Transformer Measurement
Potentiometer Measurement
UJT Measurement
UJT in good condition
Burned UJT
UJT in short-circuit
Transistor Measurement
TRIAC Measurement
TRIAC in good condition
Burned TRIAC
TRIAC in short-circuit
Electret Microphone
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Potentiometer
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In this AC circuit, SCR turns off when we turn off the GATE, that’s because current always reaches “0V” in phase changes.
In direct current is necessary turn off or divert the source, taking SCR to not conduct.
The DIAC, or "diode for alternating current", is a diode that conducts electrical current only after its breakover voltage has been reached momentarily.
When breakdown occurs, the diode enters a region of negative dynamic resistance, leading to a decrease in the voltage drop across the diode and, usually, a sharp increase in current through the diode. The diode remains in conduction until the current through it drops below a value characteristic for the device, called the holding current. Below this value, the diode switches back to its high-resistance, non-conducting state. This behavior is bidirectional, meaning typically the same for both directions of current.
Most DIACs have a three-layer structure with breakover voltage of approximately 30 V. Their behavior is similar to that of a neon lamp, but it can be more precisely controlled and takes place at a lower voltage.
DIACs have no gate electrode, unlike some other thyristors that they are commonly used to trigger, such as TRIACs and SCRs.
DIACs are also called "symmetrical trigger diodes" due to the symmetry of their characteristic curve. Because DIACs are bidirectional devices, their terminals are not labeled as anode and cathode but as A1 and A2 or main terminal MT1 and MT2.
(It is similar to two Zener diodes connected in series. It is possible to produce an equivalent DIAC of 9V, for example, connecting two Zener diodes of 9V in (anti)series, cathode with cathode and anode with anode).
The circuit above shows how to test a DIAC, notice that it conducts when reaches 30V and the voltage drops to 0, behaving like a short-circuit or a closed switch.
The DIAC is a full-wave or bi-directional semiconductor switch that can be turned on in both forward and reverse polarities. DIode Alternating Current (DIAC) is widely used to assist even triggering of a TRIAC (or a thyristor). DIAC is composed by three layers (PNP), very much similar to a transistor, however, the doping concentrations in N –type crystal are different. A pair of diodes of four layers in parallel is an equivalent circuit of a DIAC. Typically the DIAC is placed in series with the gate of a TRIAC. DIACs are often used in conjunction with TRIACs because these devices do not fire symmetrically as a result of slight differences between the two halves of the device.