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by Marian P. Kazmierkowski

Power Converters and Amplifiers

Pulse-Width ModulatedDC–DC Power Converters

By Marian K.

Kazimierczuk, Wiley,

Chichester, U.K.

2008, Hardcover,

782 pages, ISBN-10:

0-470-77301-4 and

ISBN: 978-0-470-

77301-7 (HB).

The author of the presented

new book series, Prof. Marian

K. Kazimierczuk from Wright

State University, Dayton, Ohio, is a

world-known researcher and a recog-

nized coauthor of the monograph

Resonant Power Converters, pub-

lished by Wiley in 1995 [1]. Now, his

two new books are devoted to the

single-phase power systems technol-

ogy [2], [3] for the power electronics

audience. The book Pulse-Width Mod-

ulated DC–DC Power Converters

covers the following in a very system-

atical way:

n topologies of high-efficiency switch-

ing-mode PWM and soft-switching

dc–dc power converters

n dc voltage transfer functions, com-

ponent values, losses, efficiency,

and stresses

n small-signal averaged circuit

models of PWM converters

n current- and voltage-mode feed-

back controls

n soft-switching dc–dc converters

n metal-oxide-semiconductor field-

effect power transistors (MOSFETs)

and for the first time in the power

electronics textbook:

n silicon (Si) and silicon carbide

(SiC) power semiconductor devi-

ces. (Until now, there has been no

book that covers silicon carbide

semiconductor power devices.)

The book is a comprehensive text-

book for senior undergraduate and

graduate students in the areas of

electrical, electronics, and telecommu-

nications engineering. It consists of the

following chapters and appendices:

1) Introduction

2) Buck PWM DC-DC Converter

3) Boost PWM DC-DC Converter

4) Buck-Boost PWM DC-DC Converter

5) Flyback PWM DC-DC Converter

6) Forward PWM DC-DC Converter

7) Half-Bridge PWM DC-DC Converter

8) Full-Bridge PWM DC-DC Converter

9) Push-Pull PWM DC-DC Converter

10) Small-Signal Models of PWM

Converters for CCM and DCM

11) Open-Loop Small-Signal Charac-

teristics of Boost Converter for

CCM

12) Voltage-Mode Control of Boost

Converter

13) Current-Mode Control

14) Current-Mode Control of Boost

Converter

15) Silicon and Silicon Carbide Power

Diodes

16) Silicon and Silicon Carbide Power

MOSFET

17) Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters.

Appendix A: Introduction to SPICE

and Appendix B: Introduction to

MATLAB, Answers to Problems, and

the Index are included at the end of

the book.

Like a typical textbook, it includes

review questions at the end of each

chapter, with problems and thorough

summaries of the key concepts to aid

learning. The list of references is

given in each chapter separately. The

Solutions Manual is also available for

instructors. I strongly recommend

this new textbook not only for stu-

dents but also for practicing engi-

neers working with switch-mode

power supplies, within applications

such as computers, telecommunica-

tions, industrial electronic systems,

automobile electronics, medical

equipment, radars, and aerospace

power technology.

RF Power AmplifiersBy Marian K.

Kazimierczuk, Wiley,

Chichester, U.K.

2008, Hardcover,

422 pages, ISBN:

978-0-470-77946-0.

The second book in Prof. Kazi-

mierczuk’s new series is devoted

to radio frequency (RF) power

amplifiers [2]. RF power amplifiers

are used in wireless communication

systems, radio and TV broadcasting,

radars, resonant power inverters and

converters, and industrial RF power

applications. The following are the

important features of the book:

n a comprehensive textbook cover-

ing the fundamentals of RF power

amplifiers and their range of

applications in radio and TV

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