• DocumentCode
    3150938
  • Title

    A high power circuit model for the gate turn off thyristor

  • Author

    Tsay, C.L. ; Fischl, R. ; Schwartzenberg, J. ; Kan, H. ; Barrow, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., PHiladelphia, PA, USA
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    0-0 1990
  • Firstpage
    390
  • Lastpage
    397
  • Abstract
    The authors present GTO (gate turn off thyristor) model which simulates both the static negative differential resistance characteristics and the dynamic switching characteristics. The model consists of parallel connection of two-transistor, three-resistor (2T-3R) circuits which make it compatible with the SPICE program. An experimental validation test shows that the accuracy of the model can be improved by increasing the number of 2T-3R cells.<>
  • Keywords
    switching; thyristor applications; GTO; dynamic switching characteristics; gate turn off thyristor; high power circuit model; static negative differential resistance; two-transistor three resistor circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Electric resistance; P-n junctions; Power electronics; Resistors; SPICE; Thyristors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1990. PESC '90 Record., 21st Annual IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Antonio, TX, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.1990.131214
  • Filename
    131214