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Power Electronics and Motor Drives
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Power Electronics and Motor Drives

by Bogdan M. Wilamowski, J. David Irwin
October 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1015 pages
40h 24m
English
CRC Press
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17.1 Introduction
e term “power supply” refers to power conversion systems in the following categories: (1) AC-DC
rectiers, which are usually single- or three-phase active rectiers; (2) DC-DC converters, which are
buck, boost, or buck–boost-derived converters in hard or so-switched (resonant converters) opera-
tion; and (3) DC-AC inverters, e.g., uninterruptible powers supplies (UPS), AC power sources, and
motor drives. Recent applications have opened up new categories of power supplies such as electronic
ballasts, pulsating power supplies, and high-voltage capacitor charging power supplies.
Commercial power supply catalogs have DC output ...
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ISBN: 9781439802861