Power electronics and communication electronics are both based on electromagnetic theory, but they are usually addressed separately as two distinct subfields of electrical engineering. Communications ...

A recently published second-edition book, Resonant Power Converters, put out in 2011 by the IEEE and Wiley, and written by two professors, Marian K. Kazamierczuk and Dariusz Czarkowski, has 600 pages ...

Power electronics encompasses the conversion, control and conditioning of electrical energy through semiconductor switching devices. At its core are inverter, rectifier and DC–DC converter topologies ...

This course introduces the basic concepts of switched-mode converter circuits for controlling and converting electrical power with high efficiency. Principles of converter circuit analysis are ...

This course teaches how to design a feedback system to control a switching converter. The equivalent circuit models derived in the previous courses are extended to model small-signal ac variations.

The consequences can be costly, ranging from production downtime to compromised equipment and even safety hazards. Certainly, capacitors are indeed responsible for 30% of power electronics failures, ...

Power electronics converters require negative feedback to provide a suitable output voltage or current for the load. Obtaining a stable output voltage or current in presence of disturbances like input ...

How GaN is used in DC-DC power converters. Challenges and advantages of using GaN semiconductors. When designers need high-voltage to low-voltage DC-DC converter designs, both the input and output ...

P. Wang, D. H. Zhou, H. Li, D. M. Giuliano, G. Szczeszynski, S. Allen, and M. Chen, “Interphase L-C Resonance and Stability Analysis of Series-Capacitor Buck ...

Editor’s note: We bring you Chapter 5: Buck Converters of”GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion,” published by Power Conversion Publications. The authors delve into various buck converter ...