Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Power Diodes and Switched RLC Circuits Chapter 3 Diode Rectifiers Chapter 4 Power Transistors Chapter 5 DC–DC Converters Chapter 6 DC–AC Converters Chapter 7 Resonant Pulse Inverters Chapter 8 Multilevel Inverters Chapter 9 Thyristors Chapter 10 Controlled Rectifiers Chapter 11 AC Voltage Controllers Chapter 12 Flexible AC Transmission Systems Chapter 13 Power Supplies Chapter 14 DC Drives Chapter 15 AC Drives Chapter 16 Introduction to Renewable Energy Chapter 17 Protections of Devices and Circuits

State of the art book–Covers emerging topics in power electronics.Well-written and easy-to-follow. Helps students maintain interest in the text.Numerous worked-out examples. Demonstrates for students the applications of conversion techniques in design and analysis of converter circuits.State-of-the-art power conversion techniques and power semiconductor devices. Keeps students abreast of the latest techniques and devices in the field.Integration of design techniques and problems. Computer-aided design techniques and analysis using PC. Integration of industry-standard software tools. Shows students how to effectively use this important software.Chapter-end review questions and problems. Offers students the opportunity to test their knowledge of concepts learned.Numerous important design formulae. Review of Three-Phase Circuits, Magnetic Circuits, Switching Functions of Converters, Transient Analysis, and Fourier Analysis. An examination of the characteristics of semiconductor devices–Including SCRs, GTOs, BJTs, MOSFETs, SITs, SITHs, IGBTs, MTOs, ETOs, IGCTs, MCTs and Spice device models.

The major changes include the following: Features bottom-up approach rather than top-down approach - that is, after covering the devices, the converter specifications are introduced before covering the conversion techniquesCovering the development of silicon-carbide (SiC) devicesAddition of averaging models of dc-dc convertersExpanding the state-of-the-art Space Vector Modulation techniqueThe chapter on Static Switches has been deletedAddition of a new chapter on Introduction to Renewable Energy, and covers the state-of-the-art techniquesIntegrates the gate drive circuits (chapter 17 in the third edition) to the chapters relating to the power devices and convertersExpanding the control methods for both dc and ac drivesAdded explanations in sections and/or paragraphs throughout the book