Power electronics : converters, applications, and design

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Power electronics : converters, applications, and design

Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, William P. Robbins

Wiley, c1989

  • : pbk

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: pbk ISBN 9780471505372

Description

Aimed at undergraduate students of electrical engineering, this textbook focuses on the emerging power electronic converters made feasible by the new generation of power semiconductor devices. It discusses a broad spectrum of power applications and examines converter design.

Table of Contents

  • Generic Power Electronic Converters
  • Power Supply Applications
  • Motor Drive Applications
  • Other Applications
  • Semiconductor Devices and Converter Design
  • Index.
Volume

ISBN 9780471613428

Description

This text focuses on the practical and emerging power electronic converters made feasible by the new generation of power semiconductor devices. It discusses a broad spectrum of converter applications and considers the interactions between the utility source, power electronic converters, and load, and examines converter design fundamentals based on physical explanations of power semiconductor device characteristics and tradeoffs.

Table of Contents

  • Power electronic systems
  • status of power semiconductor devices
  • line-frequency diode rectifiers
  • line-frequency phase-controlled rectifiers and inverters
  • DC-to-DL switch-mode converter circuits
  • switch-mode DC-to-AC inverters
  • resonant converters
  • switching DC power supplies
  • power conditioners and uninterruptable power supplies
  • introduction to motor drives
  • synchronous motor drives
  • step-motor drives
  • residential and industrial applications
  • electric utility applications
  • optimizing the utility interface with power electronic systems
  • basic semiconductor physics
  • power diodes
  • BJTS and monolithic darlingtons
  • power MOSFETS
  • thyristors
  • gate turn-off thyristors
  • insulated gate bipolar transistors
  • emerging devices and circuits
  • passive components and practical converter design considerations.

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