The evolution of power electronics

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 439-446

  Wilson, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Wilmore Electronics Company Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

AC AC power conversion; AC DC power conversion; DC AC power conversion; DC DC power conversion; History; Magnetic amplifiers; Power conversion; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MAGNETIC AMPLIFIERS; MERCURY VAPOR RECTIFIERS; POWER CONTROL; POWER CONVERTERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THYRATRONS;

POWER ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT; POWER SEMICONDUCTORS; STATIC SWITCHING;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033703573     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/63.844503     Document Type: Article

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