Proceedings of an international symposium held in Baden-Dattwil, Switzerland, in September 1991. Papers are divided into four sections: modern power devices, simulation, circuits and control concepts, and future trends. Among the topics are the MOS controlled thyristor, high-power reverse conditioni"

This symposium was the sCientific-technical event of the centennial celebration of the Asea Brown Boveri Switzerland. The purpose was to assess the present state of the art as well as shaping the basis for future progress in the area of power devices and related power circuits. The merger of Brown Boveri (BBC) with Asea to Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) three years ago gave new stimulus and enriched the technical substance of the symposium. By 1991, 100 years after the formation of BBC in Switzerland as a single company, this organization has been decentralized, forming 35 independent ABB companies....