An exploration of the state-of-the-art in power conversion techniques and power semiconductor devices, this edition features a bottom-down approach, covering the characteristics of power semiconductor devices first and then the fundamentals of conversion techniques. It also examines the characteristics of modern ower semiconductor devices such as SCrs, BJTs, MOSFETs, SITs, SITHs, IGBTs and MCTs.

Tacky's perfect friends find him annoying until his odd behavior saves the day. Tacky is an odd bird. He likes to do splashy cannonballs and greet his companions with a loud "What's happening?" In fact, he's something of an eccentric, which wouldn't be a problem if all the other penguins weren't such ...conformists.When intimidating visitors invade their peaceful nice, icy land it'll take a lot more than a bunch of perfect penguins to save the day. Thank goodness Tacky's such an odd bird!