Power Electronics is very much necessary for Electrical Students as most of the electrical devices now run on ICs and electronic devices. You will find its application in Relays, Circuit Breakers, Sub-stations etc. Hence, giving knowledge of this subject to the students is very important.

Topics taught in this paper:

The topics which are discussed in this paper are thyristor, principle and working of cycloconverter, etc.

Division of paper:

The question paper divided into three sections namely Section A, Section B and Section C.

Time and marks allotted:

The maximum marks that an be secured in this paper are 60 and the total time duration allocated for solving this paper is of three hours.

Paper Pattern:

The total no. of questions in this paper is 9. The question paper is divided into three parts as Section A, Section B and Section C. there is only one question in the Section A of the paper, and is divided into 10 parts. Each part of this section carries 2 marks. There are total 5 questions in the Section B of the paper of which only 4 are to be answered. The maximum mark carried by each question of this section is 5. The last section of the paper carries a total of three questions of which only two are to be answered. The maximum mark for each of the question of this part is 10.All the questions of this paper are subjective type with no negative marking for any of the wrong answers.

Frequently Asked Questions

VI characteristics of Thyristors, effect of gate current on its characteristics, holding and latching current, various firing angles, TRIAC, Difference between TRIAC and SCR, step up and step down chopper and their voltage expression, cycloconverter and its waveforms, series and parallel connections of SCR, Inverters and Converters are some of the questions which are asked in this paper.