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Power Electronics problems


  • 1. 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
  • Discuss
  • 2. McMurray Bedford full bridge inverter uses

  • Options
  • A. natural commutation
  • B. auxiliary commutation
  • C. complementary commutation
  • D. any of the above
  • Discuss
  • 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 + ?)
  • Discuss
  • 4. If a step down chopper is fed by a dc voltage V with Ton and Toff are on and off periods then Electronics and Communication Engineering Power Electronics: If a step down chopper is fed by a dc voltage V with Ton and Toff are on and o is

  • Options
  • A. average output voltage
  • B. rms output voltage
  • C. average or rms output voltage depending on load
  • D. neither of the above
  • Discuss
  • 5. 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
  • Discuss
  • 6. The characteristics of which device has peak point and valley point

  • Options
  • A. SCR
  • B. PUT
  • C. SCS
  • D. Shockley diode
  • Discuss
  • 7. 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
  • Discuss
  • 8. Which of these commutation methods uses an external pulse for commutation?

  • Options
  • A. Class A
  • B. Class C
  • C. Class E
  • D. Class F
  • Discuss
  • 9. 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
  • Discuss
  • 10. 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
  • Discuss

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