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The document discusses GTO thyristors which can be turned on like ordinary SCRs but turned off by a negative gate pulse, line-commutated thyristors which are turned off due to the sinusoidal input voltage, and forced-commutated thyristors which are turned off by an extra commutation circuitry.

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The document discusses GTO thyristors which can be turned on like ordinary SCRs but turned off by a negative gate pulse, line-commutated thyristors which are turned off due to the sinusoidal input voltage, and forced-commutated thyristors which are turned off by an extra commutation circuitry.

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Power Electronics—Lecture # 2

GTO (Gate turn off Thyristors):

A gate turn off thyristor is a pnpn device. In which it can be turned ON like an ordinary SCR by
a positive gate current. However it can be easily turned off by a negative gate pulse of
appropriate magnitude.

Line Commutation:

A conducting Thyristor can be turned off by making the potential of the anode equal to or less
than the cathode potential. The line-commutated Thyristors are turned off due to the sinusoidal
nature of the input voltage.

Forced Commutation:

Forced-Commutated Thyristors are turned off by an extra circuit called commutation circuitry.

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