Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Power Electronics and Drives (Bimal K. Bose, University of Tennessee, USA) -- Chapter 1 Power Semiconductor Devices for Variable Frequency Drives (B. J. Baliga, North Carolina State University, USA) -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 BASIC VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE -- 1.3 POWER MOSFET -- 1.4 INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR -- 1.5 POWER RECTIFIERS -- 1.6 MOS-GATEDTHYRISTORS -- 1.7 NEW SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS -- 1.8 DEVICE COMPARISON -- 1.9 SMART POWER CONTROL CHIPS -- 2.0 CONCLUSION -- References -- Chapter 2 Electrical Machines for Drives(GR Slemon, University of Toronto, Canada) -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MOTOR REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVES -- 2.3 COMMUTATOR MOTORS -- 2.4 INDUCTION MOTORS -- 2.5 SYNCHRONOUS PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS -- 2.6 SWITCHED OR TRAPEZOIDAL PM MOTORS -- 2.7 SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE MOTORS -- 2.8 PM RELUCTANCE MOTORS -- 2.9 SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS -- 2.10 WOUND FIELD SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS -- 2.11 LINEAR MOTORS -- 2.12 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 3 Power Electronic Converters for Drives(J. D. van Wyk, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa) -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 DEVELOPMENT OF POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS AND ITS APPLICATION TO DRIVE TECHNOLOGY -- 3.3 SOME FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING SWITCHING CONVERTERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES -- 3.4 POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR CONTROL OF AMPLITUDE -- 3.5 POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR AC VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES -- 3.6 SWITCH APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY -- 3.7 FUTURE CONVERTER DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO ELECTROMAGNETICS -- 3.8 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4 Pulse Width Modulation for Electronic Power Converters(J. Holtz, Wuppertal University, Germany) -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 DC-T0-AC POWER CONVERSION -- 4.3 AN INTRODUCTION TO SPACE VECTORS -- 4.4 PERFORMANCE CRITERIA -- 4.5 OPEN LOOP SCHEMES -- 4.6 CLOSED LOOP PWM CONTROL -- 4.7 MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS -- 4.8 CURRENT SOURCE INVERTER -- 4.9 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 5 Motion Control with Induction Motors(R.D. Lorenz, T.A. Lipo, D.W.Novotny, University of Wisconsin, USA).

5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 INVERTERS FOR ADJUSTABLE SPEED -- 5.3 MOTION CONROL SYSTEMS -- 5.4 FIELD ORIENTATION (FO) CONTROL PRINCIPLES FOR INDUCTION MOTORS -- 5.5 CURRENT REGULATORS FOR MOTION CONTROL WITH FO-IM -- 5.6 ADVANCED FLUX AND TORQUE REGULATION METHODS FOR MOTION CONTROL WITH FO-IM -- 5.7 SELF-COMMISSIONING AND CONTINUOUS SELF-TUNING FOR FO-IM -- 5.8 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 6 Variable Frequency Permanent Magnet AC Machine Drives(M. Jahns, General Electric Co., USA) -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 PMAC MACHINE CONTROL FUNDAMENTALS -- 6.3 TRAPEZOIDAL PMAC MACHINE CONTROL -- 6.4 SINUSOIDAL PMAC MACHINE CONTROL -- 6.5 ADVANCED CONTROL TECHNIQUES -- 6.6 PMAC DRIVE APPLICATION ISSUES -- 6.7 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 7 High Power Industrial Drives(H. Stemmler, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland) -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 CLASSIFICATION WITH SPEED AND POWER RATINGS -- 7.3 SHORT REVIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF LARGE DRIVES -- 7.4 MOTORS FOR LARGE DRIVES -- 7.5 CONVERTERS FOR LARGE DRIVES -- 7.6 SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS, FED BY EXTERNALLY C0MMUTATED CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS -- 7.7 INDUCTION MOTORS FED BY CURRENT SOURCE CONVERTERS -- 7.8 THE CYCLOCONVERTER-FED SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR -- 7.9 LARGE VOLTAGE SOURCE INVERTER DRIVES -- 7.10 SLIP POWER-CONTROLLED DRIVES -- 7.11 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 8 Simulation of Power Electronic and Motion Control Systems(N. Mohan, W. P. Robbins, L A. Aga, M. Rastogi, R. Naik, University of Minnesota, USA) -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 SIMULATION IN THE DESIGN PROCESS -- 8.3 FREQUENCY DOMAIN VERSUS TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS -- 8.4 CHALLENGES IN SIMULATION -- 8.5 CLASSIFICATION OF SIMULATION TOOLS AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- 8.6 ISSUES IN NUMERICAL SOLUTION -- 8.7 OVERVIEW OF SOME WIDELY USED SIMULATION PROGRAMS -- 8.8 OVERVIEW OF SIMULATOR CAPABILITIES BY EXAMPLES -- 8.9 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS FOR CIRCUIT SIMULATION -- 8.10 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 9 Estimation, Identification, and Sensorless Control of AC Drives(K. Ohnishi, Keio University; N. Matsui, Nagoya Institute of Technology; Y. Hori, University of Tokyo; Japan).

9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 PARAMETER ESTIMATION IN AC DRIVES -- 9.3 SENSORLESS DRIVES OF AC MOTORS -- 9.4 ROBUST MOTION CONTROL BY ESTIMATION OF MECHANICAL PARAMETERS -- 9.5 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 10 Microprocessors and Digital ICs for Control of Power Electronics and Drives(H. Le-Huy, Laval University, Canada) -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 MICROCOMPUTER CONTROL OF POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS -- 10.3 MICROCOMPUTER BASICS -- 10.4 REAL-TIME CONTROL USING MICROCOMPUTERS -- 10.5 MICROCONTROLLERS -- 10.6 ADVANCED MICROPROCESSORS FOR CONTROL OF POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS -- 10.7 ASICS FOR CONTROL OF POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS -- 10.8 DESIGN OF MICROPROCESSOR-BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS -- 10.9 DEVELOPMENT TOOLS -- 10.10 APPLICATION EXAMPLES -- 10.11 CONCLUSION -- Chapter 11 Expert System, Fuzzy Logic, and Neural Networks in Power Electronics and Drives(B. K. Bose, University of Tennessee, USA) -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 EXPERT SYSTEM -- 11.3 FUZZY LOGIC -- 11.4 NEURAL NETWORK -- 11.5 SUMMARY -- 11.6 GLOSSARY -- References -- Index -- Biography of Dr. Bose.