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1-5-3 Gate Turn Off Thyristor (GTO)

The Gate Turn Off thyristor (GTO) can be turned on by a short pulse of gate current and turned off by a reverse gate pulse, which must be 20% of the anode current. GTOs have voltage ratings up to 4.5 kV, current ratings up to 3kA, and can switch at frequencies up to 10 KHz. Thyristors can be classified as phase control thyristors for use in motor drives and HVDC transmission, inverter grade thyristors for use in inverters and choppers, and light activated thyristors for very high power applications similar to phase controlled thyristors but triggered by light pulses. TRIACs are dual polarity thyrist

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1-5-3 Gate Turn Off Thyristor (GTO)

The Gate Turn Off thyristor (GTO) can be turned on by a short pulse of gate current and turned off by a reverse gate pulse, which must be 20% of the anode current. GTOs have voltage ratings up to 4.5 kV, current ratings up to 3kA, and can switch at frequencies up to 10 KHz. Thyristors can be classified as phase control thyristors for use in motor drives and HVDC transmission, inverter grade thyristors for use in inverters and choppers, and light activated thyristors for very high power applications similar to phase controlled thyristors but triggered by light pulses. TRIACs are dual polarity thyrist

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Introduction Author Dr.

Ali Hussein Numan

1-5-3 Gate Turn Off thyristor (GTO)


The circuit symbol for the GTO is shown in Fig. 1.5a and its steady state i-v as
well as idealized characteristics is shown in Fig. 1.5b and Fig. 1.5c respectively. The
GTO belong to a thyristor family. It can be turned on by a short pulse of gate current
and turned off by a reverse gate pulse. This reverse gate current must be (20 %) of the
anode current which is considered very large. The GTOs are available with voltage
rating (4.5 kV), current rating (3kA), and switching frequency (10 KHz).Fig 1.6 show
photo of GTOs.

Fig.1.5 A GTO: (a) symbol, (b) i-v characteristics, (c) idealized.

Fig 1.6 photos for GTOs

CLASSIFICATION OF THYRISTORS
1) Phase control thyrisors: Suitable for use in AC and DC motor drives as well as
in HVDC power transmission. Available with voltage rating (5-7 KV) and current
(4KA)
2) Inverter grade thyrisors: Used in inverter and chopper with voltage rating
(2.5kV) and current rating (1.5KA). It can be turned-on using force-commutation
method.
3) Light activated thyrisors: Similar to phase controlled, but triggered by pulse of
light guide by optical fibers . It can be used in very high power applications.
4) TRIAC: Dual polarity thyristors (4KV) (3KA).

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