into fundamental frequency output
voltage plus several other harmonic components.
The load inductance can filter out the high frequency unwanted harmonics.
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The figure shows that for one half cycle of fundamental frequency output voltage, there are eight
half cycles of supply frequency voltage.
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This shows that output frequency fo=1/8fs where fs is the supply frequency.
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For obtaining positive half cycle of low frequency output voltage, firing angle is varied from 90º
to zero and then to 90º.
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For obtaining one cycle of low frequency output voltage, the firing angle should be
varied from 90º to zero degree to 90º for positive half cycle and from 90º to 180º and
back to 90º for negative half cycle.
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From A to M, there is one half cycle of low frequency output voltage and eight half cycles of
supply frequency, indicating fo= (1/8) fs.
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Thus a complete cycle of low frequency output voltage can be fabricated from the 3-phase input
voltage waveform by the use of phase controlled converters.
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The cycloconverter can be made to deliver any pf load.
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The converter circuit that permits the flow of current during positive half cycle of low frequency
output current is called positive converter group.
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The other group that permits the flow of current during the negative half cycle of output current is
called negative converter group.
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The figure uses two three phase half wave converters in antiparallel.
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The positive group is for the conduction of positive load current and the negative group is for the
flow of negative load current.
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When output current is positive, positive converter conducts.
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When output voltage is positive, the positive converter acts as a rectifier.
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When output voltage is negative, the converter acts as an inverter.
THREE PHASE TO THREE PHASE CYCLOCONVERTERS
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When 3-phase low frequency output is required, then three sets of phase controlled 3-phase to 1-
phase circuits are interconnected.(Fig.a)
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Each phase of the three phase output must have a phase displacement of 120º.
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The figure shows the circuit arrangement of three phase to three phase cycloconverter using three
sets of three phase half wave circuits employing a total of 18 thyristors.(Fig.b)
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This device is also called three pulse 3 phase to 3 phase cycloconverter.
Three phase to three phase cycloconverters

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Three phase bridge circuit with 18 thyristors

Fig.c employs 36 thyristors and is called 6-pulse, 3 phase to 3- phase cycloconverter.
In this circuit, each phase group consists of a 3-phase dual converter with two IGRs.
The load phases must not be interconnected. If it is done, then positive group of one output
phase and negative group of other output phase would be joined together through IGRs
without load impedance which is undesirable.
In case it is essential to interconnect the load phases in star or delta, then each phase group is
supplied separately from three secondary windings S1, S2 and S3 of a three phase
transformer.
In this arrangement, as individual phase groups are isolated from each other on the input side, the
interconnection of load phases in star or delta is permissible.
The magnitude of output voltage in a phase bridge circuit is double of that in the 18-thyristor circuit.
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11. MATRIX CONVERTER
Fig. 5.30 Matrix converter

The matrix converter is a fairly new converter topology, which was first proposed in the beginning
of the 1980s.
A matrix converter consists of a matrix of 9 switches connecting the three input phases to the three
output phases directly as shown in Fig.
Any input phase can be connected to any output phase at any time depending on the control.
However, no two switches from the same phase should be on at the same time, otherwise
this will cause a short circuit of the input phases.
These converters are usually controlled by PWM to produce three-phase variable voltages
at variable frequency.
This direct frequency changer is not commonly used because of the high device count, i.e. 18
switches compared to 12 of a dc link rectifier-inverter system. However, the devices used
are smaller because of their shorter ON time compared to the latter.
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With 9 bidirectional switches the matrix converter can theoretically assume 512 (2 ) different switching
state combinations.
The matrix converter should be controlled using a specific and approximately times sequence of the
values of the switching variables.
Due to this, we can get a balanced output voltages and desired frequency and amplitude.
There are three types of control methods are commonly used.
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Venturini method
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PWM method
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Space vector modulation
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Matrix converter
ADVANTAGES
Inherent bidirectional power flow
Sinusoidal input and output waveforms with moderate switching frequency
Possibility of compact design due to absence of DC-link reactive components
Controllable input power factor independent of the output load current
DISADVANTAGES
Non-availability of the bilateral fully controlled monolithic switches capable of high frequency
operation
Control implementation is difficult
An intrinsic limitation of the output-input voltage ratio
Commutation and protection of the power switches
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UNIT V
AC TO AC CONVERTERS
5. INTRODUCTION
An AC Voltage Controller is a type of thyristor power converter which is used to convert a fixed voltage,
fixed frequency ac input supply to obtain a variable voltage ac output. The RMS value of the ac output
voltage and the ac power flow to the load is controlled by varying (adjusting) the trigger angle ‘α’.
V
0(RMS)
AC V AC Variable AC
Input Voltage
s
RMSO/PVoltage
Voltage f Controller
f s
f
s
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Fig. 5.1 AC to AC converter

There are two different types of thyristor control used in practice to control the ac power flow
☞On-Off control
☞Phase control
These are the two ac output voltage control techniques.
5.1 ON-OFF CONTROL

In On-Off control technique Thyristors are used as switches to connect the load circuit to the ac
supply (source) for a few cycles of the input ac supply and then to disconnect it for few input
cycles.
The Thyristors thus act as a high speed contactor (or high speed ac switch).
Fig. 5.2 ON-OFF control
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The basic principle of on-off control technique is explained with reference to a single phase
full wave ac voltage controller circuit shown below.
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The thyristor switches and are turned on by applying appropriate gate trigger pulses to
connect the input ac supply to the load for ‘n’ number of input cycles during the time interval
.
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The thyristor switches and are turned off by blocking the gate trigger pulses for ‘m’ number
of input cycles during the time interval .
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The ac controller ON time usually consists of an integral number of input cycles.
Fig. 5.3 Output waveform of ON-OFF control

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RMS value of output voltage, for on-off control method

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5.2 PHASE CONTROL
5.2.1 SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE VOLTAGE CONTROLLER

(UNIDIRECTIONAL CONTROLLER)
The basic philosophy of phase control in single phase voltage controllers is the same.
Here, switching device is so operated that load gets connected to AC source for a part of each half cycle of the
input voltage.
The circuit diagram consists of one thyristor in antiparallel with one diode. This configuration is called single
phase half wave voltage controller.
When SCR is forward biased during positive half cycle, it is turned ON at firing angle α.
Load voltage at once jumps to Vm sinα and load current becomes (Vm/R) sinα.
The waveforms of output voltage and current are drawn. Thyristor gets turned off at wt=π for R load.
After wt=π, negative half cycle forward biases diode D1, therefore diode D1 conducts from wt=π to 2π.
We should note that, only positive half cycle can be controlled, negative half cycle cannot be
controlled and so such single phase half wave voltage controller is also called single phase
unidirectional voltage controller.
The wave form reveals that positive half cycle is not identical with negative half cycle for both voltage and
current waveforms.
As a result, DC component is introduced in the supply and load circuits which is undesirable.
Fig. 5.4 Single phase half wave voltage controller
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Average dc output voltage of unidirectional voltage controller
RMS Output voltage

The RMS output voltage can be derived as given below.
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Disadvantages of Single Phase Half Wave AC Voltage Controller

The output load voltage has a DC component because the two halves of the output voltage waveform
are not symmetrical with respect to ‘0’ level. The input supply current waveform also has a DC
component (average value) which can result in the problem of core saturation of the input supply
transformer.
The half wave ac voltage controller using a single thyristor and a single diode provides control on
the thyristor only in one half cycle of the input supply. Hence ac power flow to the load can be
controlled only in one half cycle.
Half wave ac voltage controller gives limited range of RMS output voltage control. Because the
RMS value of ac output voltage can be varied from a maximum of 100% of VS at a trigger angle
α= 0 to a low of 70.7% of VS at α=π Radians.
These drawbacks of single phase half wave ac voltage controller can be overcome by using a single
phase full wave ac voltage controller.
Applications of RMS voltage controller (full wave)
Speed control of induction motor (poly phase ac induction motor).
Heater control circuits (industrial heating).
Welding power control.
Induction heating.
On load transformer tap changing.
Lighting control in ac circuits.
Ac magnet controls.
5.2.2 SINGLE PHASE FULL WAVE VOLTAGE CONTROLLER (AC

REGULATOR) OR RMS VOLTAGE CONTROLLER WITH RESISTIVE LOAD
Fig. 5.5 Single phase full wave voltage controller with resistive load
It consists of two SCRs connected in antiparallel.
During positive half cycle, T1 is triggered at firing angle α, it conducts from wt= α to π for R load.
During negative half cycle, T2 is triggered at wt= π+α, it conducts from wt= π+α to 2π.
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The waveform reveals that positive half cycle is identical with negative half cycle for both voltage and current
waveforms.
The power circuit is therefore introduces no direct component in the supply and load circuit.
This circuit is thus more suited to practical circuits than single phase half wave circuit.
Single phase full wave AC voltage controller is also called single phase bidirectional voltage controller.
RMS Value of output (load) voltage

The RMS value of output voltage (load voltage) can be found using the expression
For a full wave ac voltage controller, we can see that the two half cycles of output voltage waveforms
are symmetrical and the output pulse time period (or output pulse repetition time) is
radians. Hence we can also calculate the RMS output voltage by using the expression given
below.
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Maximum RMS voltage will be applied to the load when α=0, in that case the full sine wave appears
across the load. RMS load voltage will be the same as the RMS supply voltage=
When α is increased the RMS load voltage decreases.
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5.3 SINGLE PHASE VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS WITH R LOAD
Fig. 5.6 Single phase voltage controllers with R load
The figure shows a single phase voltage controller feeding power to a resistive load R. Two thyristors are
connected in anti-parallel.
T1 and T2 are forward biased during positive and negative half cycles respectively.
During positive half cycle, T1 is triggered at firing angle α. T1 starts conducting and source voltage is applied
to load from α to π.
At π, both vo, io fall to zero. Just after π, T1 is subjected to reverse bias, it is therefore turned off.
During negative half cycle, T2 is triggered at (π+α). T2 conducts from π+α to 2π.
Soon after 2π, T2 is subjected to a reverse bias, it is therefore commutated. Load and source current have the
same waveform.
From zero to α, T1 is forward biased, vT1=vs. From α, T1 conducts, vT1 is therefore about 1V.
After π, T1 is reverse biased by source voltage, therefore v T1=vs from π to π+α.
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From π+α to 2π, T2 conducts. T1 is therefore reverse biased by voltage drop across T2 which is about 1 to
1.5V.
The voltage variation vT1 across T1 is shown in figure.
Examination of figure reveals that for any value of α, each thyristor is reverse biased for π/w second.
There is thus no restriction on the value of firing angle α.
Firing angle can therefore be controlled from zero to π and RMS output voltage from Vs to zero.
Here Vs is the RMS value of source voltage.
Circuit turn off time, tc=π/w sec.
5.4 SINGLE PHASE VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS WITH RL LOAD

The circuit diagram for single phase voltage controller with RL load and the waveforms for source
voltage vs,, gate currents ig1, ig2, load and source currents io and is, load voltage vo, voltage
vT1 across SCR T1 and voltage vT2 across SCR T2.
During zero to π, T1 is forward biased.
At wt=α, T1 is triggered and io=iT1 starts building up through the load.
At π, load and source voltages are zero but current is not zero because of the presence of inductance in the
load circuit.
At β>π, load current reduces to zero. Angle β is called extinction angle.
After π, T1 is reverse biased but does not turn off because io is not zero.
At β only, when io is zero, T1 is turned off as it is already reverse biased.
After the commutation of T1 at β, a voltage magnitude Vm sinβ at once appears as a reverse bias across T1
and as a forward bias across T2.
From β to π+α, no current exists in the power circuit, therefore vo=0, vT1=-vs and vT2=vs.
T2 is turned ON at π+α>β. Current io=iT2 starts building up in the reversed direction through the load.
At 2π, vs and vo are zero but iT2=io is not zero.
At (π+α+γ), iT2 is zero and T2 is turned off as it is already reverse biased.
At (π+α+γ), Vm sin (π+α+γ) appears as a forward bias across T1 and as a reverse bias across T2.
From (π+α+γ) to (2π+α), no current exists in the power circuit.
As before, vo=0, vT1=vs and vT2=-vs. At (2π+α), T1 is turned ON and current starts building up as before.
When T1 conducts, voltage drop across it appears as a reverse bias across T2.
Similarly when T2 conducts, vT2 appears as a reverse bias across T1.
Waveform vT1 shows that T1 is reverse biased for π radians. Same is true for thyristor T2.
Therefore, circuit turn off time tc, for each SCR, for any firing angle α, is tc=π/w sec.
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Fig. 5.7 Single phase voltage controllers with RL load

Output current when thyristor T1 conducts
Considering the sinusoidal input voltage,
vs= Vm sinwt (instantaneous value of the input supply voltage).
Assume thyristor T1 is triggered at wt=α.
The load current which flows through the thyristor T1 during wt= α to β can be found from the equation
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The solution of the above equation gives the output load current which is of the form
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RMS Output voltage VO RMS
Applications of ac voltage controllers

Lighting / Illumination control in ac power circuits.
Induction heating.
Industrial heating & Domestic heating.
Transformer tap changing (on load transformer tap changing).
Speed control of induction motors (single phase and poly phase ac induction motor control).
AC magnet controls.
5.5 SEQUENCE CONTROL OF AC VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS (POWER FACTOR

IMPROVEMENT)
Sequence control of AC voltage controllers is employed for the improvement of system power factor
and for the reduction of harmonics in the input current and output voltage.
Sequence control of AC voltage controllers means the use of two or more stages of voltage controllers in
parallel for the regulation of output voltage.
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The term sequence control means that the stages of voltage controllers in parallel are triggered in a
proper sequence one after the other so as to obtain a variable output voltage with low harmonic content.
5.5.1 TWO STAGE CONTROL OF VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS
Fig. 5.8 Two stage control of voltage controllers

Two stage control of voltage controller employs two stages in parallel as shown in figure.
The turns ratio of primary and each secondary is taken as unity for convenience. This means that for
source voltage vs=Vm sinwt, v1=v2=Vm sinwt and sum of two secondary voltages is 2Vm sinwt.
For both R and RL type of loads, use only thyristor pair T3, T4 and keep T1, T2 off for obtaining
output voltage control from zero to RMS value V. For obtaining zero output voltage, α is 180º
and for V, α is zero. α is varied from zero to 180º.
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Advantages of two stage control of voltage controller over 1- phase full wave AC voltage controller
are
Load current is continuous even for R load as a result the load performance is better.
Wider control of load voltage
Reduction of harmonics in the load and supply current
Disadvantages
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More complex firing circuitry
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More expensive voltage controller
a. Resistance load
For resistance load, the load current waveform is identical with output voltage waveform.
When T3, T4 is in operation with T1, T2 off, then the output voltage and current waveforms are shown in
figure.b.
When both pairs T1, T2 and T3, T4 are in operation, then firing angle α for T3, T4 is always zero and firing
angle for T1, T2 pair is varied from 180º to zero for obtaining voltage from V to 2V.
When T3 is triggered at wt=0, the output voltage follows v2=Vm sinwt curve.
When T1 is triggered at wt= α, voltage v1 reverse biases T3, it is therefore turned off.
After this, T1 begins conduction and the output voltage jumps from v 2 to v1+v2 and follows 2 Vm sinwt
curve.
At wt= π, output voltage and current are zero.
At this instant T4 is triggered and output voltage follows Vm sinwt curve.
At wt=π+α, when forward biased T2 is triggered, T4 is reverse biased by Vm sinα and it is turned off.
When T2 begins conduction, output voltage follows 2Vm sinwt as shown by negative half cycle in fig.b.
In this figure the output current waveform i o is identical with output voltage v o waveform.
When both pairs T1, T2 and T3, T4 are in use, the output voltage vo is shown in figure.b.
From 0 to α, vo follows Vm sinwt curve and from α to π, vo adopts to 2Vm sinwt curve.
RMS value of output voltage

2
VRMS=[1 {∫0 2 2
. ( )+∫4 2
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VRMS2= 1 { 2/2 ∫0 (1 − 2 )( )+2 2
(1 − 2 ). ( )}
1/2
2 2
2 2
VRMS= [ /2 ( − )+2 / ( − + )]
2 2
RMS value of load current Ior=Vor/R

b. RL load
For obtaining output voltage from V to 2V, firing angle for T3, T4 is always zero and firing angle for
T1, T2 is varied from 180º to zero.
It is assumed that the during positive half cycle , firing pulses for T1, T3 last from wt=0 to wt=π and during
negative half cycle, firing pulses for T2, T4 extend from wt=π to 2π.
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During positive half cycle, T3 is conducting and a voltage v2=√2 Vm sinwt is applied to the load.
At wt=α, when T1 is triggered, T3 is turned off by reverse voltage v 1 and output voltage jumps to v1+v2=2Vm
sinwt.
At wt=π, v1+v2 reaches zero, but output current i o is not zero because of the presence L in the load.
Thus T1 continues conducting until wt=β, where io decays to zero and T1 which is already reverse
biased by v1+v2, is turned off.
T4 which is already gated at wt=π, starts conducting lowering voltage to v2.
At wt= π+α, T2 is triggered, v1 turns off T4 and output voltage in the negative half cycle jumps to v 1+v2.
At wt= 2π, v1+v2 reaches zero but io is not zero because of L.
At wt= π+β, io reaches zero. T2 which is already reverse biased is turned off and T3 gated at wt=2π is
turned ON lowering the voltage to v2 at wt=π+β.
At wt=2π+α, T1 turns ON and T3 turns off and output voltage jumps from v2 to v1+v2in the positive
half cycle.
5.5.2 MULTISEQUENCE CONTROL OF VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS
When it is desired to lower the harmonic content than that in a two stage sequence control, multi stage
sequence control of AC voltage controller is employed.
In this, the transformer has n secondary windings. Each secondary is rated for v s/n and vs is the source
voltage.
Voltage of terminal a with respect to 0 is vs, voltage of terminal b is (n-1) vs /n and so on.
If voltage control from vdo= (n-3)vs/n to vco= (n-2) vs/n is required, then thyristor pair 4 is fired at
α=0º and the firing angle thyristor pair 3 is controlled from α=0º to 180º whereas all other
thyristor pairs are kept off.
Fig. 5.9 Multisequence control of voltage controllers
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Similarly for controlling voltage from vbo= (n-1) vs/n to vao=vs, thyristor pair 2 is triggered at
α=0º whereas for pair 1, α is varied from 0º to 180º by keeping the remaining (n-2) SCR pairs off.
Thus the load voltage can be controlled from vs/n to vs by an appropriate control of triggering the adjacent
thyristor pairs.
The presence of harmnics in the output voltage depends upon the magnitude of voltage variation.
If this voltage variation is small fraction of the total output voltage, the harmonic content in the output voltage
is small.
For example, if voltage variation is vs/n<< (n-1) vs/n for voltage control from (n-2) vs/n to (n-1)vs/n, then the
harmonic content in the output voltage would be small.
5.5.3 SINGLE PHASE SINUSOIDAL VOLTAGE CONTROLLER
For obtaining continuous voltage controller over a wide range with low harmonic content and improved
power factor, a multi stage sequence controller must have quite a large number of stages.
Since it is an expensive proposition, an alternative to this, with less number of stages and called single stage
sinusoidal voltage controller is usually employed.
This voltage controller has one primary winding and (n+1) secondary windings. It means that single phase
sinusoidal voltage controller has (n+1) stages.
The top secondary winding numbered A, is called Vernier winding. Its rating is v volts.
The voltage ratings of the remaining n windings are in geometric procession with a ratio of 2.
Thus if v is the voltage rating of the secondary numbered 2 is 2v, that of numbered 3 is 4v, that of numbered 4
is 8v and that of numbered n is 2n-1 .v volts
In the power circuit, TC1, TC2, ….are called control thyristors and TB1, TB2,…are called bypass thyristors.
Vernier winding has two pairs of thyristors marked TCA and TBA.
Thyristors TC1, TC2,…TCn and TB1, TB2, …TBn are either ON or OFF throughout a cycle.
This means that control and bypass thyristors are made to act as switches which remain ON or OFF during a
cycle.
When control thyristor pair for any stage is ON and its bypass thyristor pair is OFF, then voltage of that stage
would appear across the load and a load current would flow accordingly.
On the other hand, if control SCR pair is OFF and bypass pair is ON for any stage, then this particular stage
would be bypassed and will not contribute any voltage across the load.
Thus withn an appropriate series combination of secondaries from 1 to n, the load voltage can be varied from v
to (2 -1)v in discrete steps of v.
As stated above, an additional stage A is employed as a Vernier to permit continuous control of voltage from
zero to v. It is a phase controlled secondary winding.
This winding contributes harmonics to line and load currents.
Since the contribution of voltage by Vernier winding to the load voltage is only a small fraction of the total
load voltage, the harmonic content would be much lower.
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Fig. 5.10 single phase sinusoidal voltage controller

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Fig. 5.11 single phase sinusoidal voltage controller with R Load
Operation with R load

Let it be required to vary the load voltage from 10v to 11v.
For obtaining this voltage range, stages 2 and 4 together with Vernier winding are required.
For stages 2 and 4, bypass SCRs are kept off but their control SCRs are kept ON all the time.
For the remaining stages from 1 to n, all bypass SCRs are kept ON while their control SCRs are kept off all
the time.
During the positive half cycle, T3 is turned ON at wt=0º and as a result a voltage 10v is applied to the load.
At wt=α, T1 is turned ON and this turns off T3, the voltage now jumps from 10v to 11v, i.e, from 10Vm sinα
to 11Vm sinα.
After wt=α, output voltage follows 11Vm sinwt curve.
At the end of positive half cycle, T4 is turned ON at wt=π, the load voltage is now 10v.
At wt=π+α, T2 is turned ON and with this T4 is turned off and load voltage jumps from 10v (10Vm sinα) to
11v (11Vm sinα) in the negative half cycle.
n
In this manner, load voltage can be continuously controlled from zero to 2 v by a suitable choice of
output voltage range.
5.6 THREE-PHASE AC REGULATORS
There are many types of circuits used for the three-phase ac regulators (ac to ac voltage converters), unlike
single-phase ones. The three-phase loads (balanced) are connected in star or delta.
Two thyristors connected back to back, or a triac, is used for each phase in most of the circuits as described.
Two circuits are first taken up, both with balanced resistive (R) load.
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5.6.1 THREE-PHASE, THREE-WIRE AC REGULATOR WITH BALANCED R

LOAD
Fig. 5.12 Three phase, three-wire AC regulator

The circuit of a three-phase, three-wire AC regulator (termed as ac to ac voltage converter) with balanced
resistive (star-connected) load is shown in Fig.
It may be noted that the resistance connected in all three phases are equal. Two thyristors connected back to
back are used per phase, thus needing a total of six thyristors.
The thyristors are fired in sequence, starting from 1 in ascending order, with the angle between the triggering
of thyristors 1 & 2 being 60°.
The line frequency is 50 Hz, with T = 1/ f =20 ms. The thyristors are fired or triggered after a delay of α
from the natural commutation point. The natural commutation point is the starting of a cycle with
period, (60° = T / 6) of output voltage waveform, if six thyristors are replaced by diodes.
The current flow is bidirectional, with the current in one direction in the positive half, and then, in
other (opposite) direction in the negative half. So, two thyristors connected back to back are
needed in each phase.
The turning off of a thyristor occurs, if its current falls to zero. To turn the thyristor on, the anode
voltage must be higher that the cathode voltage, and also, a triggering signal must be applied at
its gate.
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Fig. 5.13 Waveforms for three-phase three-wire AC regulator

Instantaneous input phase voltages
VAN=√
VBN=√ ( − )
VCN=√ ( − )
Instantaneous input line voltages

VAB=√ ( +)
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VBC=√ ( −)
VCA= √ ( − )
5.6.2 THREE-PHASE DELTA-CONNECTED AC REGULATOR WITH BALANCED
The circuit of a three-phase, delta-connected ac regulator (termed as ac to ac voltage converter) with balanced
resistive load is shown in Fig.
It may be noted that the resistance connected in all three phases are equal. Two thyristors connected back to
back are used per phase, thus needing a total of six thyristors.
Since the phase current in a balanced three-phase system is only (1/√3 ) of the line current, the current rating of the thyristors would be lower than that if the thyristors are placed in the line.
Fig. 5.14 Delta connected three-phase ac regulator

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Fig. 5.15 Waveforms for three-phase delta-connected AC regulator

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5.7 CYCLO CONVERTER

The cyclo-converter is a device that converts AC power of certain frequency to AC power of another
frequency (usually lower frequency).
It converts the frequency without help of any intermediate DC link. The output voltage and
frequency of a cyclo-converter can be varied continuously and independently using a control
circuit. Therefore, unlike other converters, it is a single stage frequency converter.
Fig. 5.16 Cycloconverter
Cyclo-converters are constructed using naturally commutated thyristors with inherent capability of
bidirectional power flow.
These can be single phase to single phase, single phase to three- phase and three-phase to three phase
converters.
So the control circuit implementation is not simple because large number of SCRs, typically 4 or 8 SCRs for
single phase and 36 for three- phase supply.
For such controller, a microcontroller or microprocessor or DSP is used to trigger SCRs.
Basically, these are divided into two main types, and are given below.
1. STEP-DOWN CYCLO-CONVERTER
It acts like a step-down transformer that provides the output frequency less than that of input, fo < fi.
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2. STEP-UP CYCLO-CONVERTER
It provides the output frequency more than that of input, fo > fi.
In case of step-down cyclo-converter, the output frequency is limited to a fraction of input frequency,
typically it is below 20Hz in case 50Hz supply frequency. In this case, no separate commutation
circuits are needed as SCRs are line commutated devices.
But in case of step-up cyclo-converter, forced commutation circuits are needed to turn OFF SCRs at
desired frequency. Such circuits are relatively very complex. Therefore, majority of cyclo-
converters are of step-down type that lowers the frequency than input frequency.
Step-down cyclo-converter circuits can be further classified into following types.
Single-phase to single-phase cyclo-converters

Three-phase to single-phase cyclo-converters
Three-phase to three-phase cyclo-converters
Besides the frequency control, cyclo-converter output voltage can be varied by applying phase
control technique. These can be used to provide either fixed frequency output from variable
frequency input value or variable frequency output from fixed frequency input.
These are mainly used in very high power, low speed AC motors and traction systems, especially low
frequency three-phase to single phase systems.
5.7.1 SINGLE PHASE CYCLOCONVERTER - STEPDOWN CYCLO

CONVERTER
Fig. 5.16 Step down Cyclo converter
This converter consists of back-to-back connection of two full-wave rectifier circuits. The input voltage, vs
is an AC voltage at a frequency.
For easy understanding assume that all the thyristors are fired firing angle, i.e. thyristors act like
diodes. Note that the firing angles are named as αP for the positive converter and αN for the
negative converter.
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Consider the operation of the cycloconverter to get one-fourth of the input frequency at the output.
For the first two cycles of vs, the positive converter operates supplying current to the load. It
rectifies the input voltage; therefore, the load sees 4 positive half cycles.
In the next two cycles, the negative converter operates supplying current to the load in the reverse direction.
The current waveforms are not shown in the figures because the resistive load current will have the same
waveform as the voltage but only scaled by the resistance.
Note that when one of the converters operates the other one is disabled, so that there is no current
circulating between the two rectifiers.
The frequency of the output voltage, vo in Fig. b is 4 times less than that of vs, the input voltage, i.e.
fo/fi=1/4.
Thus, this is a step-down cycloconverter. On the other hand, cycloconverters that have fo/fi>1 frequency
relation are called step-up cycloconverters.
Note that step-down cycloconverters are more widely used than the step-up ones.
The frequency of vo can be changed by varying the number of cycles the positive and the negative
converters work. It can only change as integer multiples of fi in 1f-1f cycloconverters.
With the above operation, the 1f-1f cycloconverter can only supply a certain voltage at a certain firing angle
a. The dc output of each rectifier is:
Fig.5.17 waveforms of stepdown cycloconverter
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5.7.2 SINGLE PHASE TO SINGLE PHASE CIRCUIT- STEPDOWN CYCLO

CONVERTER
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A step down cyclo converter does not require forced commutation. It requires phase controlled
converters.
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These converters need only line, or natural commutation which is provided by AC supply.
MID-POINT CYCLO CONVERTER
Fig. 5.17 stepdown cyclo converter-midpoint type

This type of cycloconverter will be described both for discontinuous and continuous load current. The load is
assumed to consist of R and L in series.
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Discontinuous load current
Fig. 5.18 output waveforms of stepdown cycloconverter-discontinuous load current

When α is positive with respect to 0 in fig, forward biased SCR P1 is triggered at wt=α.
With this, load current io starts building up in the positive direction from A to O.
Load current io becomes zero at wt=β>π but less than (π+α). Thyristor P1 is thus naturally commutated at at
wt=β.
After half a cycle, b is positive with respect to O. Now forward biased SCR P2 is triggered at wt=
π+α. Load current is again positive from A to O and builds up from zero.
At wt=π+β, io decays to zero and P2 is naturally commutated. At 2π+α, P1 is again turned ON.
Load current is seen to be discontinuous.
After four positive half cycles of load voltage and load current, thyristor N2 is gated at (4π+α) when 0 is
positive with respect to b.
As N2 is forward biased it starts conducting but load current direction is reversed i.e from O to A.
After N2 is triggered, load current builds up in the negative direction as shown in fig.c.
In the next half cycle, 0 is positive with respect to ‘a’ but before N1 is fired, io decays to zero and N2 is
naturally commutated.
Now when N1 is gated at (5π+α), io again builds up but it decays to zero before N2 is again gated.
In this manner, four negative half cycles of load voltage and load current, equal to the number of four positive
half cycles, are generated.
Now P1 is again triggered to fabricate further four positive half cycles of load voltage and so on.
For discontinuous load current, natural commutation is achieved, i.e, P1 goes to blocking state before P2 is
gated and so on.
The frequency of output voltage and current is fo=1/4 fs.
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Continuous load current

When ‘a’ is positive with respect to 0, P1 is triggered at wt=α, positive output voltage appears across load and
load current starts building up.
At wt=π, supply and load voltages are zero. After wt=π, P1 is reverse biased. As load current is continuous,
P1 is not turned off at wt=π.
When P2 is triggered at π+α, a reverse voltage appears across P1, it is therefore turned off by natural
commutation.
When P1 is commutated, load current has built up to a value equal to RR as shown in fig.c.
With the turning on of P2 at (π+α), output voltage is again positive. As a consequence, load current builds up
further than RR as shown in fig.c.
At (2π+α), when P1 is again turned on, P2 is naturally commutated and load current through P1 builds up
beyond RS.
At the end of four positive half cycles of output voltage, load current is RU.
When N2 is now triggered after P2, load is subjected to a negative voltage cycle and load current io decreases
from positive RU to negative AB as show in fig.c.
Fig. 5.19 output waveforms of stepdown cycloconverter-continuous load current
Now N2 is commutated and N1 is gated at (5π+α). Load current io becomes more negative than
AB at (6π+α), this is because with N1 on, load voltage is negative.
For four negative half cycles of output voltage, current io is shown in fig.c.
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Fig.d is load current waveform inder steady state conditions.
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The positive group of voltage wave and current wave consists of four pulses and same is true for negative
group of wave.
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One positive group of pulses along with one negative group of identical pulses constitute one cycle for the
load voltage and load current.
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The supply voltage has, however gone through four cycles. The output frequency is therefore, fo=1/4fs.
BRIDGE TYPE CYCLOCONVERTER
Fig. 5. 20 Bridge type cycloconverter

Discontinuous load current
Fig. 5.21 Bridge type cycloconverter-discontinuous load current

When α is positive with respect to 0 in fig, forward biased SCR P1 is triggered at wt=α.
With this, load current io starts building up in the positive direction from A to O.
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Load current io becomes zero at wt=β>π but less than (π+α). Thyristor P1 is thus naturally commutated at at
wt=β.
After half a cycle, b is positive with respect to O. Now forward biased SCR P2 is triggered at wt=
π+α. Load current is again positive from A to O and builds up from zero.
At wt=π+β, io decays to zero and P2 is naturally commutated. At 2π+α, P1 is again turned ON.
Load current is seen to be discontinuous.
After four positive half cycles of load voltage and load current, thyristor N2 is gated at (4π+α) when 0 is
positive with respect to b.
As N2 is forward biased it starts conducting but load current direction is reversed i.e from O to A.
After N2 is triggered, load current builds up in the negative direction as shown in fig.c.
In the next half cycle, 0 is positive with respect to ‘a’ but before N1 is fired, io decays to zero and
N2 is naturally commutated.
Now when N1 is gated at (5π+α), io again builds up but it decays to zero before N2 is again gated.
In this manner, four negative half cycles of load voltage and load current, equal to the number of four positive
half cycles, are generated.
Now P1 is again triggered to fabricate further four positive half cycles of load voltage and so on.
For discontinuous load current, natural commutation is achieved, i.e, P1 goes to blocking state before P2 is
gated and so on.
The frequency of output voltage and current is fo=1/4 fs.
Continuous load current
When ‘a’ is positive with respect to 0, P1 is triggered at wt=α, positive output voltage appears across load and
load current starts building up.
At wt=π, supply and load voltages are zero. After wt=π, P1 is reverse biased. As load current is continuous,
P1 is not turned off at wt=π.
When P2 is triggered at π+α, a reverse voltage appears across P1, it is therefore turned off by natural
commutation.
When P1 is commutated, load current has built up to a value equal to RR as shown in fig.c.
With the turning on of P2 at (π+α), output voltage is again positive. As a consequence, load current builds up
further than RR as shown in fig.c.
At (2π+α), when P1 is again turned on, P2 is naturally commutated and load current through P1 builds up
beyond RS.
At the end of four positive half cycles of output voltage, load current is RU.
When N2 is now triggered after P2, load is subjected to a negative voltage cycle and load current io decreases
from positive RU to negative AB as show in fig.c.
Now N2 is commutated and N1 is gated at (5π+α). Load current io becomes more negative than AB at (6π+α),
this is because with N1 on, load voltage is negative.
For four negative half cycles of output voltage, current io is shown in fig.c.
Fig.d is load current waveform inder steady state conditions.
The positive group of voltage wave and current wave consists of four pulses and same is true for negative
group of wave.
One positive group of pulses along with one negative group of identical pulses constitute one cycle for the
load voltage and load current.
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The supply voltage has, however gone through four cycles. The output frequency is therefore, fo=1/4fs.
Fig. 5.22 Bridge type cycloconverter-continuous load current

5.8 THREE PHASE HALF WAVE CYCLOCONVERTERS
5.8.1 THREE PHASE TO SINGLE PHASE WAVE CYCLOCONVERTERS
For converting three phase supply at one frequency to single phase supply at a lower frequency, the
basic principle is to vary progressively the firing angle of the three thyristors of a three phase
half wave circuit.
Firing angle at A is 90º, at B is less than 90º, at C, firing angle is further reduced than it is at B and so on.
In this manner, a small delay in firing angle is introduced at C, D, E, F and G.
At ‘G’ the firing angle is zero and the mean output voltage given by Vo=V do cosα, is maximum at
G.
At A, the mean output voltage is zero as α=90º.
After point G, a small delay in firing angle is further introduced progressively at points H, I, J, K, L and M.
At ‘M’ the firing angle is again 90º and the value of mean output voltage is zero.
The single phase output voltage, fabricated from three phase input voltage is shown by thick curve.
Mean output voltage is obtained by joi8ning points pertaining to average voltage values.
For example, at A, α=90º, Vo=0; at G, α=0º, therefore Vo has the maximum mean output voltage and so on.
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Fabricated output voltage given by thick curve can be resolved into fundamental frequency output voltage
plus several other harmonic components.
The load inductance can filter out the high frequency unwanted harmonics.
The figure shows that for one half cycle of fundamental frequency output voltage, there are eight half cycles
of supply frequency voltage.
This shows that output frequency fo=1/8fs where fs is the supply frequency.
For obtaining positive half cycle of low frequency output voltage, firing angle is varied from 90º to zero and
then to 90º.
For obtaining one cycle of low frequency output voltage, the firing angle should be varied from 90º
to zero degree to 90º for positive half cycle and from 90º to 180º and back to 90º for negative
half cycle.
The magnitude of progressive change in firing angle is given by (reduction factor in frequency) x 120º
If reduction factor (output frequency/ input frequency) is 1/8.
Fig. 5.23 Fabricated and mean output voltage waveforms for a single phase cycloconverter
Therefore, progressive step variation in firing angle =(1/8) x 120º= 15º
In figure, at A, α=90º, at B, α=90-15=75º, at C, α=60º, at D, α=45º….,at G, α=0, at H, α=15º and so on till
α=90º at M.
From A to M, there is one half cycle of low frequency output voltage and eight half cycles of supply
frequency, indicating fo= (1/8) fs.
Thus a complete cycle of low frequency output voltage can be fabricated from the 3-phase input voltage
waveform by the use of phase controlled converters.
The cycloconverter can be made to deliver any pf load.
In a thyristor converter circuit, current can only flow in one direction. For allowing the flow of
current in both the directions during one complete cycle of load current, two three phase half
wave converters must be connected in antiparallel as shown in figure.
The converter circuit that permits the flow of current during positive half cycle of low frequency output
current is called positive converter group.
The other group that permits the flow of current during the negative half cycle of output current is called
negative converter group.
The figure uses two three phase half wave converters in antiparallel.
The positive group is for the conduction of positive load current and the negative group is for the flow of
negative load current.
When output current is positive, positive converter conducts.
When output voltage is positive, the positive converter acts as a rectifier.
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When output voltage is negative, the converter acts as an inverter.
In a dual converter, though the output voltages of the two converters in the same phase have the same average
value, their output voltage waveform as a function of time are different.
Fig. 5.24 circuit of three phase to single phase cycloconverter. A. schematic b. basic circuit configuration
with IG reactor
Fig. 5.25 voltage and current waveforms for a three phase half wave cycloconverter
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As a result, there will be a net potential difference across the two converters. This net
voltage would cause a circulating current in the two converters.
This circulating current can be avoided by removing the gating signals from idle converter or can be
limited to a low value by inserting an intergroup reactor between the positive and negative
converters.
In order that the average value of the output voltage of the two converters are equal in magnitude and
opposite in sign, the sum of their firing angles must be 180º.
In other words αp+αn=180º, where αp=positive group converter, αn=negative group converter
5.8.2 THREE PHASE TO THREE PHASE CYCLOCONVERTERS
When 3-phase low frequency output is required, then three sets of phase controlled 3-phase to 1-phase circuits
are interconnected.(Fig.a)
Each phase of the three phase output must have a phase displacement of 120º.
The figure shows the circuit arrangement of three phase to three phase cycloconverter using three sets of three
phase half wave circuits employing a total of 18 thyristors.(Fig.b)
This device is also called three pulse 3 phase to 3 phase cycloconverter.
Fig. 5.26 Three phase to three phase cycloconverters
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Three phase bridge circuit
Fig. 5.27 Three phase bridge circuit with 18 thyristors

Fig.c employs 36 thyristors and is called 6-pulse, 3 phase to 3- phase cycloconverter.
In this circuit, each phase group consists of a 3-phase dual converter with two IGRs.
The load phases must not be interconnected. If it is done, then positive group of one output phase
and negative group of other output phase would be joined together through IGRs without load
impedance which is undesirable.
In case it is essential to interconnect the load phases in star or delta, then each phase group is supplied
separately from three secondary windings S1, S2 and S3 of a three phase transformer.
In this arrangement, as individual phase groups are isolated from each other on the input side, the
interconnection of load phases in star or delta is permissible.
The magnitude of output voltage in a phase bridge circuit is double of that in the 18-thyristor circuit.
Three phase bridge circuit gives a smooth variation of output voltage, but its control circuit is complex and
expensive.
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Fig. 5.28 Three phase to 3 phase cycloconverter with isolated load
Fig. 5.29 Three phase to 3 phase cycloconverter with non-isolated load
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5.9 MATRIX CONVERTER

The matrix converter is a fairly new converter topology, which was first proposed in the beginning
of the 1980s.
A matrix converter consists of a matrix of 9 switches connecting the three input phases to the three
output phases directly as shown in Fig.
Any input phase can be connected to any output phase at any time depending on the control.
However, no two switches from the same phase should be on at the same time, otherwise this will cause a
short circuit of the input phases.
These converters are usually controlled by PWM to produce three-phase variable voltages at variable
frequency.
This direct frequency changer is not commonly used because of the high device count, i.e. 18 switches
compared to 12 of a dc link rectifier-inverter system. However, the devices used are smaller because
of their shorter ON time compared to the latter.
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With 9 bidirectional switches the matrix converter can theoretically assume 512 (2 ) different switching state
combinations.
The matrix converter should be controlled using a specific and approximately times sequence of the values of the
switching variables.
Due to this, we can get a balanced output voltages and desired frequency and amplitude.
There are three types of control methods are commonly used.
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Venturini method
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PWM method
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Space vector modulation
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ADVANTAGES
Inherent bidirectional power flow
Sinusoidal input and output waveforms with moderate switching frequency
Possibility of compact design due to absence of DC-link reactive components
Controllable input power factor independent of the output load current
DISADVANTAGES
Non-availability of the bilateral fully controlled monolithic switches capable of high frequency
operation
Control implementation is difficult
An intrinsic limitation of the output-input voltage ratio
Commutation and protection of the power switches
APPLICATIONS OF CYCLOCONVERTER
Cement mill drives.
Rolling mills.
Ship propulsion drivers.
Water pumps.
Washing machines
Mine winders.
Industries.
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PART- A
What are the applications of cyclo converter? (Nov/Dec- 2011)
What is Integral cycle control? (Nov/Dec- 2011)
What is meant by cyclo converter? (Nov/Dec- 2010)
Write the output R.M.S. voltage for single phase AC voltage controller with resistance load.
(Nov/Dec- 2010)
Write the principle of operation of cyclo converter. (Nov/Dec- 2012)
Give any two important applications of AC voltage controllers. (Nov/Dec- 2012)
What is a matrix converter? (Nov/Dec- 2013)
Enumerate some of the industrial applications of cyclo-converter. (Nov/Dec- 2013)
What is the control range of firing angle in AC voltage controller with RL load? (May/ June-2014)
What is matrix converter? (May/ June- 2014)
What is cycloconverter?
What is integral cycle control in AC voltage controller?
Write the output RMS voltage for single phase AC voltage controller with resistive load.
What is the difference between ON-OFF control and phase control?

What is the advantage of ON-OFF control?
What is the duty cycle in ON-OFF control method?
What are the disadvantages of unidirectional or half-wave ac voltage controller?
What type of gating signal is used in single phase ac voltage controller with RL load?
What is meant by cyclo-converter?
What are the applications of cyclo-converter?
What does ac voltage controller mean?
Write down the expression for single phase and three phase RMS output voltage of single
phase and three phase cyclo converter?
24. Compare single phase cyclo converter over three phase cyclo converter.
Define Multistage sequence Control.
What is integral cycle control?
PART –B
1. Discuss the working of 2 stage sequence control of AC voltage controller. (16)
(Nov/Dec- 2011)
2. Describe the operation of single phase full wave AC voltage controller with the
help of voltage and current waveform. Also derive the expression for average value of
output voltage. (10) (Nov/Dec- 2010) Explain the operation of single phase full
wave AC voltage regulator with help of voltage and current waveform. (10) (Nov/Dec-
2015)
Describe three-phase to three phase cycloconverter with relevant circuit arrangement using 18
thyristors. (8) (Nov/Dec- 2010)
Discuss the basic principle of 1phase to 1 phase step down cycloconverter for a bridge type
converter. Assume both discontinuous and continuous conduction and draw the load current
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and load voltage waveforms for both the cases. Mark the conduction of various thyristors.
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(Nov/Dec- 2013)
Write short note on the following: (16) (Nov/Dec- 2013)
0 Integral cycle control
1 Multistage sequence control
2 Step up cyclo converter
3 Matrix converter
With the aid of circuit diagram and waveform explain the operation of i.
power factor control in AC voltage regulation (8)
ii. Single phase full wave AC voltage controller. (8) (May/ June- 2014)
Explain the circuit diagram of three phase to single phase cyclo converter and explain its operation
with necessary waveforms. (16) (May/ June- 2014) Draw the circuit diagram of 3 phase to 1
phase cyclo converter and explain its operation with waveform. (May/ June- 2016) Explain the
working of three phase to single phase cycloconverter with neat circuit
diagram and necessary waveforms. (16) (Nov/Dec- 2015) Discuss the operation of three phase-
single phase cycloconverter with neat circuit diagram and waveforms. (Nov/Dec-2012) Discuss
the working of a 3 phase to single phase cyclo-converter with neat voltage and current
waveforms. (16) (Nov/Dec- 2011) Write short notes on the following: Three phase to single
phase cyclo converter (10) (Nov/Dec- 2014)
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Write short notes on the following: Matrix converter (Nov/Dec- 2014), Write a short notes on
matrix converter. (6) (Nov/Dec- 2015)
5
Discuss the working of a single phase AC voltage controller with RL loads when its firing angle
is more than the load power factor angle. Illustrate with waveforms. (May/ June- 2016)
With the aid of the circuit diagram, explain the operation of 3phase to 3 phase cyclo converter
employing 3 phase half wave circuit and list few of its applications. (May/ June-2016)
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EE 6503 POWER ELECTRONICS

1. APPLICATIONS OF POWER ELECTRONICS

Switch- mode power supplies and uninterruptible power supplies

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS

0 High efficiency due to low loss in power semiconductor devices

0 Power electronic controllers have low overload capacity.

2. POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEM

Amp-Volt Characteristics of Power Diode

Turn-Off Characteristics of Power Diode

4. POWER DIODE APPLICATIONS

Circuit diagram for static VI characteristics

SCR V-I characteristic

0 SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THYRISTORS DURING TURN ON

SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS DURING TURN OFF

Switching characteristics during turn off

1. DESIGN OF SNUBBER CIRCUIT

0 When MT2 and Gate being Positive with Respect to MT1

Circuit and symbol of MOSFET

Output characteristics of IGBT

Turn- on delay time

S.NO MOSFET BJT

23 INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (IGBT)

Equivalent circuit and symbol of IGBT

16. COMPARISON OF IGBT AND MOSFET

S.NO MOSFET IGBT

5888 SCR FIRING CIRCUITS

2. Resistance – Capacitance (RC) Firing Circuit

23 It provides the firing angle control from 0 to 180 degrees.

3. UJT Firing Circuit

5888 THYRISTOR COMMUTATION TECHNIQUES (SCR TURN OFF METHODS)

5888 FORCED COMMUTATION

5888 CLASS D COMMUTATION

secondary of the pulse transformer.

1 ONE PULSE CONVERTER

Single Phase Half Wave Controlled Rectifier with R Load

SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH R-L LOAD

ADVANTAGES OF USING FREEWHEELING DIODE

MAIN FUNCTIONS OF FREEWHEELING DIODE

SINGLE PHASE HALF WAVE CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH RLE LOAD

TWO PULSE CONVERTERS

During positive half cycle

SINGLE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH RL LOAD

At firing angle wt=α (30º)

MODE-I: Rectification mode (α< 90º)

SINGLE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH RLE LOAD

RLE Inversion Mode ( α>90º)

SINGLE PHASE SEMI CONVERTER

SINGLE PHASE HALF CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER WITH RL LOAD

During negative half cycle

SINGLE PHASE HALF CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH RLE LOAD AND

Fig. 4.2 Continuous conduction mode

Dis Continuous conduction mode

THREE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED BRIDGE RECTIFIER

EFFECT OF SOURCE IMPEDENCE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CONVERTER

THREE PHASE FULL CONVERTER

PRACTICAL DUAL CONVERTER

EE6503 POWER ELECTRONICS

Fig. 3.1 DC to DC chopper