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A Brief History of Power Electronics Converters

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This chapter is to retrospect the development of power electronics converters, point out the challenges faced especially in renewable energy applications, and introduce a promising novel Z-source converter.

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Zhang, G., Zhang, B., Li, Z. (2018). A Brief History of Power Electronics Converters. In: Designing Impedance Networks Converters. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 119. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63655-9_1

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