CONTROLLED

RECTIFIERS

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INTRODUCTION
 Diodes of rectifier circuits are replaced by thyristors.

 In thyristor based rectifiers, output voltage can be controlled. So

they are termed as controlled rectifiers.

 Controlled rectifiers produce variable DC output, whose magnitude

is varied by Phase control.

Phase Control:
DC output from rectifier is controlled by controlling duration of the
conduction period by varying the point at which gate signal is
applied to SCR.

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 Controlled rectifiers are of two types,
1- Fully Controlled rectifiers

2- Half controlled rectifiers

Half of SCRs are replaced by diodes.

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 HALF-WAVE
CONTROLLED
RECTIFIERS

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With Resistive Load

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With an Inductive (RL) Load

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With Inductive Load and
Freewheeling Diode

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 FULL-WAVE
CONTROLLED BRIDGE
RECTIFIER

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With Resistive Load

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With an Inductive (RL) Load

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With RL load and freewheeling diode

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 HALF-CONTROLLED
OR
SEMICONTROLLED BRIDGE
RECTIFIERS

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 Another method of obtaining rectification in bridge
rectifiers is replacing half of the SCRs with diodes.
 These circuits are called semi-controlled bridge
rectifiers.

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Full-wave semicontrolled bridge
rectifier circuit

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Semicontrolled bridge rectifier with FWD

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Thanks