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 is an interdisciplinary field that centres on the efficient conversion, control and conditioning of electrical energy through semiconductor devices and innovative circuit topologies.

Power systems are undergoing a rapid transition toward operation with high penetration of renewable energy and power electronic interfaced devices—often ...

The DC-DC Converter Handbook authored by David Reusch and John Glaser is intended for power-system designers who employ GaN (gallium nitride) power transistors. It supplements GaN Transistors for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The use of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in power converters represents the latest development in ...

New materials, innovative packaging, and advanced digital control techniques help engineers and device manufacturers to improve conversion efficiency and reduce power loss, weight, and costs.

Xingang Fu, Ph.D., is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in ...

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Power electronics is a key enabling technology in essentially all electronic systems and is increasingly important in the grid interface of renewable energy sources and in efficient electrical loads.