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Applications Of High Power Electronic Switches In The Electric Power Utility Industry And The Needs For High Power Switching Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

G. T. Heydt  and
B. J. Skromme
G. T. Heydt
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, P. O. Box 875706, Tempe, AZ 85287–5706. heydt@enuxsa.eas.asu.edu, skromme@asu.edu
B. J. Skromme
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, P. O. Box 875706, Tempe, AZ 85287–5706. heydt@enuxsa.eas.asu.edu, skromme@asu.edu
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Abstract

This paper is a review of the main issues relating to power electronic devices as used (or proposed) for the electric power engineering area. Several applications are described. Costs of the devices are discussed. The future of the area is conjectured in terms of the needed breakthroughs in power electronic devices.

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Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 483: Symposium E – Power Semiconductor Materials & Devices , 1997 , 3
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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