Switching Power Converters

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.

• 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.

"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