25363: Power Electronics 1
Course Name: Power Electronics 1
Course Number: 25363
Prerequisite(s): 25213 (Industrial Electronics)
Co-requisite(s): -
Units: 3
Level: Postgraduate
Last Revision: Summer 2018

Description
Introduction to power electronics converter circuits including DC-DC, DC-AC, AC-DC converters, and their control methods is the most important objective of this course.
 
Syllabus:
  • Introduction to power electronic converters and their applications
  • DC-DC converters including buck converter, boost converter, reversing converter, cuk converter, and …, continuous and discontinuous operating modes
  • Isolated switching power supplies including forward, push-pull, bridge, half-bridge, and flyback converters
  • Modeling of power electronic converters using state-space averaging method
  • Inverters including single-phase and three-phase inverters and their voltage control method, multi-level inverters
  • Rectifiers including phase-controlled rectifiers and their effect on transformers, PWM rectifiers

References:
  • N. Mohan, T. M. Undeland, Power Electronics, Converters, Applications and Design, John Wiley, 2003
  • R. W. Erickson, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Kluwer Academic Publications, 2001
  • A. I. Pressman, Switching Power Supply Design, McGraw Hill, 1998
  • Ch. P. Basso, Switch-Mode Power Supplies, McGraw Hill, 2008

 
Last Update: 2024-05-27