This undergraduate textbook features strong pedagogical support, complete with numerous examples, illustrations, problems, clearly stated objectives, and summaries. MATLAB examples are used extensively throughout the book, making math simpler. MATLAB is also used as a tool to enhance understanding of converter operation modes without the need for complex mathematical analysis. The emphasis is not on derivation of formulas but on their interpretation, implication, and application. The book integrates PSPICE circuit simulation throughout the discussion of each topic, and simulation is treated as an integral part of the analysis and design of power electronic circuits.

Contents
Introduction
Bird's Eye View of Power electronic Systems
Power Electronic Components
Understanding Components
Power Diodes
Transistors: Level Triggered Switching Devices
Thyristors: Pulse Triggered Switching Devices
Power Electronic Converter Circuits
DC to Controlled DC
DC to Controlled AC
AC to DC: No Control
AC to DC: With Control
AC to Controlled AC
Resonant Converters
Power Electronic Applications Systems
Electric Utility Interface: Power Factor Correction and Static Var Control
Converter Control
Applications I: Power Supplies
Applications II: Motor Drives
Temperature Control, Protection and Packaging