• DocumentCode
    3554669
  • Title

    A monolithic optically isolated zero crossing triac driver

  • Author

    O´Neil, Patrick, II ; Alonas, Paul G. ; Gilbert, David M.

  • Author_Institution
    Motorola Semiconductor Group, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Volume
    24
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    1978
  • Firstpage
    307
  • Lastpage
    309
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a description of an optically coupled device designed to drive triacs operating from the normal 115VAC line. The device provides optical isolation of the line triac from the logic trigger signal, and in addition performs the logic necessary to provide triac triggering only at the zero crossing of the AC line voltage. Theory of operation of the device and applications are presented.
  • Keywords
    Circuits; Contacts; Couplings; FETs; Light emitting diodes; Logic devices; Optical sensors; Phototransistors; Threshold voltage; Thyristors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1978 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1978.189414
  • Filename
    1479839