The thyristor is triggered using the pulse transformer. The pulse transformer operates at 10 KHZ with a duty cycle of 0.4.The gate voltage allowable limit of 10 volts. By the equivalent circuit of thyristor, the collection current of the first transistor is 0.5A, the collection current of the second transistor is 0.2A, a, and az are 0.3 and 0.5 respectively. Find the maximum average gate power dissipation. Assuming the thyristor is ideal.

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Q1/ The thyristor is triggered using the pulse transformer. The pulse transformer operates at
10 KHZ with a duty cycle of 0.4.The gate voltage allowable limit of 10 volts. By the
equivalent circuit of thyristor, the collection current of the first transistor is 0.5A, the
collection current of the second transistor is 0.2A, a, and az are 0.3 and 0.5 respectively.
Find the maximum average gate power dissipation. Assuming the thyristor is ideal.
Transcribed Image Text:Q1/ The thyristor is triggered using the pulse transformer. The pulse transformer operates at 10 KHZ with a duty cycle of 0.4.The gate voltage allowable limit of 10 volts. By the equivalent circuit of thyristor, the collection current of the first transistor is 0.5A, the collection current of the second transistor is 0.2A, a, and az are 0.3 and 0.5 respectively. Find the maximum average gate power dissipation. Assuming the thyristor is ideal.
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