The most well-known single-phase fully controlled rectifier, shown in
Fig. 5.1(a), uses four thyristor devices. The dc load source E can be a battery bank or the counter electro motive force (EMF) of a dc motor. The operation of this rectifier can be described as follows: When during the first half-cycle a gating pulse is applied to thyristors Q
1 and Q
4, which are forward biased, they are turned on connecting the input power supply voltage to the load terminals. The equivalent circuit of the rectifier during this mode is shown in
Fig. 5.1(c). During this mode the input voltage, which has positive values, generates a positive input and output current. When during the second half-cycle ...