Computer Aided Design of Thyristor Phase-Control Circuits

The paper presents the computer aided design (CAD) method, the program, the design and the experimental results of inverse parallel thyristor phase control circuits. The calculated values agree well with the measured. The CAD program contains the next two methods which are inquired carefully by authors, such as (i) the optimization by SUMT (Sequential Unconstrained Minimization Technique) method, and (ii) the combined use of the gradient and the cramp calculation methods.