MID TEST 1 Department: EE Semester: 5th (3rd Year) Subject: Power Electronics Date: Paper Code: EE-317-F Session:

Max. Marks: 20 Time: 60 Minutes Note: All Questions are compulsory Q1. Choose the correct answer (5)

(i) What Semiconductor Power devices out of the following is not a current trigged device?. (A). Thyristor (B). GTO (C). Triac (D). MOSFET. (ii) Turn off and Turn on time of transistor is depend upon (A). Static characteristics (B).JunctionCapcitance (C). Current Gain (D) None of these. (iii) Power Mosfet have (A).High operating frequency. (B).Low on state power losses. (C).Voltage controlled device. (D).Low input devices. (iv) Which of the following statement is true? In a Thyristor holding current Ih is (A)More than the latching current (B)Less than latching current (C).Equal to latching current. (D)Equal to zero (v)The gate Turn Off Thyristor (A) Require aSpecial turn-off circuit like a thyristor. (B)Can be turned off by removing the gate pulse (c) Can be turned off by a negative current pulse at the gate (D) Can be turned off by a positive current pulse at the gate (vi)For a SCR dv/dt protection is achieved by connecting. (A).Protect the SCR against large current (B). commutate the SCR (C) protect the SCR against transient voltage. (D)control ac into dc.

(vii) A triac is a (A) 2 terminal switches (B) 2 terminal bilateral switches (C) 3 terminal unilateral switches (D) 3 terminal bilateral switches (Viii) Second breakdown phenomenon takes place in the following (A) SCR (B) BJT (C) MOSFET (D) IGBT (ix) The snubber ckt is used in thyristor ckts for (A) Triggering (B) dv/dt protection (C) di/dt protection (D) phase shifting. (x) Which of the following does not cause permanent damage of SCR (A) High current. (B) High rate of rise of current (C) High Temp. rise. (D)High rate of rise of voltage Q2. Explain followings: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) TRIAC BJT MOSFET IGBT GTO (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)

Q3. Explain the Switching Characteristics of power diode in detail? Q4. Explain Construction and Characteristics SCR in detail?

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