Silicon Unilateral Switch

Silicon Unilateral Switch: The Silicon Unilateral Switch (SUS), also known as a four layer diode and as a Schokley diode, can be treated as a low-current SCR without a gate…

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Diode Applications Articles

Diode Applications Articles: Half Wave Rectifier Circuit: A basic diode Half Wave Rectifier Circuit is shown in Fig. 3-1(a). An alternating input voltage is applied to a single diode connected…

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Capacitor Coupled Class AB Output Stage

Capacitor Coupled Class AB Output Stage: The basic circuit of a Class-AB amplifier using a complementary emitter follower output stage and a Capacitor Coupled Class AB Output Stage load is…

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Two Diode Full Wave Rectifier Circuit

Two Diode Full Wave Rectifier Circuit: The Fig. 3-2 shows the Two Diode Full Wave Rectifier Circuit, and its input voltage is supplied from a transformer (T1) with a center-tapped…

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Traction Drives Articles

Traction Drives Articles: Electric Traction Services: Electric Traction Services can be broadly classified as: Electric Trains. Electric buses, trams (or tramways) and trolleys. Battery driven and solar powered vehicles. Electric…

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DC Motor Drives Articles

DC Motor Drives Articles: Types of DC Motor: The commonly used Types of DC Motor are shown in Fig. 5.1. In a separately excited motor, the field and armature voltages…

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Electrical Drive Systems

Electrical Drive Systems: Each Electrical Drive Systems is different from other Electrical Drive Systems. However, there are some common features associated with all Electrical Drive Systems. To understand them it…

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