If ton and toff are the turn on and turn off times of a thyristor, then

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• A thyristor has a turn on time of 6 μs. If the anode circuit is inductive, the turn on time will be
• The GTO (gate turn-off thyristor) is a
• In a full wave converter (M - 2 connection) feeding an RLE load, the peak thyristor current is 15 A. For fully controlled bridge circuit and same load current, the peak thyristor current will be
• A thyristor is reverse biased. A positive gate pulse is applied. The thyristor
• A single phase half wave converter is used to charge a battery of 50 V. The thyristor is continuously fired by dc signal. Input voltage is v = Vm sin ωt. The thyristor will conduct
• When a thyristor turn on, the gate drive:
• In a thyristor the gate current is increased, then
• The turn-off gain βoff of the GTO is given by
• Turn-off time of an SCR is measured from the instant:
• Two thyristor of same rating and same specifications