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MOS Controlled Thyristors (MCTs)
Department of Electrical Engineering, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 5285, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Equivalent Circuit and Switching Characteristics
8.2.1 Turn-on and Turn-off
8.3 Comparison of MCT and other Power Devices
8.5.1 Paralleling of MCTs
8.5.2 Overcurrent Protection
8.6 Simulation Model of an MCT
8.7 Generation-1 and Generation-2 MCTs
8.8 N-channel MCT
8.9 Base Resistance-controlled Thyristor
8.11 Applications of PMCT
8.11.1 Soft-switching
8.11.2 Resonant Converters
8.12 Conclusions
8.13 Appendix
8.1 Introduction
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