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Power Systems, 3rd Edition
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Power Systems, 3rd Edition

by Leonard L. Grigsby
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced
568 pages
19h 6m
English
CRC Press
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23

Power Semiconductor Devices

Kaushik Rajashekara

Rolls-Royce Corporation

Z. John Shen

University of Central Florida

23.1    Thyristor and Triac

23.2    Gate Turn-Off Thyristor

23.3    Reverse-Conducting Thyristor and Asymmetrical Silicon-Controlled Rectifier

23.4    Power Bipolar Junction Transistor

23.5    Power MOSFET

23.6    Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistor

23.7    Integrated Gate-Commutated Thyristor

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The modern age of power electronics began with the introduction of thyristors in the late 1950s. Now there are several types of power devices available for high-power and high-frequency applications. The most notable power devices are gate turn-off thyristors (GTOs), power bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), ...

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