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gate resistor Re: SCR based coils (was High-Power Car Ignition Coils)

two ideas - 1, use a current source rather than a simple resistor (just
takes another transistor to do that),
2, use a capacitor to dump constant energy into the gate when the time is
ripe
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Sent: Sunday, January 10, 1999 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: SCR based coils (was High-Power Car Ignition Coils)


>Original Poster: "Bill the arcstarter" <arcstarter-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>Eddie Burwell <eburwell-at-HIWAAY-dot-net> wrote:
>
>>I've been working on an SCR based coil for a while now and hopefully
>soon I
>>should be posting a webpage about it. My number one resource for design
>has
>>been:
>>
>>SCR Manual
>>Sixth Edition
>>General Electric
>>
>>I belive it's available through amazon-dot-com.
>>
>>I also have found the Powerex SCR databooks to be of use.
>>Check out www.pwrx-dot-com
>
>Unfortunately the GE SCR manual appears to be out of print. :(
>
>I'm trying to do phase control of an inductive load (welder).  See the
>following circuit:
>http://www.geocities-dot-com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6160/temp/triac.html
>
>The question is how to size the gate resistor.  Too large a resistor
>won't allow a quick turn-on of the part, but too small a resistor would
>allow a possibly large gate current.  This problem appears to be
>aggravated by the fact that the voltage across the resistor depends on
>the firing angle.
>
>If anyone has any comments on that - I'd love to hear them.  My present
>design is less than reliable. :(  I'm not sure if I've been starving the
>gate or not.
>
>(The circuit doesn't show the 100 ohm 0.1 uf snubber which is attached
>across the triac terminals)
>
>Now I know why most industrial designs use a small pulse transformer
>between the cathode and the gate - rather than shunting current from the
>anode into the gate...
>
>-Bill
>
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