March 2015
Intermediate to advanced
732 pages
22h 32m
English
Gasoline-powered cars and trucks are used by billions of people around the world for transportation by road. The replacement of the Kettering mechanical ignition system with the electronic ignition system has improved fuel efficiency by more than 10%. The IGBT enabled the electronic ignition system in the late 1980s with billions of IGBTs manufactured by many companies for this application since that time. The electronic ignition system circuit operation is discussed and IGBT structures specifically tailored for this use are described. The IGBT-based inverters for electric and hybrid electric vehicles are described for controlling power flow to the electric motors. IGBT-based chargers for electric ...
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