Mk. Kazimierczuk et N. Thirunarayan, DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF MCTS UNDER INDUCTIVE LOAD CONDITIONS, Journal of circuits, systems, and computers, 4(4), 1994, pp. 471-485
PMOS-controlled thyristors (PMCTs) were tested in a single-switch conf
iguration under inductive-load hard-switching conditions. The transien
t current and voltage waveforms during the turn-on and turn-off transi
tions were observed for 50 A/1000 V devices. The experimental waveform
s are given for the anode current, the inductor current, the anode-to-
cathode voltage, and the gate-to-anode drive voltage. These waveforms
were obtained for periodic gate drive voltage at 6.5 kHz. The test cir
cuit was operated at power levels of up to 370 W. The measured turn-on
time was 0.255 mus at an anode-to-cathode voltage of 270 V and the me
asured turn-off time was 1.6 mus at an anode current of 16 A. The meas
ured storage time was 1 mus. The measured input capacitance of the MCT
was 13.5 nF and the output capacitance was 66.7 nF. It was found that
the input and output capacitances of PMCTs are approximately linear.