Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design

by Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, William P. Robbins

Book Overview

Cohesive presentation of power electronics fundamentals for applications and design in the power range of 500 kW or less. Describes a variety of practical and emerging power electronic converters made feasible by the new generation of power semiconductor devices. This revised edition includes an expanded discussion of diode rectifiers and thyristor converters as well as new chapters on heat sinks, magnetic components which present a step-by-step design...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471613428
• ISBN13: 9780471613428
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 667 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

Great book with excellent questions and thorough analysis of basic analog power circuits and their uses.

Very good survey, but not exactly what I was looking for

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.

Had What I needed.

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.