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Gate Turn-off Thyristors

Muhammad H. Rashid, Ph.D.

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, Florida 32514-5754, USA

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Basic Structure and Operation

7.3 GTO Thyristor Models

7.4 Static Characteristics

7.4.1 On-state Characteristics

7.4.2 Off-state Characteristics

7.4.3 Rate of Rise of Off-state Voltage (dvT/dt)

7.4.4 Gate Triggering Characteristics

7.5 Switching Phases

7.6 SPICE GTO Model

7.7 Applications

    References

7.1 Introduction

A gate turn-off thyristor (known as a GTO) is a three terminal power semiconductor device. GTOs belong to a thyristor family having a four-layer structure. GTOs also belong to a group of power semiconductor devices that have ...

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