25332: Design of Power Electronics Converters Components
Course Name: Design of Power Electronics Converters Components
Course Number: 25332
Prerequisite(s): 25213 (Industrial Electronics)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Postgraduate
Last Revision: Summer 2018

Description: 
The most important bases of power electronic converter design are introduced. The course is independent of the converter type. The objective is the ability of the students for practical implementation of a power converter.
 
Syllabus:
  • A brief review of power converter design
    • General block diagram of a power electronic converter
    • Common blocks
  • Electrical elements in pulsed mode
    • Resistors in pulsed mode
    • Capacitors in pulsed mode
    • Inductors in pulsed mode
  • Magnetic design
    • Magnetic materials
    • Inductor design
    • Transformer design
  • Gate drivers
    • Gate port behavior in semiconductor switches
    • Gate driver for Thyristors
    • Gate driver for MOS and IGBT
    • Isolated gate drives
    • Integrated gate drivers
  • Measuring in power electronics
    • Voltage measuring
    • Current measuring
  • Snubber design
    • RCD snubber design
    • Lossless and active snubbers
  • Converter protection
    • Protection against over-current
    • Protection against overvoltage
  • Electromagnetic compatibility
    • Conducted noise
    • Grounding
    • Shielding
    • EMC standards
  • Sequencing
    • Soft start
    • Sequencing in power-off
  • Thermal design
    • Thermal modeling
    • Heat sink design
    • New method of cooling
  • PCB design
    • Trace design based on current
    • Trace design based on Voltage
  • Digital control in power electronic converters
    • Application of FPGA and DSP in power converters
  • Integration in power electronics
    • DC to DC converters
    • Integrated PWM controllers
    • IPMs
  • Reliability in power electronics
    • Reliability models
    • Reliability standards
    • Reliability improvement


References:
  • Pressman, Switching Power Supply Design
  • Vergese, Nonlinear Phenomena in Power Electronics
  • Erickson, Fundamental of Power Electronics
  • Rossetti, Managing Power Electronics
  • Mohan, Power Electronics Converters: Design and Control
  • Kerin, Elements of Power Electronics
  • Ott, Electromagnetic Compatibility
  • McLyman, Transformer and Inductor Design Handbook


 
Last Update: 2024-05-27