Thyristor

High Performance 50mm and 60mm Thyristor/Diode Modules High Performance 50mm and 60mm Thyristor/Diode Modules for Drives and UPS applications

Infineon Technologies expands its product portfolio of thyristor/diode module with the new Prime Block 50mm modules which…

Littelfuse SIDACtor Protection Thyristor Safeguards CVBS Signal Lines Against Damaging Overvoltage Transients Littelfuse SIDACtor Protection Thyristor Safeguards CVBS Signal Lines Against Damaging Overvoltage Transients

Littelfuse released the first PxxxxS4xLRP Series SIDACtor Protection Thyristor. The new Thyristor is touted as a robust…

Thyristor Commutation Techniques Thyristor Commutation Techniques

To turn On a Thyristor, there are various triggering methods in which a trigger pulse is applied at its Gate terminal.…

Different Types of Inverters Introduction to Different Types of Inverters

Alternating Current (AC) power supply is used for almost all the residential, commercial and industrial needs. But the biggest…

Crowbar Circuit Crowbar Circuit

The reliability of any electronic device depends on how well the hardware protection circuits have been designed. The end user…

Thyristor Switching using Snubber Circuit Thyristor Switching using Snubber Circuit

Snubbers are the energy absorbing circuits used to smooth the voltage spikes caused due to the circuit’s inductance. Sometimes…

Thyristor What is Thyristor and How it works?

In general, Thyristors are also switching devices similar to the transistors. As we already discussed, Transistors are the tiny…

DC Motor Control using Thyristor DC Motor Control using Thyristor

Thyristors are semiconductor devices designed for high-power switching applications. Like Thyristors, transistors are also used…