What is Power MOSFET?: What is Power MOSFET? - The power metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is a device derived from the field effect transistor (FET) for use as…
Gate Turn Off Thyristor (GTO) - Symbol, Operations and Applications: Conventional thyristors are used as ideal switches in power electronic applications. They have the capability of blocking several thousand volts…
Motor Control by Static Power Converters: Motor Control by Static Power Converters - Power electronics is a multidisciplinary technology that encompasses power semiconductor devices, converter circuits, electric machines, signal electronics,…
What is RAM?: What is RAM? -Unlike ROM, we can read from or write into the RAM, so it is often called read/write memory. The numerical and character data that…
Foldback Current Limiting Circuit: The disadvantage of constant current limit is relatively large power dissipation in the series pass transistor when the load terminals are shorted. Thus a large power…
Constant Current Limiting Circuit: A block of series regulation using simple Constant Current Limiting Circuit is shown in the Fig. 2.119. It is also called short circuit protection circuit as…
Protection Circuits in Regulators: Protection Circuits in Regulators- The series regulator using transistors has no short circuit protection. If the load terminals are shorted accidentally then, Large amount of load…
Astable Multivibrator Using IC 555: Fig. 2.105 shows the operation of Astable Multivibrator using 555 Timer IC. The threshold input is connected to the trigger input. Two external resistances RA,…