Power Electronics Basics: Operating Principles, Design, Formulas, and Applications [Book News]

This book contains the fundamental subjects of the interdisciplinary field of power electronics, which draws knowledge from circuit and control theory, signal processing, electronics, power semiconductor devices, magnetics, power network analysis, renewable energy, and power quality. The book begins with basic concepts, semiconductor power devices, structures, operation and characteristics, and silicon carbide devices and continues with electromagnetic components. It includes the main switching converters: line-commutated converters, direct-current to directcurrent converters, voltage source and current source inverters, resonant converters, and the new multilevel, modular, multicell converters. A preface, two appendixes and indexes are also included. The book is oriented to modern students and is concise while suggesting significant team work. It is valuable to every undergraduate or graduate student, practicing engineer or technician, industry professionals, researchers, and academics willing to study the broad field of power electronics. It offers a solid background on the underlying theory, while making an overview about the latest trends in converters and control methods of the power electronics industry. The book is also fundamental for power electronics professors and instructors, serving as a textbook for undergraduate classes and as a model for more advanced courses.