Power Electronics Seminar
Power Electronics Seminar
If a waveform can be broken up into harmonics whose rms values can be calculated
individually, the rms values of the actual waveforms can be approximated satisfactorily
by combining the rms values of the harmonics. That is the rms value of the wave form is
calculated by
Peripheral Effects
Characteristics and Specifications of
Switches
There are many power switching devices. Each device,however has its advantages and
disadvantages and is suitable to specific applications.
Ideal characteristics:
The ideal switch has the following properties:
infinite breakdown voltage,
when the switch is off, there is zero current through the switch,
when switch is on, there is zero voltage across the switch,
the turn-on and turn-off transition times of ideal switches are zero,
since the either the voltage or the current is always zero in an ideal switch, the instantaneous
dissipation which is the product of instantaneous voltage and instantaneous current is always
zero
Characteristics of Practical Devices
The average conduction power loss
Pon is given by:
The resultant switching power loss Psw during the turn-on and
turn-off periods is given by: