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LW1DSE > TECH     23.02.08 01:29l 88 Lines 4888 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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      A TRIAC, or TRIode for Alternating Current is an electronic component
approximately equivalent to 2 silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs/thyristors)
joined in inverse parallel (paralleled but with the polarity reversed) and
with their gates connected together. This results in a bidirectional
electronic switch which can conduct current in either direction when it is
triggered (turned on). It can be triggered by either a positive or a negative
voltage  being applied to its gate electrode. Once triggered, the device
continues to conduct until the current through it drops below a certain
threshold value, such as at the end of a half-cycle of alternating current
(AC) mains power. This makes the TRIAC a very convenient switch for AC
circuits, allowing the control of very large power flows with milliampere
scale control currents. In addition, applying a trigger pulse at a
controllable point in an AC cycle allows one to control the percentage of
current that flows through the TRIAC to the load (so-called phase control).

      Low power TRIACs are used in many applications such as light dimmers,
speed controls for electric fans and other electric motors, and in the modern
computerized control circuits of many household small and major appliances.
However, when used with inductive loads such as electric fans, care must be
taken to assure that the TRIAC will turn off correctly at the end of each
half-cycle of the ac power.

      A snubber circuit is often used to assist this turn off. Snubber
circuits are also used to prevent premature triggering. For higher-powered,
more-demanding loads, two SCRs in inverse parallel may be used instead of one
TRIAC. Because each SCR will have an entire half-cycle of reverse polarity
voltage applied to it, turn-off of the SCRs is assured, no matter what the
character of the load.

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