1999/01/01 by Thomas G. Wilson · 1 citation
Energy · Engineering · #Power Systems and Renewable Energy #Electric Motor Design and Analysis #Advanced DC-DC Converters #Power electronics #Controllability #Dependability #Electronics #Electrical engineering #Power (physics) #Amplifier #Magnetic amplifier #Engineering #Computer science #Reliability engineering #RF power amplifier #Physics
paper · doi:10.1109/apec.1999.749482
openalex publication_date 1999/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Distinctive attributes of power electronics equipment are high power capability, controllability and static switching to meet the goals of high efficiency and high dependability. Aspects of the early history of power electronics are traced from magnetic amplifiers, thyratrons and ignitrons to power semiconductors.