State of the art book–Covers emerging topics in power electronics. Well-written and easy-to-follow. Helps students maintain interest in the text. Numerous worked-out examples. Demonstrates for students the applications of conversion techniques in design and analysis of converter circuits. State-of-the-art power conversion techniques and power semiconductor devices. Keeps students abreast of the latest techniques and devices in the field. Integration of design techniques and problems. Computer-aided design techniques and analysis using PC. Integration of industry-standard software tools. Shows students how to effectively use this important software. Chapter-end review questions and problems. Offers students the opportunity to test their knowledge of concepts learned. Numerous important design formulae. Review of Three-Phase Circuits, Magnetic Circuits, Switching Functions of Converters, Transient Analysis, and Fourier Analysis. An examination of the characteristics of semiconductor devices–Including SCRs, GTOs, BJTs, MOSFETs, SITs, SITHs, IGBTs, MTOs, ETOs, IGCTs, MCTs and Spice device models.