Snubber circuit for gate turnoff thyristor

Details Snubber circuit for gate turnoff thyristor Snubber circuit for gate turnoff thyristor

1986-03-12

1987-09-29

Pellinen, A. D.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

With specific current responsive fault sensor

361 91, 361100, 363 54, 363 57, H02H 7122

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046972196

ABSTRACT:
For suppressing an abnormal rise in the anode-cathode voltage of a gate turnoff thyristor (GTO), a main snubber circuit and a number of sub snubber circuits are disposed across the anode and cathode of the GTO, and selected ones of the sub snubber circuits are selectively activated by a control circuit in accordance with the magnitude of a main current flowing through the GTO in order to minimize the power loss of the entire snubber circuit. The main snubber circuit includes a capacitor of comparatively small capacity corresponding to a comparatively small and steady main current. The control circuit includes a current detector detecting the main current. For a small steady load, only the main snubber circuit is operated, but at higher loads the control circuit selectively activates an increasing number of the sub snubber circuits. For each sub snubber circuit, the control circuit preferably includes a respective comparator for comparing an output of the current detector to a respective predetermined value and a respective turn-on signal generator for selectively activating the sub snubber circuit in response to an output of the respective comparator.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4275430 (1981-06-01), Seki et al.
patent: 4535378 (1985-08-01), Endo

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