Fundamentals of power electronics / Muhammad Harunur Rashid.
By: Rashid, Muhammad H. (Muhammad Harunur)
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BookPublisher: Piscataway. N. J. : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1996Description: 203 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + spiral.ISBN: 0780323084.Subject(s): Power electronicsDDC classification: 621.317 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 621.317 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00073769 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This comprehensive introduction to power semiconductor devices, their characteristics, and their ratings will take you step-by-step through the most important topics in the field. Highly applications-oriented, this course presents the student with six projects which offer the opportunity to simulate results on a computer using software such as SPICE or PSpice. This course is ideal for engineers, engineering managers, technicians, and anyone with an interest in the theory, analysis, design, or applications of power electronics circuits and systems.
An IEEE/EAB self-study course.
Introduction -- Lesson 1: Introduction to power electronics -- Lesson 2: Power semiconductor diodes -- Lesson 3: Diode rectifiers -- Lesson 4: Thyristors -- Lesson 5: Controlled rectifiers -- Lesson 6: AC voltage controllers -- Lesson 7: Thyristor commutation techniques -- Lesson 8: Power transistors -- Lesson 9: DC choppers -- Lesson 10: Pulse-width modulated inverters -- Lesson 11: Resonant-pulse inverters.