Snubber Circuits

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Snubber Circuit

Baldev Joshi 171020011006

Nandish Prajapati 171020011029


 Snubber circuits are used for limiting the rate of
change in voltage or current (di/dt or dv/dt) and
overvoltage during turning ON and turning off the
circuit.
A Snubber circuit is the combination of resistors and
capacitors connected in series across the switch like
transistor or Thyristor for the protection as well as for
improving performance.
 Snubber circuits are also used across the switches
and relays to prevent arcing.
 The circuit is consisting of Snubber circuit across the
Thyristor and a frequency generator circuit using 555
timer IC
Material Required

 Thyristor - TYN612
 555 timer IC
 Resistor (47k-2,10k-2,1k-1,150-1)
 Capacitor (0.01uf,0.001uf,0.1uf-2)
 Diode-1N4007
 Switch
 Oscilloscope (for output confirmation)
 9v supply
 Connecting w
Thyristor - TYN612

 Here, in the name of Thyristor TYN612, ‘6’ indicates the value of


Repetitive peak off-state voltage, VDRM and VRRM is 600 V and ‘12’
indicates the value of On-state RMS current, IT (RMS) is 12 A.
 Thyristor TYN612 is fit for all modes of control like overvoltage
crowbar protection, motor control circuit, inrush current limiting
circuits, capacitive discharge ignition and voltage regulation
circuits.
 The range of triggering gate current (IGT) is 5 mA to 15 mA. The
operating temperature ranges from -40 to 125 °C.
Circuit Diagram
Working of snubber circuits

 The circuit is divided into two parts.


 first one is used as a frequency generator circuit using a 555 timer IC
whose output is used to feed the gate terminal of Thyristor.
 The second part of the circuit is used to check the switching of the
Thyristor or SCR with the Snubber circuit and without the Snubber
circuit.
Part-1:
 Part:1 of this Circuit is frequency generator circuit using
555 timer IC. When a 555 timer is operating in Astable
mode.

Part 2:
 part:2 of this circuit is used for obtaining the switching
characteristic of the Thyristor with the Snubber circuit.
Case I:Without snubber circuits

• When the Snubber circuit is not present across the SCR as shown in the circuit above, high
voltage spikes occur as you can see in the waveform below.

• So for smoothing the voltage spikes, we use a Snubber circuit which prevents the device to
get damaged due to overvoltage or dv/dt false triggering.
DSO Output Waveform:
Case II: With Snubber Circuit

When Snubber circuit is present across the SCR, it reduces or smothes the voltage
spikes as shown in the waveform below. Therefore, the device will not get damaged
due to overvoltage and it also reduces the dv/dt value of the device than the
maximum rating.
DSO Output Waveform:
Thank You

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