2001 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Introduction
Authors : Robert W. Erickson, Dragan Maksimović
Published in: Fundamentals of Power Electronics
Publisher: Springer US
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The field of power electronics is concerned with the processing of electrical power using electronic devices [1–7]. The key element is the switching converter, illustrated in Fig. 1.1. In general, a switching converter contains power input and control input ports, and a power output port. The raw input power is processed as specified by the control input, yielding the conditioned output power. One of several basic functions can be performed [2]. In a dc-dc converter, the dc input voltage is converted to a dc output voltage having a larger or smaller magnitude, possibly with opposite polarity or with isolation of the input and output ground references. In an ac-dc rectifier, an ac input voltage is rectified, producing a dc output voltage. The dc output voltage and/or ac input current waveform may be controlled. The inverse process, dc-ac inversion, involves transforming a dc input voltage into an ac output voltage of controllable magnitude and frequency. Ac-ac cycloconversion involves converting an ac input voltage to a given ac output voltage of controllable magnitude and frequency.