I am driving an inductive load and have a situation where an SCR will be forward biased but conduct in reverse. Can it do that if I strobe the gate the entire time I want it to conduct in reverse?
Update: I edited the question to stipulate significant conduction, as opposed to leakage. I assume the device will leak a small amount when reverse biased.
The simple answer to your question is that an SCR will not conduct in reverse, ever.
As user263983 says, you need a triac if you want to conduct both ways.
Also remember that once its triggered, it will continue conducting until the current flow drops to zero.
Useful description here:
https://eepower.com/technical-articles/an-introduction-to-triac-basics/#
Yes. Leakage current will flow, and some of the free charges created by the G-K bias, bleed through the anode layers, increasing leakage.
