EC-1402: Power Electronics  

Assignment/Homework-II  
Date of release- October 1, 2020 Date of submission​- 9 October 2020, 17:00 hrs​ ​Late submission 
will not earn any credit and will be considered to be no-submission  

P-1: ​The SCR shown has the latching current of 20mA and is fired by the pulse of width 50µs. 
Determine whether the SCR triggers or not.  

 
P-2:  ​A  SCR  is  connected  in  series  with  a  0.5H  inductor  and  20Ω  resistance.  A  100V  DC  voltage  is 
applied  to  this  circuit.  If the latching current is 4mA, find the minimum width of the gate trigger pulse 
required to properly turn-on the SCR.  

 
P-  3:  ​A  SCR  has  a  linearized  gate-cathode  characteristic  of  slope  25  V/A.  A  gate  current  of  200mA 
turns  the  thyristor  on  in  16µs.  The  gate  source  voltage is 10V. The manufacturer’s average maximum 
power for the gate is 400mW. Pulse firing is used.  
Calculate: (a) the value of the gate series resistance; (b) the gate power dissipation during turn-on; and 
(c) the frequency of the gate pulses.  
P-  4:  ​The  range  of  spread  of  gate-cathode  characteristics  for  a  certain  thyristor  can  be  linearized  to 
between  15V/A  and  10V/A.  The  manufacturer's  data  gives  the  maximum  gate  power  dissipation  as 
5W.  Sketch the characteristic up to Vcc = 15V and Ic =1.5A, and insert the PG(max av) line. With the 
gate  firing  circuit  as  shown  in  Fig.  aside,  a  1:1  isolating transformer, Vp amplitude of 20V, and Rl = 
R2 = 20Ω, determine the possible range of VGC 
  
P-5​: In the single-phase half-wave rectifier shown below, assume that the load current ​I​a ​is constant 
(load inductance ​L i​ s very large).  
(a) ​Sketch waveforms of the load voltage v ​ 0​ ​and the thyristor current i​ T​ ​for ​α ​= 60​°​. (​ b) ​Find the 
average power supplied to the load ​P​av ​as a function of the firing angle ​α​. ​(c) ​The thyristor has a 
constant voltage of ​VT​ ​=1.2 V across it when it conducts. Find the average power dissipated by the 
thyristor for ​α ​= 90​°.​   

 
P-6​: A single-phase fully-controlled bridge converter supplies power to a highly-inductive load with 
resistance. R= 10​Ω ​from a 240 V rms 50 Hz AC source, as shown below. (a) Find the firing angle ​α
so that the average power supplied to the load is ​Pa​ v ​= 1200 W. (b) For ​α ​= π/6 find the input power 
factor of the rectifier.