Many advances have emerged since the second edition of this volume. This third edition explores the advent of LED drivers and DC-DC converters both for solar panels and for fuel cells. It covers converter power management, phase-shift PWM, and low-noise and bidirectional DC-DC converters, featuring a non-linear discrete model of the DC-DC converter itself. The text discusses new simulation tools such as PSIM, LTSPICE, and POWERESIM, and provides additional and updated information on digital control of DC-DC converters, switched capacitor converters, and power factor controllers.
Simon S. Ang is with the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas.
Alejandro R. Oliva is with the Department of Engineering at the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina.