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We have seen in previous chapters that the switching elements of the buck, boost, and several other dc-dc converters can be implemented using a transistor and diode. One might wonder why this is so, and how to realize semiconductor switches in general. These are worthwhile questions to ask, and switch implementation can depend on the power processing function being performed. The switches of inverters and cycloconverters require more complicated implementations than those of dc-dc converters. Also, the way in which a semiconductor switch is implemented can alter the behavior of a converter in ways not predicted by the ideal-switch analysis of the previous chapters —an example is the discontinuous conduction mode treated in the next chapter. The realization of switches using transistors and diodes is the subject of this chapter.
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Erickson, R.W. (1997). Switch Realization. In: Fundamentals of Power Electronics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7646-4_4
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