High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 33, Issue 4, 045002(2021)

Research on shutdown characteristics of thyristor reverse parallel diodes

Tao Li1... Xingru Zhang2,*, Mengbing He2, Jun Liu2 and Bingyang Feng2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Institute of Applied Electronics, CAEP, Mianyang 621900, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and New Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    Thyristor has the advantages of good control characteristics, long life time, small size, low noise, etc., and it is an important device for high-power pulsed power supplies. However, when a thyristor is used under high voltage, high current, and repetitive frequency working conditions, the thyristor may not be turned off within a certain time, causing the pulse power supply to fail. To improve the working ability of the thyristor under repetitive frequency, this paper studies the turn-off process of the pulse power thyristor component. Based on the turn-off principle and experimental analysis of the thyristor, it is found that under the same conditions, increasing the current peak value has little effect on the reverse recovery characteristics of the thyristor, and the relationship is got between reverse recovery time, reverse recovery charge and di/dt of the thyristor. The reverse recovery current waveform of the thyristor is fitted according to the experimental data, and the current exponential function model is modified to better fit the reverse recovery current.

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    Tao Li, Xingru Zhang, Mengbing He, Jun Liu, Bingyang Feng. Research on shutdown characteristics of thyristor reverse parallel diodes[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2021, 33(4): 045002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Pulsed Power Technology

    Received: Aug. 15, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 24, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhang Xingru (zhangxingru@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202133.200239

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