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Future Trends and Developments of Power Switching Devices

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The previous chapters looked into various aspects of current interruption in conventional power grids including basic working principles and different applications of power switching components and technologies used in these devices. There has been a steady development of switching devices to increase their functionality, to add new features, to widen their application range and at the same time to reduce their production costs.

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Niayesh, K., Runde, M. (2017). Future Trends and Developments of Power Switching Devices. In: Power Switching Components. Power Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51460-4_6

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