PART B UNIT I 1. What are the types of power semi conductor devices?

Explain them in detail with relavant circuit diagrams 2. Draw the cross-sectional view of thyristor. Explain steady state and switching characteristics of it with waveforms. 3. Draw the cross-sectional view of BJT. Explain steady state and switching characteristics of it with waveforms. 4. Draw the cross-sectional view of MOSFET. Explain steady state and switching characteristics of it with waveforms. 5. Draw the cross-sectional view of TRIAC. Explain he operation in detail. 6. How is heat dissipated in power semi conductor devices? Explain. 7. Explain V-I characteristics of power diodes and thyristors with diagrams. UNIT II 1. Draw the basic circuit of controlled rectifier and explain the operation of the same with neat waveforms. Derive the average and RMS voltage equations. 2. Explain the operation of full wave controlled rectifier with circuit diagram and actual waveforms. 3. Derive the output equation of single phase half bridge controlled rectifier with proper diagrams. 4. Derive the output equation of single phase full-bridge controlled rectifier with R and RL loads with neat diagrams. 5. Estimate the load voltage, load current and input power factor for single phase full and half converters. 6. Derive the output equation of three phase half-bridge controlled rectifier with suitable diagrams. 7. Derive the output equation of three phase full-bridge controlled rectifier with suitable diagrams. 8. What are the effects of source inductance and load inductance in three phase rectifiers? Explain with proof, 9. Explain the principle operation of Dual converter with neat diagrams. 10. Explain the operation of converter circuits with Back emf loads. 11. What are phase control and ON-OFF control? How are they applied to A.C controllers. Explain. 12. Draw the circuit diagram of single phase A.C chopper. Explain with neat wave forms. 13. Estimate the load voltage, load current and input power factor for single phase A.C controllers. UNIT III 1. Explain the operation of Basic d.c chopper circuit with neat diagrams 2. What are the two control strategies applied to d.c chopper? Explain them in detail with waveforms. 3. Classify the chopper circuits and explain them in detail.

4. Draw the circuit diagram of four quadrant chopper. Explain with neat waveforms. 5. Draw the circuit diagram of two quadrant chopper. Explain with neat waveforms. 6. Explain the working of Buck converter with neat waveforms. Derive the expression of peak-to-peak ripple current and peak-to-peak voltage across the capacitor. 7. Explain the working of Boost converter with neat waveforms. Derive the expression of peak-to-peak ripple current and peak-to-peak voltage across the capacitor. 8. Explain the working of Buck-Boost converter with neat waveforms. Derive the expression of peak-to-peak ripple current and peak-to-peak voltage across the capacitor. 9. Explain the working of cuk converter with neat waveforms. Derive the expressions for peak-to-peak ripple currents in inductors L1 and L2 and peak-to-peak voltage across the capacitors C1 and C2. UNIT IV 1. Draw the basic circuit diagram of an inverter. Explain in detail with the neat diagrams. 2. Explain the principle of operation of series inverter circuit with the neat wave forms and derive the expressions. 3. Explain the principle of operation of parallel inverter circuit with the neat wave forms and derive the expressions. 4. Draw the circuit diagram of three phase voltage source inverter and explain the following modes i) 1800 conduction mode ii) 1200 conduction mode. 5. Draw the circuit diagram of 3 phase current source inverter and explain in detail. 6. Draw the circuit diagram of single phase current source inverter and explain in detail. 7. What is meant by pulse width modulation? Explain its use and its effect on inverters. 8. Explain the working of single phase series resonant inverter with unidirectional switches. 9. Explain the working of single phase series resonant inverter with bidirectional switches. UNIT - V 1. (i) Explain the working and derive the expression for average and rms values of output voltage of a 1 Half-wave A.C voltage regulator with Resistive load. (8) (ii) Draw and explain the working of three possible bidirectional switches. (8) 2. Explain the working and derive the expression for rms values of output voltage of a fullwave 1 A.C voltage regulator with (i) Resistive load (ii) RL Load in discontinuous current mode of operation. (16) 3. (i) Explain the working of single phase ac voltage regulator working on-off control mode. Derive the expression for rms value of load voltage.(8) (ii) A single phase ac voltage controller with resistive load of R=10 and the input voltage is Vs=120V, 60 Hz. The delay angle of thyristor T1 is =/2. Determine (a) the rms value of output voltage Vo, (b) the input PF and (c) the average input current. (8) 4. Explain the working of single-phase to single phase cycloconverter with bridge configuration. (16)

5. (i)Compare and contrast cycloconverters with d.c link converters. (8) (ii)Explain the working of matrix converter with neat sketch. (8) 6. Explain the working of two-stage sequence control for (i) R-Load (ii)R-L Load with neat circuit and waveforms.(16) 7. (i)With neat sketch explain the working of multi stage sequence control of A.C regulators. (10) (ii) Explain the basic working principle of cycloconverters (6) 8. Draw the schematic and explain the working of three phase to single phase cycloconverter with neat waveforms. (16) 9. Draw the schematic and explain the working of three phase to three phase cycloconverter with neat waveforms. (16) 10. A single phase full wave controller supplies RL load. The input rms voltage is Vs=120V, 60Hz. The load is such that L=6.5mH and R=2.5. The delay angles of thyristors are equal:1=2=/2. Determine (a) the conduction angle of thyristor T1,; (b) the rms output voltage V0, (c) the rms thyristor current IR; (d) the rms output current I0; (e) the average current of a thyristor IA; and(f) the input PF. (16)