Power electronics is the application of electronics to the control and conversion of electric power.
An HVDC thyristor valve tower 16.8 m tall in a hall at Baltic Cable AB in Sweden
A battery charger is an example of a piece of power electronics.
Figure 8: The AC input for an ASD
FIGURE 9: Single-phase half-bridge voltage source inverter
Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other electrically charged particles. Electronics is a subfield of electrical engineering which uses active devices such as transistors, diodes, and integrated circuits to control and amplify the flow of electric current and to convert it from one form to another, such as from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) or from analog signals to digital signals.
Modern surface-mount electronic components on a printed circuit board, with a large integrated circuit at the top
One of the earliest Audion radio receivers, constructed by De Forest in 1914
Various electronic components
Through-hole devices mounted on the circuit board of a mid-1980s home computer. Axial-lead devices are at upper left, while blue radial-lead capacitors are at upper right.
