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• Gate characteristic 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.
• Curve1—lowest Voltage value that must be applied to turn On the device
• Curve 2-Highest possible Voltage that can be safely applied to the gate circuit
• Each SCR has maximum Vgmax and Igmax which should not be exceeded to avoid the
permanent damage to SCR
• For reliable turn On—SCR Vg and Ig should be atleast Vg-min and Ig-min
• Vng----Non trigger gate voltage
• For trigger circuits prior to applying gate signal it should be ensured that all the noise
signal should be less than Vng
Selecting the OP
• A Load-line(Between A and D)
• OA—ES and OD Current---ES/RS
• Consider a SCR whose Gate charctertics is Curve 3
• Now the intersection of the characteristics and load line gives
the Operating point S
• So for this Scr Vg and Ig can be shifted from S to S2 and S3(Op
should lie between C1 and C2)
• The gradient of the Load line Ad= OA/OD is RS (required gate
source voltage)
• Each SCR has maximum Vgmax and Igmax which should not be
exceeded to avoid the permanent damage to SCR
• For reliable turn On—SCR Vg and Ig should be atleast Vg-min and
Ig-min
• Vng----Non trigger gate voltage
• For trigger circuits prior to applying gate signal it should be
ensured that all the noise signal should be less than Vng