Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
1. POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS: AN OVERVIEW
1.1 Introduction
1.2 History of Power Electronics Development
1.3 Power Electronic Systems
1.4 Power Semiconductor Devices
1.5 Power Electronic Converters
1.6 Power Electronic Applications
1.7 Computer Simulation of Power Electronic Circuits
Review Questions
References
2. THYRISTOR: PRINCIPLES AND CHARACTERISTICS
3. GATE TRIGGERING CIRCUITS
4. SERIES AND PARALLEL OPERATION OF THYRISTORS
5. POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
6. PHASE CONTROLLED CONVERTERS
7. DUAL CONVERTERS
8. CHOPPERS
9. INVERTERS
10. CYCLOCONVERTERS
11. A. C. REGULATORS
12. RESONANT CONVERTERS
13. PROTECTION AND COOLING OF POWER SWITCHING DEVICES
14. CONTROL OF D. C. DRIVES
15. CONTROL OF A. C. DRIVES
16. POWER ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
APPENDIX
INDEX