PEARSON Power Electronics eS R.S. Ananda Murthy V. NattarasuThis book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reprinted material is quoted with permission, and sources are indicated. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or for the consequences of their use. Copyright © 2008 by Sanguine Technical Publishers, Bangalore - 560 016 Published by Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd Copyright © 2010 This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior written consent in any form of binding or ‘cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser and without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above-mentioned publisher of this book. ISBN: 978-81-317-3240-3 First Impression, 2010 Second Impression, 2011 Published by Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd, licencees of Pearson Education in South Asia. Head Office: 7th Floor, Knowledge Boulevard, A-8(A), Sector-62, Noida 201309, UP, India. Registered Office: 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017, India. ‘Typeset by R.S.Ananda using L,X1.3.5 Document Processor on Slackware 10 Operating system. Figures were prepared using XFig. This entire book has been prepared without using any proprietary software. Printed in India by Chennai Micro Print.Contents 1_Introduction 1 Leaming Objectives... .. 1... ee 1 What is Power Ei —— 1.2. Power Processor anda Converter... ...................... . 2 1,3. Ideal Switch Characteristics... . 4 Practical Swit 6 5. Classification of Swi 8 .6. Power Losses in Switches . . 0 7. Power Semi Devi LZ.1._Power Diodes . u 1.7.2. Silicon Controlled Rectifier... ...................... 18 1.7.3. Light Activated SCR»... eee 19 12.4, TRIAC 20 Power Bipolar Junction Transistor... ..................% 21 Power MOSFETs. ....-...-..-00- 2 Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor. . 23 Gate Turn Off Thyristor.... 23 Static Induction Thyristor 24 7 10. MOS Controlled Thyristor . a 25 1.8. Control Characteristics of Power Devices . . 26 1.9. Types of Power Electronic Circuits . 26 1.9.1. Rectifier... 1... 28 ‘AC Voltage Controller. 29 Inverter . . 30 a 31 5. Cycloconverter_. 32 Static Switches. 33 0. Merits of Power Electron L.11, Demerits of Power Electronics Peripheral Effects. 1.12, Multi-disciplinary Nature of Power Electronics... 22... 0.00 s eee eee 1.13, Prominent Manufacturers of Devices... 0.20 ee eee eee 36