SCR with r-l load
RITIK RAJ SRIVASTAVA 18EC134
Department of Electronics and Communication
B.M.S. Institute of Technology And Management
CONSTRUCTION & PRINCIPLE
The SCR is a four-layer, three-junction and a three-
terminal device and is shown in fig.a. The end P-region is
the anode, the end N-region is the cathode and the inner
P-region is the gate. The anode to cathode is connected
in series with the load circuit. Essentially the device is a
switch. Ideally it remains off (voltage blocking state), or
appears to have an infinite impedance until both the
anode and gate terminals have suitable positive voltages
with respect to the cathode terminal.
MODES OF OPERATION
There are 3 modes of operation for SCR
1. Forward Blocking Mode(off
state)-In this mode of operation, the anode
(+) is given a positive voltage while the
cathode (−) is given a negative voltage,
keeping the gate at zero (0) potential i.e.
disconnected.
2. Forward Conduction mode(on
state)-An SCR can be brought from
blocking mode to conduction mode in
two ways: Either by increasing the
voltage between anode and cathode
beyond the breakover voltage, or by
applying a positive pulse at the gate.
Once the SCR starts conducting, no
more gate voltage is required to
maintain it in the ON state.
3 .Reverse Blocking Mode(off state)-
When a negative voltage is applied to the
anode and a positive voltage to the cathode,
the SCR is in reverse blocking mode,
making J1 and J3 reverse biased and J2
forward biased. The device behaves as two
reverse-biased diodes connected in series.
A small leakage current flows. This is the
reverse blocking mode.
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SCR with RL load SCR with Freewheeling Diode
The single-phase half-wave controlled rectifier uses a
single SCR with a RL load and
also the output voltage and current waveform .In a
positive half cycle
of source voltage , SCR is forward biased and when gate
current iG
is applied to the gate terminal at firing angle α then SCR
starts to conduct. The output
voltage will appear from ωt = α to ωt = π. At ωt = π,
thyristor goes turned OFF but current
does not decay to zero because of the energy stored in
inductor. The negative voltage will
appear from ωt = π to ωt = β. The load current decays to
zero at ωt = β and value of β
depends upon the ratio R/L. During ωt = β to ωt = 2π, the
output voltage is zero during this
period. The angle β is called extinction angle and γ = (β –
α) is called conduction angle.
Application
SCRs are mainly used in devices where the control
of high power, possibly coupled with high voltage, is
demanded. Their operation makes them suitable for
use in medium- to high-voltage AC power control
applications, such as lamp dimming, power
regulators and motor control.
SCRs and similar devices are used for rectification
of high-power AC in high-voltage dc power
transmission. They are also used in the control of
welding machines, mainly 
GTAW (gas tungsten arc welding) processes similar.
It is used as switch in various devices
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