Introduction To Solid State Power Electronics (repost)

This book is an Introductory Course in power electronics and is published only by POWERX Semiconductor inc. , it Concentrates on the Practical Issues more than bogging down into details to get you quickly to the point.

This text is divided into the following major chapters:

I. Introduction
II. Diodes and Uncontrolled Rectifiers
III. Thyristors, AC/DC Converters, and Other
Naturally Commutated Circuits
IV. Turn-off Devices and Self-commutated Circuits
V. Power Semiconductor Device Protection
Each of these chapters is further divided into concise
discussions of the topics and ideas that are felt to be of
greatest importance in appreciating both the
capabilities and limitations of power electronics. This
format should allow the reader to quickly and
selectively locate the section(s) of greatest interest to
him.
Although a familiarity with the vocabulary of power
electronics may result from reading or listening,
experience has shown that relatively little useful
learning (defined as the acquisition of new skills)
occurs in this way. The problems at the end of each
chapter are the “meat” of the text. These problems
seek to illustrate important results while encouraging
the reader to think and analyze in terms of broadly
applicable physical principles. They seek to avoid
both routine “formula plugging” and excessive
mathematical grinding.
Once power electronics has penetrated your
“awareness barrier,” hopefully you will be aroused to
continue your involvement with the field, becoming
a contributor to the profession as well as a
benefactor from the technology.