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by Marian P. Kazmierkowski

Power Converters and Amplifiers

Pulse-Width Modulated
DCDC Power Converters
By Marian K.
Kazimierczuk, Wiley,
Chichester, U.K.
2008, Hardcover,
782 pages, ISBN-10:
0-470-77301-4 and
ISBN: 978-0-47077301-7 (HB).

he author of the presented

new book series, Prof. Marian
K. Kazimierczuk from Wright
State University, Dayton, Ohio, is a
world-known researcher and a recognized coauthor of the monograph
Resonant Power Converters, published by Wiley in 1995 [1]. Now, his
two new books are devoted to the
single-phase power systems technology [2], [3] for the power electronics
audience. The book Pulse-Width Modulated DCDC Power Converters
covers the following in a very systematical way:
n topologies of high-efficiency switching-mode PWM and soft-switching
dcdc power converters
n dc voltage transfer functions, component values, losses, efficiency,
and stresses
n small-signal averaged circuit
models of PWM converters
n current- and voltage-mode feedback controls
n soft-switching dcdc converters
n metal-oxide-semiconductor fieldeffect power transistors (MOSFETs)
and for the first time in the power
electronics textbook:
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MIE.2009.932574

silicon (Si) and silicon carbide

(SiC) power semiconductor devices. (Until now, there has been no
book that covers silicon carbide
semiconductor power devices.)
The book is a comprehensive textbook for senior undergraduate and
graduate students in the areas of
electrical, electronics, and telecommunications 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 Characteristics 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
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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 students but also for practicing engineers working with switch-mode
power supplies, within applications
such as computers, telecommunications, industrial electronic systems,
automobile electronics, medical
equipment, radars, and aerospace
power technology.

RF Power Amplifiers
By Marian K.
Kazimierczuk, Wiley,
Chichester, U.K.
2008, Hardcover,
422 pages, ISBN:
978-0-470-77946-0.

he second book in Prof. Kazimierczuks 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 covering the fundamentals of RF power
amplifiers and their range of
applications in radio and TV

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MIE.2009.932575