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Introduction to Power Electronics

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              Today i am going to sharing something about Power Electronics. Power electronics is a combination of two engineering field power engineering and electronics engineering. In power engineering, the equipments and apparatus are rated at high power level and high efficiency. In electronics engineering, all the apparatus are rated at signal level without much consideration of efficiency. Power engineering covers the transmission, generation, distribution and utilization of electrical energy. Transmission and reception of data, distortionless production signals of very low power level comes in electronics engineering. Hence the apparatus of power electronics are rated at power level but work on the principle of electronics.

                The electronics power conversion circuit use power semiconductor devices and these circuits convert and control electrical power. These devices operate in the switching mode, which causes the losses to be reduced and therefore the conversion efficiency is to be improved. The disadvantages of switching mode operation are the generation of harmonics. Now a days, the technology is advancing and apparatus cost is decreasing along with the improvement of reliability. Therefore the applicant of power electronics devices are expanding in industrial, commercial, residential, military, aerospace and utility environments.These progress in power electronics is due to advances in power semiconductor devices.

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