Title :
Predicting the surge capability of power thyristors
Author :
Silard, Andrei ; Bodea, Mircea ; Luca, Mihai
Author_Institution :
Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Electronics, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract :
A simple and efficient computer-aided method developed for correct prediction of maximum surge capability of power thyristors under single and repetitive 50 Hz halfsine waves of overload current is presented in detail. The validity of the developed method was confirmed by experimental results.
Keywords :
surges; thyristors; half sine wave excitation; overload current; power thyristors; surge capability;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800233
