Offering step-by-step, in-depth coverage, the new Third Edition of Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design provides a cohesive presentation of power electronics fundamentals for applications and design in the power range of 500 kW or less. The text describes a variety of practical and emerging power electronic converters made feasible by the new generation of power semiconductor devices. The new edition is now enhanced with a new CD-ROM, complete wit… More >>
Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design
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#1 by Andrew S. Nicolella on February 1, 2010 - 9:36 am
Great book with excellent questions and thorough analysis of basic analog power circuits and their uses.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Craig Garvin on February 1, 2010 - 10:07 am
This is a great survey of power electronics for someone with a modest electrical engineering background. It presents terminology, hardware, circuits and analysis in an approachable and well organized way. After reading it, someone with little prior experience can have a clear sense of what the field is about, what devices are available, and what technology is appropriate for specific power and voltage levels.
That said, as another reviewer pointed out, the book is a little light on math and detailed circuit topology. Erickson and Maksimovic was a much better fit for my needs.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by marctt on February 1, 2010 - 11:51 am
Good power electronics textbook. I use it for my power electronics course at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. It covers a lot of material well, including switching power converters, thermal and magnetics design. It’s a bit thin in some important subjects, such as current mode control.
Marc T. Thompson, Ph.D.
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by Julian Lynn Stockley on February 1, 2010 - 2:16 pm
Although a little light on full converter schematics, this textbook contained excellent descriptions of converter building blocks and semiconductor device physics. It is excellent that it came with a simulator program too.
Rating: 5 / 5