![The basic building blocks of power conversion circuits are the power MOSFET and the IGBT The basic building blocks of power conversion circuits are the power MOSFET and the IGBT](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6691m_Z6ZZqlgLv6zZ2IRhnmfGygiBGfRCC6vYrw7Ao4NUK0Rdn29HDEJX8DyQ58_fudc2P4lh3QEoJ8CQSIK_JHkGNmJ_0Tx426vKvOq5_rNUII5fW_GYGLvMHuvuoleQTAo2W3FmEX/s320/20191007_1.jpg) |
Figure 1: The basic building blocks of power
conversion circuits are the power MOSFET and
the IGBT; shown are (left) an N-channel
enhancement-mode MOSFET and (right)
a P-channel (minority carrier) IGBT |
There are a multitude of circumstances that make power conversion a necessity. Power conversion, of course, is the converting of electric power from one form to another, from one voltage to another, or one frequency to another; it also encompasses any/all combinations of these.