THYRISTORS

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 THYRISTORS

 greek word “thyra” meaning “door”

 4 layer construction
 withstand high amounts of voltage
 can handle large currents
 shockley diode, SCR, SCS, diac, triac
 PUT, UJT
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 SHOCKLEY
DIODE
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 BRIEF HISTORY
1953 - William Shockley left Bell Laboratories

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 BRIEF HISTORY
1953 – Returned to CalTech as a visiting professor

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 BRIEF HISTORY
1955 – Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

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 BRIEF HISTORY
1960 – Commercialization of Shockley Diode

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 SHOCKLEY DIODE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 EXAMPLE 1-a

VBR = 10 V
100 Ω
IH = 4 mA
RS = 100 Ω

Determine the value of

anode current when the
device is turned on.

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 EXAMPLE 1-b

VBR = 10 V
100 Ω
IH = 4 mA
RS = 100 Ω

Determine the value of

RS to stop the device
from conducting.

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 EXAMPLE 2

The diode of has a

holding current of 10 50 Ω
mA. The input voltage
is increased to 15 V to
latch the diode and the
decreased to open the
diode. What is the input
voltage that opens the
diode?
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 SILICON
CONTROLLED
RECTIFIER (SCR)
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 SCRs

 Invented by Gordon Hall and Frank

“Bill” Gutzwiller in 1957
 General Electric’s trade name for
thyristor

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 TYPICAL SCR PACKAGE

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 SCRs

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 SCRs CHARACTERISTICS

 Reverse Blocking Mode

 Forward Blocking Mode
 Forward Conduction Mode

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 REVERSE BLOCKING MODE

J1 J2 J3

IG = 0
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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 FORWARD BLOCKING MODE

J1 J2 J3

VIN > 0 IG = 0
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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 FORWARD CONDUCTION MODE

J1 J2 J3

VIN > 0 IG > 0

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 CHARACTERISTIC CURVE

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 TURNING OFF AN SCR

1. Anode Interruption
2. Force Commutation

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 1. ANODE INTERRUPTION

SERIES SWITCH PARALLEL SWITCH

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 2. FORCE COMMUTATION

ON STATE OFF STATE

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