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Transistor Anti Saturation Control - How to Provide Anti-Saturation Control...

Transistor Anti-Saturation Control: We have discussed about the Basics, structure and the base drive circuits of the Power BJT in our previous posts. In this post let us discuss about one of the...

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Power Transistor Snubber Circuits

Power Transistor Snubber Circuits We have already discussed about the need for snubber in power electronics circuits. In this post, let us discuss about the snubber circuit for power BJT. In transistor...

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Energy Recovery Snubber Circuits for Transistor

Transistor Energy Recovery Snubber Circuits: In this post let us see how the charges stored in the snubber circuit can be recovered and thus reduce overall circuit power loss... Points to remember...

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Buck Boost Topology Tutorial: How Buck Boost Converter Works?

Buck Boost Topology Tutorial: How Buck Boost Converter Works? In our previous posts we have seen the operation of buck converter and boost converter. In this post, let us discuss about another basic...

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Chopper Control Techniques - Chopper Control Methods

Chopper Control Strategies: We have discussed about the basics of chopper in our previous posts. In this post let us see about various control techniques for chopper circuits. So what is meant by...

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How to Reduce Filter Components Size in DC - DC Converters? - Interleaved...

How to Reduce Filter Components Size in DC - DC Converters? In this short post let us discuss about the technique to reduce the size of filter components in the converter circuits in detail...... The...

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Comparison of Punch Through IGBT and Non-Punch Through IGBT

Comparison of Punch Through IGBT and Non-Punch Through IGBT: Based on the structure, the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) can be classified as (1) Punch Through IGBT and (2) Non-Punch Through...

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MOSFET Switching Characteristics

MOSFET Switching Characteristics: To understand the switching characteristics of MOSFET, let us refresh about the equivalent model of the MOSFET. The simple equivalent circuit for a n-channel MOSFET is...

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Difference between HVDC and HVAC Transmission

Comparison of HVAC and HVDC Transmission In this short post, let us discuss about the difference between HVDC and HVAC Transmission. Before proceeding further, let us quickly refresh about the...

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How Freewheeling Diode Works? (Flyback Diode Working Principle)

How Freewheeling Diode Works?  We know that one of the major application of the PN junction diode is using as a Flyback diode or Freewheeling diode. The below figure shows partial circuit of a... The...

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