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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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13-1
13.1 Introduction
e DC–DC converters illustrated in Figure 13.1 are used to interface two DC systems and control the
ow of power between them. eir basic function in a DC environment is similar to that of transformers
in AC systems. Unlike in transformers, the ratio of the input to the output, either voltage or current, can
continuously be varied by the control signal and this ratio can be higher or lower than unity.
DC–DC converters are called choppers in high-power applications. ey are used for DC motor
control, for example, in battery-supplied vehicles and in dierent applications such as in electric cars,
airplanes, and spaceship ...
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ISBN: 9781439802861