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power electronics
Sign in to saveapplication of solid-state electronics to the control and conversion of electric power
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Vinony's link graph records 264 inbound references to power electronics, and connects out to high-voltage direct current power line, power semiconductor device and mobile phone.
It sits within the topics Electronics industry and Power electronics.
Vinony links it to 38 Wikipedia language editions.
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- electronics
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- Power electronics
- topic's main category
- Category:Power electronics
- different from
- power engineering
- Wikimedia import URL
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_electronics
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Encyclopedic overview
An HVDC thyristor valve tower 16.8 m tall in a hall at Baltic Cable AB in Sweden A battery charger is an example of a piece of power electronics. A PC's power supply is an example of a piece of power electronics, whether inside or outside of the cabinet.
Power electronics is the application of electronics to the control and conversion of electric power.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “power electronics” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.