Tan Tanay Tudtud Vedasto Yalong

MOS CONTROLLED THYRISTOR, OR MCT

IS A DEVICE THAT IS FULLY-
CONTROLLABLE THYRISTOR, WHEREBY
A SMALL GATE SIGNAL COULD BOTH
TRIGGER THE THYRISTOR AND FORCE
IT TO TURN OFF.

IT USES A PAIR OF MOSFETS

CONNECTED TO A COMMON GATE
TERMINAL, ONE TO TRIGGER THE
THYRISTOR AND THE OTHER TO
“UNTRIGGER” IT. MOS-GATED THYRISTOR
EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT
MOS CONTROLLED THYRISTOR

MOS-CONTROLLED THYRISTOR (MCT) IS

ANOTHER HYBRID POWER SEMICONDUCTOR
DEVICE WHICH COMBINES THE
ATTRIBUTES OF THE MOSFET AND
THYRISTOR.
INVENTED BY V.A.K TEMPLE IN 1984,
AND WAS PRINCIPALLY SIMILAR TO THE
EARLIER INSULATED-GATE BIPOLAR
TRANSISTOR.
THIS IS THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF
AN MCT. IT HAS A PUNCH-THROUGH
STRUCTURE AND COMBINES THE
FEATURES OF A REGENERATIVE
THYRISTOR AND A MOS-GATE
STRUCTURE.

THE STRUCTURE IS SUCH THAT THE

MOSFETS ARE ARRANGED ON TOP OF
AN SCR.
THE CIRCUIT CONSISTS OF TWO MOSFET
TRANSISTORS WHICH ARE N-CHANNEL AND
THE OTHER ONE IS A P-CHANNEL. THE P-
CHANNEL IS USED FOR THE SWITCH ON
THE ON FET AND N-CHANNEL IS USED FOR
THE SWITCH OFF THE OFF FET.

THE CIRCUIT CONSISTS OF TWO

TRANSISTORS WHICH ARE N-P-N AND P-N-
P TRANSISTORS. EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT DIAGRAM OF MOS
CONTROLLED THYRISTOR
 MOS CONTROL THYRISTOR ARE
USED IN THE INDUCTION HEATING.
A MOS CONTROLLED
THYRISTOR USES TWO IT IS ALSO USED IN THE
MOSFETS TO EXERT FULL CONVERTERS LIKE DC TO DC
CONTROL OVER THE CONVERTER.
THYRISTOR.
Positive Gate Voltage - trigger the THEY ARE ALSO USED AS
device to turn on the upper MOSFET
FORCED COMMITTED
POWER SWITCHES.
Negative Gate Voltage - forces used
to turn off the device.
It can be turned on or off
by a negative or positive
gate voltage

.
It has high-speed switching
capabilities

Low conduction losses.

It has a higher current

density when compared
to MOSFET.
1) LOW FORWARD VOLTAGE DROP DURING CONDUCTION
2) FAST TURN-ON AND TURN-OFF TIMES
3) LOW SWITCHING LOSSES
4) LOW REVERSE VOLTAGE BLOCKING CAPABILITY
5) HIGH GATE INPUT IMPEDANCE

1) THE REVERSE BLOCKING CAPACITY OF MCT IS LOW

2. REQUIRES VERY HIGH NEGATIVE CURRENT TO TURN
IT OFF