What is Power MOSFET?: What is Power MOSFET? - The power metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is a device derived from the field effect transistor (FET) for use as a fast-acting switch at power…
Darlington Transistor Working: Darlington Transistors Working - A Darlington-connected transistor pair is shown in Fig. 11.6. The current gain of the power transistor can be considerably improved if the base drive current is obtained from…
What is Power Transistor? | Definition | Working | Applications: What is Power Transistor? - Power Transistors are now available in ratings suitable for motor control. This device is a 3-layer p-n-p (or n-p-n) structure,…
Gate Turn Off Thyristor (GTO) - Symbol, Operations and Applications: Conventional thyristors are used as ideal switches in power electronic applications. They have the capability of blocking several thousand volts in the off-state and conducting…
What is Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR)? | Construction and Working of SCR: What is Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR)? - This semiconductor switching device is also known as a thyristor. It is a 4-layer, 3-junction, bistable…
What is Semiconductor Diode?: The Semiconductor Diode (Silicon Rectifier) described here in Fig 11.2(a) are based on the property of p-type and n-type materials in conjunction. An ideal diode presents zero impedance to current flow…
Motor Control by Static Power Converters: Motor Control by Static Power Converters - Power electronics is a multidisciplinary technology that encompasses power semiconductor devices, converter circuits, electric machines, signal electronics, control theory, microcomputers, very-large scale…
AC Series Motor: A series motor can be run from either dc or ac (single-phase) supply provided that both stator and rotor cores are laminated to limit the iron-loss. Figure 10.43 is the cross-sectional view…
Hybrid Stepper Motor Construction and Working: This is in fact a PM stepper motor with constructional features of toothed and stacked rotor adopted from the variable-reluctance motor. The stator has only one set of winding-excited…
2 Phase 4 Pole Permanent Magnet Stepper Motor: Figure 10.39 shows the phases (stacks) of a 2 Phase 4 Pole Permanent Magnet Stepper Motor. The rotor is made of ferrite or rare-earth material which is…
