Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Third Edition (2020)

Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Third Edition (2020)

Fundamentals of Power Electronics third edition is a text and reference book for anyone designing practical power electronic systems. It keeps the approach of earlier editions, centred on the principles, models and technical requirements of real converter design, and adds a large amount of new material.

The book is meant for introductory power electronics courses taught to senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students. Readers interested in converter circuits, control systems, and magnetic and power systems will find it fits their coursework, and engineers in power conversion and analog or digital electronics use it as a desk reference.

What is new in the third edition

• Switching loss mechanisms and how to model them
• Wide bandgap semiconductor devices
• A more rigorous treatment of averaging
• The Nyquist stability criterion explained
• The Tan and Middlebrook model for current programmed control
• A new chapter on digital control of switching converters
• Major new chapters on design-oriented analysis, including feedback and extra-element theorems
• Average current control and input filter design
• Averaged switch modeling, simulation and indirect power
• Sampling effects in DCM, CPM and digital control

A book about design, not only analysis

The emphasis throughout is on the models engineers actually use to design converters and their control loops. That is why the new chapters on design-oriented analysis carry so much weight in this edition.

Book details

• Title: Fundamentals of Power Electronics
• Edition: Third Edition (2020)
• ISBN-13: 9783030438791
• Format: Paperback

Questions buyers ask

Is this book suitable for a first course in power electronics?

Yes. It is intended for introductory power electronics courses at senior undergraduate and first-year graduate level.

What changed from the second edition?

The third edition adds material on switching losses, wide bandgap devices, digital control, design-oriented analysis, average current control and input filter design, among other topics.

Does it cover digital control of converters?

Yes, there is a new chapter on digital control of switching converters, plus sampling effects in digital control.

Can working engineers use it as a reference?

It is written to double as a reference for professionals in power electronics, power conversion and electronics.

What format is this listing?

Paperback, ISBN 9783030438791.