Power Electronics Semiconductor Switches

Abstract

This is an introductory text about semiconductor switches and their uses to modulate power to a form best suited to a load. Today the subject of power elect- ronics has expanded to include not only power semiconductor devices, but also to incorporate converter topologies, analysis and simulation, control and estimation techniques and control hardware together with the attendant software. Each of these is a topic in its own right and is left for further study following this text.