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Introduction
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Abstract
Power electronics originated at the beginning of this century. In the chronological list of references “Bibliography on Electronic Power Converters,” published by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in February 1950, the first citation is for the year 1903. Many technical articles and several books on the subject were published during the period from 1930–1947. These dealt primarily with the application of grid-controlled gas-filled tubes. Because of the limitations of the mercury-arc rectifier and gas-filled thyratrons, only a relatively limited number of equipments were manufactured.
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