2nd Edition
Switching Power Converters Medium and High Power, Second Edition
Introduction to Medium- and High-Power Switching Converters
Conventional Power Converters
High-Power Semiconductor Devices
Basic Three-Phase Inverters
Carrier-Based PWM and Operation Limits
Vectorial PWM for Basic Three-Phase Inverters
Practical Aspects in Building Three-Phase Power Converters
Thermal Management and Reliability
Implementation of PWM Algorithms
Practical Aspects in Closed-Loop Control
Intelligent Power Modules
Other Topologies
Resonant Three-Phase Power Converters
Component Minimized Three-Phase Power Converters
AC/DC Grid Interface Based on Voltage Source Converters
Parallel and Interleaved Power Converters
AC/DC and DC/AC Current Source Converters
AC/AC Matrix Converters as a 9-Switch Topology
Multilevel Converters
Use of IPM Within a "Network Of Switches" Concept
Biography
Author of three US patents, Dorin O. Neacsu is associate professor for, and holds an M.Sc and Ph.D in electronics from, the Technical University of Iasi, Romania. He also holds an M.Sc in engineering management from Tufts Gordon Institute, Medford, Massachusetts, USA. The well-published, senior IEEE member has worked with TAGCM-SUT Iasi, Romania; Universite du Quebec a Trois Rivieres, Canada; General Motors/Delphi, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; International Rectifier, El Segundo, California, USA; SatCon, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Azure Dynamics/Solectria, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA; University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA; and United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
"Power converters are a worldwide necessity. Every 5-6 years a new generation of devices and converter technology emerges. [The author] is very competent in this area, with strong experience in both industry and academia."
— Remus Teodorescu, Aalborg University, Denmark
