ECE 431- Power Electronics

Catalog Description: Fundamentals and applications of devices, circuits and controllers used in systems for electronic power processing.

Prerequisites:

By course: ECE 323 and ECE 352. Lec/Lab.
By topic: Calculation of transients in electric networks, Basic theory of semiconductors and pn junctions, Basic knowledge of electromagnetics, Three-phase system theory, Basic network analysis, Basic circuit measurement techniques, Fourier analysis.

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: ECE 534 and ECE 535

Credits: 4 Terms Offered: Fall annually

Instructors:

Primary: A. von Jouanne
Secondary: A. Wallace

Textbook: Mohan, N., Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. ISBN 0-471-58408-8

Course Learning Objectives:
Students must demonstrate the ability to:

1. State current and future applications of power electronics. (ABET Outcomes: h, i, j)
2. Identify the characteristics and applications of power semiconductor devices. (ABET Outcomes: a, c)
3. Analyze and design AC-DC rectifier circuits and recognize the characteristic current and voltage harmonics generated. (ABET Outcomes: a, c, k)
4. Analyze and design DC-DC converter circuits for power supply applications and identify the application of appropriate topologies. (ABET Outcomes: a, c, k)
5. Analyze and design DC-AC inverter circuits and state and apply the fundamentals of Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) control. (ABET Outcomes: a, c, k)

Topics

• Introduction and principles of electronic power processing.
• Power semiconductors - usage, driving, protection, applications, design aspects.
• Thermal design.
• Analysis and design of rectifier circuits.
• Analysis and design of DC-DC converters and off-line power supplies.
• Analysis and design of inverter circuits.

Structure: Two 110-minute lectures per week. One lab 3 hours every week.

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