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The characteristics of which device has peak point and valley point
Options
A. SCR
B. PUT
C. SCS
D. Shockley diode
Correct Answer
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1. In a thyristor the gate lead is connected to the
n
layer near the
p
layer to which anode is connected.
Options
A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: False
2. If a step down chopper is fed by a dc voltage V with T
on
and T
off
are on and off periods then
is
Options
A. average output voltage
B. rms output voltage
C. average or rms output voltage depending on load
D. neither of the above
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Correct Answer: average output voltage
3. In a single phase full wave regulator feeding an R-L load, the power factor angle of load is ?. The range of control of firing angle
a
is
Options
A. 0 ?
a
?
p
B. ? ?
a
?
p
C. 0 ?
a
? (
p
- ?)
D. ? ?
a
? (
p
+ ?)
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Correct Answer: ? ?
a
?
p
4. McMurray Bedford full bridge inverter uses
Options
A. natural commutation
B. auxiliary commutation
C. complementary commutation
D. any of the above
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Correct Answer: complementary commutation
5. In a stud mounted SCR, the stud is
Options
A. in thermal contact with heat sink
B. insulated from heat sink
C. in electrical and thermal contact with heat sink
D. in either electrical or thermal contact with heat sink
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Correct Answer: in electrical and thermal contact with heat sink
6. The two-transistor model of a thyristor consists of two transistors :
Options
A. one
n
-
p
-
n
and other
p
-
n
-
p
B. both
p
-
n
-
p
C. both
n
-
p
-
n
D. one
n
-
p
-
n
and other UJT
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Correct Answer: one
n
-
p
-
n
and other
p
-
n
-
p
7. Which of these commutation methods uses an external pulse for commutation?
Options
A. Class A
B. Class C
C. Class E
D. Class F
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Correct Answer: Class E
8. In a half bridge inverter each thyristor is gated at a frequency
f
. The output frequency is
Options
A. 2
f
B.
f
C. 0.5
f
D. 0.25
f
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Correct Answer:
f
9.
Assertion (A):
The turn on time of SCR is about 1 to 4 ms.
Reason (R):
The turn off time of SCR is about 10 to 300 ms.
Options
A. Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A
C. A is correct but R is wrong
D. A is wrong but R is correct
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Correct Answer: Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A
10. In the circuit of figure, the load current when thyristor is off
Options
A. is constant
B. increases exponentially
C. decreases exponentially
D. zero
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Correct Answer: decreases exponentially
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