Title :
Power electronics and its applications to industry and society
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Power electronics, the basic technology for electric power conversion and control, has achieved great progress utilizing the advanced power semiconductor devices such as thyristor, GTO, IGBT and IPM. The application areas of power electronics are very wide from power utility systems and uninterruptible power sources to express train drives and robot arm drives. Combined with the progress of advanced control theories and microprocessors, power electronics has been playing an indispensable role in our society
Keywords :
electric control equipment; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power control; power conversion; power electronics; thyristors; GTO; IGBT; IPM; advanced power semiconductor devices; electric power control; electric power conversion; express train drives; power electronics; power utility systems; robot arm drives; thyristor; uninterruptible power sources; Control theory; Electrical equipment industry; Electronics industry; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Microprocessors; Power electronics; Power semiconductor devices; Robots; Thyristors; Uninterruptible power systems;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Technology, 1996. (ICIT '96), Proceedings of The IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3104-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIT.1996.601525
