Introduction to Power Electronics

Here now , we are going to discuss a brief introduction to the high power electronics components and to the circuits in which they are employed. Several major types of semiconductor diodes and devices are used in motor control circuits.

                    Among them the most important are:

Diode

PNPN diode (Two wire thyristor)

SCR diode (Three wire thyristor)

GTO thyrsistor

DIAC

TRIAC

Power Transistors

Insulated gate bipolar transistor