POWER ELECTRONICS

UNIT - I

POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE

SYMBOL

STATIC CHARACTERISTICS

IDEAL DIODE
A D V K

PRACTICAL REPRESENTATION

REVERSE RECOVERY CHARACTERISTICS

trr ta tb
I RR 2QRR trr

(2.5)
(2.8)

trr
I RR

2QRR di / dt
2QRR di dt

(2.10)
(2.11)

TYPES OF POWER DIODE

Standard or general purpose diodes Fast recovery diodes Schottky diodes Shockley diodes Zener diodes Light emitting diodes Photo diodes

SERIES AND PARALLEL CONNECTIONS OF DIODE

SERIES CONNECTED DIODES

SERIES-CONNECTED DIODES WITH VOLTAGE SHARING

SERIES-CONNECTED DIODES WITH DYNAMIC VOLTAGE SHARING

PARALLEL-CONNECTED DIODES

VOLTAGE AND CURRENT RATINGS

PROTECTION CIRCUITS
dv/dt protection di/dt protection

SNUBBER CIRCUIT FOR DIODE

Where,

APPLICATIONS
In rectification For voltage clamping As voltage multiplier

THYRISTORS (SCR)

TRIAC