Crowbar fault protection circuit

Crowbar fault protection circuit

Crowbar circuit is used to protect circuit or equipment under fault condition Over Current Causes: Over current flow through thyristors

How to test SCR using Multimeter

How to test SCR using Multimeter

This post will discuss about testing SCR – Silicon Controlled Rectifier with thte help of Ohmmeter. The thyristor pin assignment  diagram

RC snubber circuits

How Snubber Circuit works ?

The Snubber circuit is one type of dv/dt protection circuit of the thyristor. With the help of snubber circuit, the

igbt-symbol

Types of IGBT

Insulated Gate Bipolar Junction Transistor (IGBTs) are normally classified into two types. They are namely (i) Non Punch Through IGBT

Basics of Thyristor

Basics of Thyristor

Thyristor is a three terminal device with four layers of alternating P and N type material (three P-N junctions). The

SCR Switching Characteristics

SCR Switching Characteristics

SCR Switching Characteristics or Dynamic Characteristics: The switching characteristics are important particularly at high-frequency, to define the device velocity in

RC Triggering

SCR Triggering Methods

Triggering (Turn on) Methods of Thyristor: Triggering:- The turning on Process of the SCR is known as Triggering. In other