ISBN: 9788120338401    Publisher: PHI LEARNING PVT. LTD. Year of publishing: 2010     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 572        Language: English

Designed for undergraduate students of electrical engineering, this book offers a thorough understanding of the basic principles and techniques of power electronics as well as its applications. It will also be useful to postgraduate students and practising engineers involved in the design and applications of power electronics.

Divided into nine chapters, the book covers the family of thyristors (SCR) including its characteristics, operation, turn-on and turn-off procedures. It also discusses power transistors, MOSFET, IGBT, phase-controlled rectifiers, AC voltage controllers and cycloconverters, choppers, inverters and other devices. The well-illustrated diagrams, the worked-out examples and the chapter-end questions help students to absorb concepts, and thus reinforce the understanding of the subject.
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S. SIVANAGARAJU, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada. A winner of two national awards from the Institution of Engineers (India), Dr. Sivanagaraju has authored a number of books on electrical and electronics engineering. He also has to his credit a large number of papers published in reputed journals and presented in major conferences.|M. BALASUBBA REDDY, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Prakasam Engineering College, Prakasam. His areas of research interest include power electronics as well as electrical machines and drives.|A. MALLIKARJUNA PRASAD, M.Tech., is Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bheema Institute of Technology and Science, Kurnool. His areas of research interest include power electronics as well as electrical machines and drives.
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