Transients of Modern Power Electronics -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- 1 Power electronic devices, circuits, topology, and control -- 1.1 Power electronics -- 1.2 The evolution of power device technology -- 1.3 Power electronic circuit topology -- 1.3.1 Switching -- 1.3.2 Basic switching cell -- 1.3.3 Circuit topology of power electronics -- 1.4 Pulse-width modulation control -- 1.5 Typical power electronic converters and their applications -- 1.6 Transient processes in power electronics and book organization -- References -- 2 Macroscopic and microscopic factors in power electronic systems -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Microelectronics vs. power electronics -- 2.2.1 Understanding semiconductor physics -- 2.2.2 Evaluation of semiconductors -- 2.3 State of the art of research in short-timescale transients -- 2.3.1 Pulse definition -- 2.3.2 Pulsed energy and pulsed power -- 2.4 Typical influential factors and transient processes -- 2.4.1 Failure mechanisms -- 2.4.2 Different parts of the main circuit -- 2.4.3 Control modules and power system interacting with each other -- 2.5 Methods to study the short-timescale transients -- 2.6 Summary -- References -- 3 Power semiconductor devices, integrated power circuits, and their short-timescale transients -- 3.1 Major characteristics of semiconductors -- 3.2 Modeling methods of semiconductors -- 3.2.1 Hybrid model of a diode -- 3.3 IGBT -- 3.4 IGCT -- 3.5 Silicon carbide junction field effect transistor -- 3.6 System-level SOA -- 3.6.1 Case 1: System-level SOA of a three-level DC-AC inverter -- 3.6.2 Case 2: System-level SOA of a bidirectional DC-DC converter -- 3.6.3 Case 3: System-level SOA of an EV battery charger -- 3.7 Soft-switching control and its application in high-power converters -- 3.7.1 Case 4: ZCS in dual-phase-shift control.

3.7.2 Case 5: Soft-switching vs. hard-switching control in the EV charger -- References -- 4 Power electronics in electric and hybrid vehicles -- 4.1 Introduction of electric and hybrid vehicles -- 4.2 Architecture and control of HEVs -- 4.3 Power electronics in HEVs -- 4.3.1 Rectifiers used in HEVs -- 4.3.2 Buck converter used in HEVs -- 4.3.3 Non-isolated bidirectional DC-DC converter -- 4.3.4 Control of AC induction motors -- 4.4 Battery chargers for EVs and PHEVs -- 4.4.1 Unidirectional chargers -- 4.4.2 Inductive charger -- 4.4.3 Wireless charger -- 4.4.4 Optimization of a PHEV battery charger -- 4.4.5 Bidirectional charger and control -- References -- 5 Power electronics in alternative energy and advanced power systems -- 5.1 Typical alternative energy systems -- 5.2 Transients in alternative energy systems -- 5.2.1 Dynamic process 1: MPPT control in the solar energy system -- 5.2.2 Dynamic processes in the grid-tied system -- 5.2.3 Wind energy systems -- 5.3 Power electronics, alternative energy, and future micro-grid systems -- 5.4 Dynamic process in the multi-source system -- 5.5 Speciality of control and analyzing methods in alternative energy systems -- 5.6 Application of power electronics in advanced electric power systems -- 5.6.1 SVC and STATCOM -- 5.6.2 SMES -- References -- 6 Power electronics in battery management systems -- 6.1 Application of power electronics in rechargeable batteries -- 6.2 Battery charge management -- 6.2.1 Pulsed charging -- 6.2.2 Reflex fast charging -- 6.2.3 Current variable intermittent charging -- 6.2.4 Voltage variable intermittent charging -- 6.2.5 Advanced intermittent charging -- 6.2.6 Practical charging schemes -- 6.3 Cell balancing -- 6.3.1 Applying an additional equalizing charge phase to the whole battery string -- 6.3.2 Method of current shunting - dissipative equalization.

6.3.3 Method of switched reactors -- 6.3.4 Method of flying capacitors -- 6.3.5 Inductive (multi-winding transformer) balancing -- 6.3.6 ASIC-based charge balancing -- 6.3.7 DC-DC converter-based balancing -- 6.4 SOA of battery power electronics -- 6.4.1 Enhanced system-level SOA considering the battery impedance and temperature -- 6.4.2 Interaction with other devices at different temperatures -- References -- 7 Dead-band effect and minimum pulse width -- 7.1 Dead-band effect in DC-AC inverters -- 7.1.1 Dead-band effect -- 7.2 Dead-band effect in DC-DC converters -- 7.2.1 Phase shift-based dual active bridge bidirectional DC-DC converter -- 7.2.2 Dead-band effect in DAB bidirectional DC-DC converter -- 7.3 Control strategy for the dead-band compensation -- 7.4 Minimum Pulse Width (MPW) -- 7.4.1 Setting the MPW -- 7.5 Summary -- References -- 8 Modulated error in power electronic systems -- 8.1 Modulated error between information flow and power flow -- 8.2 Modulated error in switching power semiconductors -- 8.2.1 Voltage-balanced circuit for series-connected semiconductors -- 8.2.2 Accompanied short-timescale transients -- 8.3 Modulated error in the DC-AC inverter -- 8.4 Modulated error in the DC-DC converter -- 8.5 Summary -- References -- 9 Future trends of power electronics -- 9.1 New materials and devices -- 9.2 Topology, systems, and applications -- 9.3 Passive components -- 9.4 Power electronics packaging -- 9.5 Power line communication -- 9.6 Transients in future power electronics -- References -- Index.