
1170 Index
Six step switching, 894, 895, 900
Sliding-mode control of switching converters, 955, 956
principles of, 956
Slow switching frequency changer (SSFC), 503
Society of automotive engineers (SAE), 637, 657, 658,
1117, 1118
Soft starters for induction generators, 706
Soft-switched multilevel converter, 457
Soft-switching converters, 86, 245, 262, 323, 406
Solar cells, 478, 662, 674, 675, 679, 680, 690
Solar energy constant, 674
Solar energy conversion, 663
Solar water pumping, 667, 682, 684
types of pumps, 682
Solidtron, 130
Space charge limiting load (SCLL), 133, 140
Space vector modulation (SVM), 369, 378, 452, 460, 505–507,
952, 953, 955, 1029, 1030, 1032
Special motors, 830, 841
Speed control algorithm, 1045
Spice, 1144
SPWM inverter drive, 868, 878
Square-wave operation, 364, 376
Squirrel cage induction motor, 824, 838, 839, 842, 844, 873,
952, 1020, 1046
Stacked die, 1147
Staircase waveform quality, 451
Stand-alone PV systems, 669, 673, 677, 680
features of, 680
Standby UPS, 619–622
Standby/emergency generation, 718
Star-connected R-load, 490, 491
Starting voltage, 568, 570, 572, 574, 580, 585, 586
STATCOM control techniques, 809, 811
Static induction diode (SID), 137
Static induction MOS transistor (SIMOS), 133, 139
advantages of, 140
short switching time, 137
thermal stability, 137
Static induction transistor (SIT), 133–135, 137
bipolar mode operation of SI devices (BSIT), 136
characteristics of, 134
linear scales, 135
logarithmic scales, 135
junction field effect transistor (JFET), 133
theory, 133, 134
Static induction transistor logic (SITL), 133, 137, 138
Static Kramer system, 713, 840
Static Scherbius system, 713
Static switching systems, 112
Static synchronous compensator, 807
Static synchronous series compensator, 815
Static var compensators (SVC), 517
Static var compensators STATCOM, 764
Steady-state frequency regulation, 1054
Steady-state voltage regulation, 1054
Step-down (buck) converter
basic converter, 247
scheme, 248
transformer versions of
forward converter, 248
full-bridge converter, 249
half-bridge converter, 249
push–pull converter, 249
waveforms, 248
Stepper motors, 842
Step-up (boost) converter, 250
Super-lift (SL) Luo-converters, 288
in CCM, 349
N/O cascade boost-converters (CBC), 297
N/O super-lift Luo-converters, 292
P/O cascade boost-converters (CBC), 294
P/O super-lift Luo-converters, 288
Surface-magnet synchronous motor, 886
SVC vs STATCOM, 814
Switch, 2
ideal switches, 9, 497, 732, 778, 936
power handling rating, 3
real switches, 9
Switch matrices, 8
Switch-mode converter, 665
Switch mode power supplies (SMPS), 518, 519, 526
Switched-capacitor converters, 318, 322
Switched-capacitor (SC) DC/DC converters, 262
Switched-capacitor multi-quadrant Luo-converters, 306, 307
two modes of, 307–315
Switched hybrid energy systems, 687
Switched-inductor (SI) DC/DC converters, 262
Switched mode power supply (SMPS), 125, 1061
Switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive, 842, 857, 915, 916,
919, 1037
advantages and disadvantages of, 916
applications of, 916
drive design options of, 917–919
operating theory of, 919
position sensing, 925
principle of operation, 915
Switching functions, 11–13, 1081, 1084
parameter of, 12
Switching power converters, 2, 13, 140, 935, 936, 993, 997
linearized state-space averaged model, 939
state-space averaged model, 935–939, 943, 946, 956, 996
state-space modeling, 936, 956
switched state-space model, 936
Switching regulators, 245, 594, 595, 602, 603
Synchronizing circuit, 499
Synchronous link reactor, 1084
Synchronous motor (excited), 858