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SCR Turn ON Method
SCR Turn ON Method
Adil Sarwar
Gate characteristics
Gate circuit
Gate characteristic of thyristor or SCR
• Gate characteristic of thyristor or SCR gives us a brief idea
to operate it within a safe region of applied
gate voltage and current.
• So this is a very important characteristic regarding thyristor.
• At the time of manufacturing each SCR or thyristor is
specified with the maximum gate voltage limit (Vg-max), gate
current limit (Ig-max) and maximum average gate power
dissipation limit (Pgav).
• These limits should not be exceeded to protect the SCR
from damage and there is also a specified minimum voltage
(Vg-min) and minimum current (Ig-min) for proper operation of
thyristor.
• Curve 1 represents the lowest voltage values
that must be applied to turn on the SCR and
curve 2 represents the highest values of the
voltage that can safely applied. So from the
figure we can see the safety operated area of
SCR is bcdefghb.
Introduction
• SCR has two stable states IN FIRST QUADRANT
Forward blocking and
Forward conduction state.
• Switching the SCR from forward blocking state
(OFF- state) to forward conduction state (ON-
state) is known as turning ON process of SCR.
• It is also called as triggering.
Intro…
• With a voltage applied to the SCR, if the anode
is made positive with respect to the cathode,
the SCR becomes forward biased.
• The SCR can be made to conduct or switching
into conduction mode BY FOLLOWING
METHODS……
Turn on methods
• Forward voltage triggering
• Temperature triggering
• dv/dt triggering
• Light triggering
• Gate triggering
Forward Voltage Triggering