Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, Volume 1

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Wiley, 2003 - Technology & Engineering - 802 pages
Offering step-by-step, in-depth coverage, the new Third Edition of Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design provides a cohesive presentation of power electronics fundamentals for applications and design in the power range of 500 kW or less. The text describes a variety of practical and emerging power electronic converters made feasible by the new generation of power semiconductor devices. The new edition is now enhanced with a new CD-ROM, complete with PSpice-based examples, a new magnetics design program, and PowerPoint slides.

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Contents

Power Electronic Systems
3
Overview of Power Semiconductor Switches
16
Review of Basic Electrical and Magnetic Circuit Concepts
33
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Common terms and phrases

applications assumed base breakdown voltage calculated capacitance capacitor carrier circuit of Fig commutation components conduction conductor constant core dc voltage dc-dc converter depletion layer diode discussed in Chapter doping drift region drive circuit duty ratio eddy current electrical equation equivalent circuit Figure filter flow flyback converter full-bridge gate current harmonic IGBT induction motor inductor inductor current input voltage interval inverter JFET leakage inductance line-frequency load magnetic maximum mode MOSFET motor drives negative on-state operation output voltage phase pnp transistor power devices power dissipation power electronic power factor power semiconductor devices power supplies PSpice rated rectifier resistance ripple rms value rotor Schottky diode shown in Fig silicon single-phase sinusoidal snubber speed square-wave switch-mode switching frequency temperature thermal three-phase thyristor topology torque transformer transistor turn turn-off turn-on utility V₁ voltage and current voltage drop waveforms winding zero

About the author (2003)

Ned Mohan is the Oscar A. Schott Professor of Power Electronics at the University of Minnesota, He has numerous patents and publications in this field. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Tore M. Undeland is a professor in Power Electronics in the Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. He is also a scientific advisor to the SINTEF Energy Research.

William P. Robbins is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, he was a research engineer at the Boeing Company.

Bibliographic information

TitlePower Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, Volume 1
Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, William P. Robbins
AuthorsNed Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, William P. Robbins
Edition3, illustrated
PublisherWiley, 2003
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized12 Aug 2011
ISBN0471226939, 9780471226932
Length802 pages
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Technology & Engineering / Electrical
Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / General
  
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