ABSTRACT
Power electronics can be described as the technology that combines contributions from electronic, magnetic, and electrochemical components to control and convert electric power. While analog and digital electronics are used to transmit and transform data and information, power electronics correspond to the conversion and transport of energy and power. The rst power electronics system was developed in 1902 by Peter Cooper Hewitt. It consisted of a mercury arc rectier to convert alternating current (ac) into direct current (dc) [1]. Modern power electronics started at the end of the 1940s with the invention of the rst transistors. From then onward, performances of designed converters are regularly enhanced, thanks to the improvement of components, such as switching devices, magnetic material, or cold plates to name a few.
