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General Purpose Diodes Fast and Ultra Fast Recovery Diodes Schottky Diode

This document discusses different types of power diodes and thyristors. It describes general purpose diodes that are used in rectifier circuits up to 5kV and 3.5kA, fast and ultra fast recovery diodes for high frequency circuits up to 3kV and 1kA, and Schottky diodes for low voltage, high current applications like switched mode power supplies up to 0.1kV and 0.3kA. It also discusses thyristors or SCRs, which have three terminals - anode, cathode, and gate - and are available with voltage ratings up to 5kV and current ratings up to 3kA. Thyristors can be turned on by a

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General Purpose Diodes Fast and Ultra Fast Recovery Diodes Schottky Diode

This document discusses different types of power diodes and thyristors. It describes general purpose diodes that are used in rectifier circuits up to 5kV and 3.5kA, fast and ultra fast recovery diodes for high frequency circuits up to 3kV and 1kA, and Schottky diodes for low voltage, high current applications like switched mode power supplies up to 0.1kV and 0.3kA. It also discusses thyristors or SCRs, which have three terminals - anode, cathode, and gate - and are available with voltage ratings up to 5kV and current ratings up to 3kA. Thyristors can be turned on by a

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Introduction Author Dr.

Ali Hussein Numan

POWER DIODES TYPES


Power diodes can be classified as
• General purpose diodes: Used in rectifier circuits with voltage rating upto 5KV and
current 3.5KA.
• Fast and ultra fast recovery diodes: Used in high frequency circuits with voltage
rating up to 3KV and current 1KA
• Schottky diode: Used in low voltage, high current application such as switched
mode power supplies with voltage rating up to 0.1KV and current 0.3KA.
(a) (b) (c)

Fig.1-4 Photos for different types of diode (a) General purpose, (b) fast and ultra fast
recovery , (c) schottky.

1-5-2 Thyristor or silicon controlled rectifier (SCRs)


Thyristors has three terminals anode, cathode, and gate. They are available with
voltage rating up to (5KV) and current rating up to (3KA). The circuit symbol for the
thyristor, and its i-v characteristics along with the idealized characteristics are shown
in Figs.1.4a through Figs.1.4c respectively. Thyristor can be turned on by applying a
pulse of positive gate current for a short duration, and then remain conducting as a
diode until the gate current falls to zero. For successful to turn off thyristor, the anode
current should be goes to negative by using an external circuit.

Fig.1.4 Thyristor : (a) symbol ,(b) i-v characteristics ,(c) idealized.


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