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Book SynopsisMuhammad H. Rashid is employed by the University of West Florida as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Previously, he was employed by the University of Florida as Professor and Director of UF/UWF Joint Program. Rashid received his B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Birmingham in UK. Previously, he worked as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chair of the Engineering Department at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. He also worked as Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Connecticut, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), Professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University Calumet, and Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia). He has been employed as a design and develo
Table of ContentsPreface xvii
About the Author xxiii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Applications of Power Electronics 2
1.2 History of Power Electronics 4
1.3 Types of Power Electronic Circuits 6
1.4 Design of Power Electronics Equipment 10
1.5 Determining the Root-Mean-Square Values of Waveforms 11
1.6 Peripheral Effects 12
1.7 Characteristics and Specifications of Switches 15
1.7.1 Ideal Characteristics 15
1.7.2 Characteristics of Practical Devices 16
1.7.3 Switch Specifications 18
1.8 Power Semiconductor Devices 19
1.9 Control Characteristics of Power Devices 25
1.10 Device Choices 25
1.11 Power Modules 29
1.12 Intelligent Modules 29
1.13 Power Electronics Journals and Conferences 31
Summary 32
References 32
Review Questions 33
Problems 33
PART I Power Diodes and Rectifiers 35
Chapter 2 Power Diodes and Switched RLC Circuits 35
2.1 Introduction 36
2.2 Semiconductor Basics 36
2.3 Diode Characteristics 38
2.4 Reverse Recovery Characteristics 41
2.5 Power Diode Types 44
2.5.1 General-Purpose Diodes 44
2.5.2 Fast-Recovery Diodes 45
2.5.3 Schottky Diodes 46
2.6 Silicon Carbide Diodes 46
2.7 Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes 47
2.8 Spice Diode Model 48
2.9 Series-Connected Diodes 49
2.10 Parallel-Connected Diodes 53
2.11 Diode Switched RC Load 54
2.12 Diode Switched RL Load 56
2.13 Diode Switched LC Load 58
2.14 Diode Switched RLC Load 61
2.15 Frewheeling Diodes With Switched RL Load 65
2.16 Recovery of Trapped Energy with a Diode 68
Summary 72
References 72
Review Questions 73
Problems 73
Chapter 3 Diode Rectifiers 79
3.1 Introduction 80
3.2 Performance Parameters 80
3.3 Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifiers 82
3.4 Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifier with RL Load 85
3.5 Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifier with a Highly Inductive Load 92
3.6 Multiphase Star Rectifiers 94
3.7 Three-Phase Bridge Rectifiers 98
3.8 Three-Phase Bridge Rectifier with RL Load 102
3.9 Three-Phase Rectifier With A Highly Inductive Load 106
3.10 Comparisons of Diode Rectifiers 108
3.11 Rectifier Circuit Design 108
3.12 Output Voltage with LC Filter 120
3.13 Effects of Source and Load Inductances 124
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