Single phase switched reluctance machines (SRMs) have a special place in the emerging high-volume, low-cost and low-performance applications in appliances and also in high-speed low-power motor drives in various industrial applications. Single phase SRMs have a number of drawbacks: low power density as they have only 50 utilization of windings, lack of self-starting feature unless otherwise built in to the machine, most of the times with permanent

magnets or sometimes with distinct and special machine rotor configurations or additional

mechanisms. Many of these approaches are expensive or make the manufacturing process more

difficult. In order to overcome such disadvantages a method involving interpoles and windings is discussed in this research. Also, a new and novel converter topology requiring only a single switch and a single diode is realized. -Single phase switched reluctance machines (SRMs) have a special place in the emerging high-volume, low-cost and low-performance applications in appliances and also in high-speed low-power motor drives in various industrial applications.　Single phase SRMs have a number of drawbacks: low power density as they have only 50　utilization of windings, lack of self-starting feature unless otherwise built in to the machine, most of the times with permanent

magnets or sometimes with distinct and special machine rotor configurations or additional

mechanisms.　Many of these approaches are expensive or make the manufacturing process more

difficult.　In order to overcome such disadvantages a method involving interpoles and windings is discussed in this research.　Also, a new and novel converter topology requiring only a single switch and a single diode is realized.