Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributing Authors -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION (D. C. Hamill, S. Banerjee, and G. C. Verghese) -- 1.1 Introduction to Power Electronics -- 1.2 An Example: The Buck DC/DC Converter 5 -- 1.3 Study of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Power Electronics 15 -- 1.4 Conclusions 20 -- CHAPTER 2: DYNAMIC MODELS OF POWER CONVERTERS -- 2.1 Introduction to Power Electronic Converters and Models (G. C. Verghese and A. M. Stankovic) -- 2.2 A Closer Look at Sampled-Data Models for Power Converters (F. Vasca, M. di Bernardo, and G. Olivar) -- CHAPTER 3: BASICS OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS THEORY -- 3.1 Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos (S. Banerjee) -- 3.2 Bifurcations of Smooth Maps J. H. B. Deane) -- 3.3 Bifurcations in Piecewise-Smooth Maps (S. Banerjee and C. Grebogi) -- 3.4 Nonstandard Bifurcations in Discontinuous Maps (/. Dobson and S. Banerjee) -- 3.5 The Method of Schwarzian Derivatives (C. K. Tse) -- 3.6 Coexisting Attractors, Basins of Attraction, and Crises (E. Fossas and G. Olivar) -- CHAPTER 4: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR INVESTIGATION OF NONLINEAR PHENOMENA -- 4.1 Techniques of Experimental Investigation (C K. Tse) -- 4.2 Techniques of Numerical Investigation (S. Banerjee and D. C. Hamill) -- 4.3 Computation of Averages Under Chaos (J. L Rodriguez Marrero, G. C. Verghese, R. Santos Bueno, and S. H. Isabelle) -- 4.4 Calculation of Spectral Peaks in a Chaotic DC/DC Converter (J. H. B. Deane) -- 4.5 Computer Methods to Analyze Stability and Bifurcation Phenomena (Y. Kuroe) -- 4.6 Computation of Operating-Mode Boundaries (Y. Kuroe, T. Kato, and G. C. Verghese) -- CHAPTER 5: NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN DC/DC CONVERTERS -- 5.1 Border Collision Bifurcations in the Current-Mode-Controlled Boost Converter (S. Banerjee and P. Ranjan) -- 5.2 Bifurcation and Chaos in the Voltage-Controlled Buck Converter with Latch (S. Banerjee, D. Kastha, and S. Das) -- 5.3 Routes to Chaos in the Voltage-Controlled Buck Converter without Latch (M. di Bernardo, G. Olivar, and F. Vasca).

5.4 Saddle-Node and Neimark Bifurcations in PWM DC/DC Converters (C. C. Fang and E. H. Abed) -- 5.5 Nonlinear Analysis of Operation in Discontinuous-Conduction Mode (C. K. Tse) -- 5.6 Nonlinear Phenomena in the Cuk Converter (C. K. Tse) -- CHAPTER 6: NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN THYRISTOR AND DIODE CIRCUITS (/. Dobson) -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Ideal Diode and Thyristor Switching Rules -- 6.3 Static VAR System Example -- 6.4 Poincare Map -- 6.5 Jacobian of Poincare Map -- 6.6 Switching Damping -- 6.7 Switching Time Bifurcations -- 6.8 Diode Circuits -- 6.9 Firing Angle Control -- CHAPTER 7: NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN OTHER POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS -- 7.1 Modeling a Nonlinear Inductor Circuit (J. H. B. Deane) -- 7.2 Inverters Under Tolerance Band Control (A. Magauer) -- 7.3 Nonlinear Noise Effects in Power Converters (P. T. Krein and P. Midya) -- 7.4 Nonlinear Phenomena in the Current Control of Induction Motors (/. Nagy and Z. Suto) -- 7.5 Analysis of Stability and Bifurcation in Power Electronic Induction Motor Drive Systems (Y. Kuroe) -- CHAPTER 8: NONLINEAR CONTROL AND CONTROL OF CHAOS -- 8.1 Conventional Nonlinear Controls in Power Electronics (P. T. Krein) -- 8.2 Sliding Mode and Switching Surface Control (P. T. Krein) -- 8.3 Energy-Based Control in Power Electronics (A. M. Stankovic, G. Escobar, Ft. Ortega, and S. R. Sanders) -- 8.4 Ripple Correlation Control (P. T. Krein) -- 8.5 Control of Chaos (M. di Bernardo, G. Olivar, and C. Battle) -- 8.6 Closed-Loop Regulation of Chaotic Operation (J. L Rodriguez Marrero, R. Santos Bueno, and G. C. Verghese) -- 8.7 Control of Bifurcation (C. K. Tse and Y.-M. Lai) -- 8.8 Synchronization of Chaos (C. K. Tse) -- Index -- About the Editors.