This book covers power electronics, in depth, by presenting the basic principles and application details, which can be used both as a textbook and reference book. * Introduces a new method to present power electronics converters called Power Blocks Geometry (PBG) * Applicable for courses focusing on power electronics, power electronics converters, and advanced power converters * Offers a comprehensive set of simulation results to help understand the circuits presented throughout the book

Euzeli Cipriano dos Santos Jr. is an assistant professor at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. He teaches an electromechanical motion devices course, as well as energy conversion. Previously, he served as a research scholar at Texas A&M University. Edison Roberto Cabral da Silva is an Emeritus Professor within the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande, and also a visiting professor at the Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil. He was the director of the research laboratory on industrial electronics and machine drives for 30 years and has been teaching over 38 years. He has published over 270 papers on Power Electronics. He is a researcher from the National Council for Research (CNPq), Brazil.

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