1. Managing switching constraints

1.1 Principle

In an idealized switching cell such as that shown in figure 1 , the laws of meshes and nodes (v ₁ + v ₂ ≥ V; i ₁ – i ₂ ≥ I ) imply that at the time of spontaneous switching of switch 2 (v ₂ ≥ 0 ; i ₂ ≥ 0), switch 1 undergoes significant voltage and current stress (v ₁ ≥ V ; i ₁ ≥ I ), which is incompatible with the very...