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    The document contains questions and answers about thyristors. Some key details: - A thyristor is a solid state switching device that has the highest blocking voltage and current carrying capabilities. It is turned on by a gate signal but then maintains conduction even after the gate is removed. - Once latched on, the thyristor cannot be turned off by the gate and requires the external circuit to reduce the anode current below the holding current for a minimum period. - A thyristor has a unique four-layer construction of alternating p-type and n-type zones and is often used for lower switching frequencies applications due to design aspects that lower on-state losses.

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    The document contains questions and answers about thyristors. Some key details: - A thyristor is a solid state switching device that has the highest blocking voltage and current carrying capabilities. It is turned on by a gate signal but then maintains conduction even after the gate is removed. - Once latched on, the thyristor cannot be turned off by the gate and requires the external circuit to reduce the anode current below the holding current for a minimum period. - A thyristor has a unique four-layer construction of alternating p-type and n-type zones and is often used for lower switching frequencies applications due to design aspects that lower on-state losses.

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    Hernández Pérez Aldo Samuel 6AM2

    1. What meaning SCR?

    R= Semiconductor-controlled rectifiers

    2. what does this figure represent?

    R= It is essentially the symbol for a diode (or rectifier)

    3. what is 𝑉𝑅𝑊𝑀 ?

    R= is the maximum reverse working voltage for a thyristor

    4. What is the maximum reverse working voltage of a thyristor?


    R= 7000 V.
    5. In the on state, a high-power thyristor conducts currents with a average. what is the
    average?

    R=2000-3000 A

    6. What is the maximum junction temperature for thystors specified by most manufacturers?

    R= 125 ͦC

    7. What is a thyristor?

    R= The thyristor is a minority carrier device and has the highest blocking voltage capabilities as
    well as the largest current carrying capabilities of all solid state switching devices.

    8. what happen if in the equation 𝛼1 + 𝛼1 approaches


    the unit?

    R= the anode current will be arbitrarily big. the thyristor will be at the conductive transition point
    where it is about to go to negative resistance state.

    9. what happens when the thyristor is high?

    R= In the active state there is a strong injection of minority carriers in the four zones of the
    thyristor structure.
    Hernández Pérez Aldo Samuel 6AM2

    10. what happens once the thyristor is latched in the on state?

    R= the gate terminal no longer has control over the state of the device. In particular, the gate
    cannot be used to turn off the thyristor.

    11. How does it turn off?

    R= Shutdown is only effected by the external circuit, by reducing the anode current to below the
    holding current for a specified minimum period.

    12. what does the thyristor turn-off require?

    R= reverse biased by the external circuit for a minimum period.

    13. What happens if the speed marked on the specification sheet of the thyristor is exceeded?

    R= If the speed marked on the specification sheet is exceeded there is damage to the thyristor, this
    damage can occur because the high current growth rates mean that the rise time will be short and
    therefore the lit area around the zone of the thyristor gate will be very small at the end of the rise
    interval compared to the cross-sectional area of the device

    14. How is a thyristor built?

    R= The thyristor has a unique four-layer construction of alternating p-type and n-type zones.

    15. In what cases is a thyristor used?

    R= It is often used with lower switching frequencies due to the long lifetimes used for low on-
    state losses and due to the large amount of charge stored.

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