Power Electronics: Devices, Drivers and Applications

✍ Scribed by B. W. Williams B.Sc., Dip.Eng., B.Eng., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.I.C. (auth.)

Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Leaves: 348
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Basic Semiconductor Physics and Technology....Pages 3-7
The pn Junction....Pages 8-15
Power Switching Devices and their Static Electrical Characteristics....Pages 16-52
Electrical Ratings and Characteristics of Power Semiconductor Switching Devices....Pages 53-89
Cooling of Power Switching Semiconductor Devices....Pages 90-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Load Considerations....Pages 113-123
Driving the Transistor, and its Protection....Pages 124-158
Driving the Thyristor, and its Protection....Pages 159-172
Switching-aid Circuits with Energy Recovery....Pages 173-186
Series and Parallel Device Operation and Protection....Pages 187-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Naturally Commutating Converters....Pages 215-248
AC Voltage Regulators....Pages 249-263
Thyristor Forced Commutated DC Choppers....Pages 264-281
Static Power Inverters....Pages 282-308
Switched-mode Power Supplies....Pages 309-329
Back Matter....Pages 330-337

✦ Subjects

Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks

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