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BY ADMIN · PUBLISHED JANUARY 1, 2013 ·
UPDATED JANUARY 1, 2018 Analog Circuit Design Basics (11)
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Devices Classification
Choppers (11)
Semiconductor devices
having high voltage and current ratings Electrical Drives (9)
are known as Power Semiconductor
IGBT (4)
Devices. The Power Devices are
classified into various categories based Interview Questions (12)
on their Turn ON and Turn OFF
Inverters (2)
capability, Type of gate signal
required, Current Conduction Capability Linear Power Supply Design (4)
and Voltage withstanding ability. The
Power Electronics Basics (11)
Power semiconductor devices
classification is discussed in this post. Power Semiconductor Devices (21)
When the power SCR Tutorials (11)
semiconductor devices are forward
Switch Mode Power Supply [SMPS] (4)
biased, except diode they wont start to
conduct the current immediately. We Uninterruptible power supply [UPS] (5)
have to apply gate/base voltage to
make them conduct the current. Based
on this scenario, the power devices are GET UPDATES VIA EMAIL:
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When applying gate voltage to the Complete Power El…
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require this voltage continuously to
maintain their ON status. Whereas in
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current conduction. Once the device
starts to conduct the current, we can
remove the applying gate voltage.
Based on this scenario, the power
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semiconductor devices are classified as
pulse gate required devices and
continuous gate voltage required
devices.
After the device turned on,
some power devices have the nature of
conducting current in one direction only.
For example, consider a power device
has two terminals namely Terminal-1
(T1) and Terminal-2 (T2). If this device
has the capability to conduct the
current from T1 to T2 only, then it is
known as Unidirectional current device.
Suppose this device has the capability
of conducting the current from T1 to T2
and T2 to T1, then this device is known
as bidirectional current device.
In some of power
semiconductor devices, we should not
reverse the polarities while applying the
supply voltage.It means, if we apply
positive voltage to the negative
terminal and negative voltage to the
positive terminal, the device will get
damaged. ie, there is no reverse voltage
protection. On the other hand, some of
power semiconductor devices have the
capability of withstanding bipolar
voltage.
For better understanding the
abbreviations of power semiconductor
devices are given below:
SCR - Silicon Controlled Rectifier
RCT - Reverse Conducting Thyristor
GTO - Gate TurnOff Thyristor
BJT - Bipolar Junction Transistor
SIT - Static Induction Transistor
MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Field Effect Transistor
IGBT - Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor
TRIAC - TRIode for Alternating Current
MCT - MOS Controlled Thyristor
Based on Turn ON and Turn OFF
Capability:
1. Uncontrollable power
semiconductor devices
Diode: The ON and OFF state are
not depend on the control signal.
They depend on the power source.
2. Partially controllable power
semiconductor devices
SCR, TRIAC, DIAC -- They are
turned ON by applying gate signal.
But these devices can not be turned
OFF with the help of gate signals.
They are turned off by load or by
commutation.
3. Fully controllable power
semiconductor devices
Power BJT, MOSFET, IGBT, GTO --
These devices can be both turned
ON and turned OFF by applying
gate signals
Based on Gate signal:
1. Pulse gate requirement
Example: SCR, GTO, SITH, MCT
To Turn ON these devices, pulse
voltage is applied as a control
signal. Once the device is turned on,
the gate pulse is not required and
thus removed.
2. Continuous gate requirement
Example: BJT, MOSFET, IGBT
For these devices, continuous gate
signal is required to maintain them
in ON state.
Based on Current Conduction
Capability:
1. Unidirectional Current Devices
Ex:- SCR, GTO, BJT, MOSFET, IGBT
2. Bidirectional Current Devices
Ex:- TRIAC, RCT(Reverse
Conducting Thyristor)
Based on Voltage withstanding ability:
1. Unipoloar voltage withstanding
devices
Ex:- BJT, MOSFET, IGBT
2. Bipolar voltage withstanding
devices
Ex:- SCR, GTO
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Gabriel Aguiar
November 7, 2013 at 11:35 pm
Hi
I’m looking for those power devices
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circuits, do you know?
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jd-bhai November 28, 2014 at 8:09 am
Bjt and MOSFET are unipolar devices
in differences between MOSFET and
bjt you (admin) wrote it as bipolar
please change it. And remaining
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Nitesh December 22, 2016 at 6:25 am
There is one mistake regarding BJT.
It's dipolar transistor not a Unipolar..
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