INTRODUCTION TO MODERN POWER ELECTRONICS

The purpose of this text is to provide a reference that is both concise and useful for engineering students and professionals. Power Electronics is concerned with the art of converting electrical energy from one form to another in an efficient, clean, compact, and robust manner for convenient utilization. Controlling the flow of electrical energy by switching electronic circuits is what power electronics is all about. It is the technology that is behind the concept of power converters, power inverters, motor drives, switching power supplies etc. Today power electronic uses components like diodes, GTO’s and transistors etc. In power electronics a substantial amount of electronic energy is processed. Power electronics is one of the primary subjects for an electrical engineer.