Apparatus and a method for enhancing power output in electrical circuits
AssigneeDytech Energy Pte. Ltd.
InventorSabreesh Tenneti
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Abstract
A controller connected to the gate, cathode and anode of a thyristor, may be configured such that in response to the anode being provided with a voltage, the controller activates the thyristor to allow current flow between the anode and the gate in a first instance and to allow current flow between the gate and the cathode in a second instance so as to provide the cathode with an enhanced voltage, the enhanced voltage being an enhancement of the voltage at the anode.
Claims44
An apparatus for enhancing power output, the apparatus comprising:
- a thyristor having an anode, a cathode and a gate;
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- a controller connected to the gate, the cathode and the anode
- wherein, voltage is provided to the anode, and
- the controller is configured for activating the thyristor to carry out a series of, successive and alternating, holding steps and release steps, the thyristor being activated such that (i) during each one of the holding steps, current flows within the thyristor from the anode to the gate to accumulate and hold charge at the gate, and (ii) during each one of the release steps, current is conducted from the gate to the cathode to release the charge accumulated at the gate in a previous holding step so as to provide the cathode with an enhanced voltage, the enhanced voltage being an enhancement of the voltage at the anode.
A method for enhancing power output of an apparatus which includes a thyristor having an anode, a cathode and a gate, the anode being provided with a voltage, the method comprising:
- carrying out a series of successive and alternating holding steps and release steps such that during each one of the holding steps, current is conducted within the thyristor from the anode to the gate to accumulate and hold charge at the gate and such that during each one of the release steps, current is conducted from the gate to the cathode to release the charge accumulated at the gate in a previous holding step so as to provide the cathode with an enhanced voltage, the enhanced voltage being an enhancement of the voltage at the anode.
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