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Before the rise of IGBTs and Silicon Carbide (SiC) devices, Joseph Vithayathil laid down the fundamental laws that still govern modern power conversion. Unlike many theoretical texts that get lost in abstract mathematics, Vithayathil’s approach was brutally practical. Critical insights into how electronic conversion affects the
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