1. Switching cells as association components

1.1 Fundamental properties

The switching cell, a combination of at least two semiconductors (K1 and K2 in figure 1 ), is considered in this paragraph as a constituent element of an electrical circuit; with the aim of building conversion structures that are more efficient and also more complex than the cell, we address here the question of the interconnection of several of them.

The aim of this paragraph is to identify the constraints and rules that govern the development of these interconnections. Remember that, by virtue of its very operating principle, the cell (figure 1 ) is...