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\newcommand\catalogDesc{Idealized power switching diodes and transistors; DC-DC converters; AC-DC rectifiers; DC-AC inverters; Magnetic circuits and elements (including inductors and transformers); soft-switching of power devices. Practical design of switch-mode DC power supplies, DC and AC motor drives.}
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9/4 & Review of Power Computations; Uncontrolled Half-Wave rectifiers & 21-59; 65-81\\
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