Silico N Cont Rolle D Recti Fiers: Structure
Silico N Cont Rolle D Recti Fiers: Structure
Silico N Cont Rolle D Recti Fiers: Structure
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circuit predominantly relies upon the method of
its triggering.
Key characteristics and features of an SCR:
A SCR is built with the four layers that comprise of the P-type and the N-
type semiconductor material.
These are layered so that it will in general frame three intersections that are
J1, J2, and J3.
The three terminals that are appended to it are known as anode, cathode,
and gate.
The anode is the essential terminal through which the ongoing streams or
enters the gadget.
Where the cathode is the terminal through which the entered current leaves
the device.
The ongoing entering terminal is of positive extremity and the terminal
through which the current is leaving is of negative extremity.
In the middle of between the progression of current among the terminals,
there should be a terminal that can give the control.
This can be given by the terminal door. This terminal is at times
additionally alluded to as the terminal of control.
Considering a SCR is of P-N-P-N type.
For this situation, as the anode is associated at the Cover that is to P-type
and the cathode is associated toward the end that is for N-type.
Where the terminal gate is likewise associated with the p-type however it
will be the subsequent P-type in the succession.
Thus the gate terminal is situated so that it is closer to the terminal cathode.
In this, the intersection J1 is in the middle of between the main P-type and
the N-type.
The second intersection J2 will in the middle of between the N-type and the
subsequent P-type layers.
The third intersection will in the middle of between the last P-type and the
N-type layers.
Operation of SCR
Figure shows the schematic diagram of SCR. It consists of four layers(i.e., p, n, p
and n) three terminals A(Anode), K(Cathode) and G(Gate) and three junction
J1 , J2 , and J3.
The anode and cathode terminals are connected to the main power circuit
wherever, the gate terminal is connected to the control circuit.
Whenever the P layer near the anode is made more positive compared to N
layer near the cathode, Junctions J1 and J3 get forward biased.
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Whereas, the middle junction J2 gets reverse biased. Junction J2 is known
as a junction capacitance as it acts as a capacitor in this mode.
Due to the depletion layer formed at this junction, no current flows through
the device, but due to the drift of mobile charge carriers, a small amount of
leakage current flows through the circuit.
As the leakage current is negligible small, the device does not conducts.
This state is known as forward blocking state or OFF state of the device, as
it blocks the forward biased voltage.
Whenever the N layer near the cathode is more positive compared to P
layer near the anode, junctions J1 and J3 are in reverse biased and middle
junction J2 get forward biased.
As the junctions J1 and J3 are in reverse biased condition, they do not
allow any amount of current to flow through the device. This state is
known as reverse blocking state or OFF state.
By increasing the voltage across the anode and cathode, the width of the
depletion layer at the junction J2 may be reduced.
At some particular voltage, J2 disappears this is due to the breakdown of
the junctions by large voltage gradient also called as avalanche breakdown.
As junctions J1 and J3 are already in the forward biased condition, there
exists a free carrier movement from anode to cathode.
As a result, the device starts conducting and hence it is said to be in the
conducting state or ON state.
Modes of Operation in SCR
In SCR there are three junctions J1, J2 and J3 .
These junctions play a very important role in the operation of SCR.
Depending on whether the junctions are forward biased or reverse biased,
the SCR will either conduct the current or will not be conduct.
For SCR to conduct current, all the three junctions must be forward biased.
If any one of the junctions is reverse biased the SCR will not conduct any
current and hence acts as an open switch. This can be explained by
considering the following cases,
Reverse Blocking: In this Case the Positive Voltage is given to Cathode and
Negative Voltage is given to Anode and Gate is Open Circuited. In this case,
the junction J1 and J3 are reverse biased, whereas J2 is forward biased. As the
Junctions J1 and J3 are reverse biased so there will be no Current, But there
will be Small leakages in the Forward Junction J2 As the leakage current is
Very Small which will not Turn on SCR. Hence the SCR will be in OFF State.
OFF State Forward Blocking mode: In this case, Positive Voltage is given
to Anode and Negative Voltage is given to the Cathode and Gate is Open
Circuited. The junction J2 is reverse biased, whereas junctions J1 and J3 are
forward biased, Because of the Reverse Bias Voltage the Width of the
Depletion Region which Block the Flow of Current Between J1 and J3.Again
due to which the SCR does not conduct and acts as an open switch.
Hence, from the above analysis, it is clear that all the three junctions play
important role in the operation of SCR and they all must be forward biased in
order to turn ON the SCR.
V-I characteristics of SCR
The VI characteristics are also classified into Static and Dynamic
characteristics of SCR as follows:
Static V-I Characteristics of SCR
The V-I characteristics of SCR is a graph between the anode current IA and
the anode-cathode voltage VA for different values of gate current IG.
This characteristics can be drawn by considering the basic operation of the
SCR. The below figure shows the V-I characteristics which is also called as
static-cathode characteristics. It basically consist of three regions, They are
Region 1
Region 2
Region 3
Region 1: When the positive terminal of the supply is connected to cathode and
the negative terminal is connected to anode with gate circuit open then SCR
operates in region 1. In this region junction J1 and J3 becomes reverse biased,
whereas the junction J2 becomes forward biased. The reverse biased junctions
(J1 and J3) acts as open circuit and the forward biased junction(J2) acts as a short
circuit, as shown in figure.
From figure it is clear that, the SCR does not conduct any current and it is said to
be in reverse blocking state or OFF state. However, a very small amount of
Figure(2) , shows the waveforms of the gate current(IG), anode current(IA) and
anode to cathode voltage(VAK). The total switching period being much smaller
compared to the cycle time, IA and VAK before and after switching will appear
flat.
As shown in figure , there is a transition time “Toff” from forward OFF state to
forward ON state. This transition time is called the thyristor turn ON time and
can be divided into three separate intervals namely, They are
Delay time (Td)
Once the thyristor is ON and its anode current is above the latching current
level, the gate losses control.
It can be turned OFF only by reducing the anode current below the holding
current.
The OFF time tq of a thyristor is defined as the time between the instant
anode current becomes zero and the instant the thyristor regains forward
blocking capability.
If forward voltage is applied across the device, during this period the
thyristor turns ON again.
During turn OFF time, excess minority carriers from all the four layers of
the thyristor must be removed.
Accordingly, tq is divided into two intervals, the reverse recovery
time(tRR) and the gate recovery time(tGR), figure shows the variation of
the anode current and the anode to cathode voltage with time during turn
OFF operation for an applied sinusoidal voltage(VI).