The book “Power Electronics” by Branko L. Dokić and Branko Blanuša contains

ten chapters, and deals with the most significant items of power electronics. It is

well organized with lot of examples, figures, and tables.

The first chapter is “Introduction.” In this chapter basic elements, as well as

some circuits and components used in power electronics are briefly presented.

Chapter 2 covers basic semiconductor components, “Diodes and Transistors,” and

particularly covers their use as switches in power electronics circuits. Chapter 3 is

focused on “Regenerative Switches.” The description is wide and detailed and this

chapter may be of interest not only for students, but also for professionals who use

these components in practice.

Chapter 4 is “PWM DC/DC Converters.” The converters are classified. All

basic topologies of these converters are analyzed in detail in both continuous

current mode (CCM) and discontinuous current mode (DCM).

“Control Modules” are presented in Chap. 5. This chapter contains a number of

control circuits used in power electronics. This chapter may be of interest not only

for professionals in the field of power electronics, but also in related fields such as

automotive control, pulse electronics, etc.

Chapter 6 covers “DC/AC Converters–Inverters”. This chapter is comprehensive and covers the most important converter topologies and the most common used

control techniques, such as selective harmonic elimination, unipolar and bipolar

PWM technique, and space vector modulation.

The next chapter is AC/DC converters, i.e., rectifiers. This chapter contains all

basic topologies from uncontrolled half bridge and full bridge rectifiers to controlled thyristor and transistor ones. Also, some commonly used control techniques

are presented. PWM rectifiers and their applications are also discussed.

Two previous chapters are followed by the eighth chapter, which covers “AC/

AC Converters.” The chapter describes single-phase and three-phase AC/AC

vvoltage converters and both direct and indirect frequency AC/AC converters. Also,

an overview of matrix converters and their applications is presented in this chapter.

Chapter 9 contains a comprehensive description of “Resonant Converters.”

Basic topologies are covered; series resonant converters, parallel resonant converters, series–parallel converters, class E resonant converters, zero voltage and

zero current switching converters, and some control circuits used in resonant

converters.

Finally, Chap. 10 covers multilevel converters. Basic topologies of DC/DC and

DC/AC multilevel converters are presented. Also, some widely used control

techniques, such as multilevel PWM, space vector modulation, space vector control, and selective harmonic elimination, are briefly discussed in this chapter.

Every chapter contains a set of solved problems that facilitate understanding of

the related field. Also, every chapter is concluded with a list of problems from the

presented topics.

Overall, the impression is that the book presents a comprehensive coverage of

power electronics. It covers a wide range of topics relevant to power electronics. So,

it might be used both as a textbook for students and as a reference book for

practicing engineers.

In my opinion, there is a significant academic and theoretical contribution made

by this book.

Therefore, I am glad to recommend the book “Power Electronics” by Branko L.

Dokić and Branko Blanuša to be published.

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Power Electronics Branko L Doki cid129 Branko Blanua Power Electronics Converters and Regulators Third Edition 123 Branko L Doki Branko Blanua Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Banja Luka Banja Luka BosniaHerzegovina ISBN 9783319094014 ISBN 9788674664926 DOI 1010079783319094021 ISBN 9783319094021 eBook Library of Congress Control Number 2014947697 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London 1st edition Elektrotehnicki fakultet Banja Luka 2000 2nd edition Akademska misao 20......