EE344 Course Syllabus, Spring 2007

Solid-State Power Electronics

  Texts:

Reading and problem assignments are due for each lecture as shown. 

 

Dates Lecture Subject Reading Due Problems Due
WEEK 1
F 1/5 1 Course Overview; Linear Electronics vs Power Electronics 1-14  
M 1/8 2 Power Semiconductor Switches: Diodes & Thyristors 16-27  

T 1/9

3

Power Semiconductor Switches: BJT's, MOSFET's, GTO's, IGBT's 16-27  
W 1/10 4 Power Calculations: Average Power, RMS Values, Fourier Series 33-46  
F 1/12 5 Power Calculations: Real, Reactive, Apparent, power factor, DF, THD 33-46  

WEEK 2

M 1/15

  Holiday: ML King Jr. Day    
T 1/16   Lab #1    
W 1/17 6 Snubber Design  678-690  
F 1/19 7 AC-DC Rectifier: Uncontrolled Half-Wave (R and RL Loads) 79-100  

WEEK 3

M 1/22 8 AC-DC Rectifier: Uncontrolled Half-Wave with Free-Wheeling Diode & Capacitor Filter 79-100  

T 1/23

  LAB #2    

W 1/24

9

AC-DC Rectifier: Controlled Half-Wave; Thyristor Gating 121-125  
F 1/26 10 AC-DC Rectifier: Uncontrolled Full-Wave Bridge (R and RL Loads); with Source Inductance 79-100  

WEEK 4

M 1/29 11 AC-DC Rectifier: Uncontrolled Full-Wave with LC Filter 79-100  

T 1/30

  LAB #3     
W 1/31 12 AC-DC Rectifier: Controlled Full-Wave Bridge 125-138  
F 2/2   Exam Review    

WEEK 5

M 2/5

  Design Project    

T 2/6

  EXAM #1: Lectures 1-12    
W 2/7   Design Project    

F 2/9

  Printed Circuit Board Design Exercise    

WEEK 6

M 2/12  14 AC-DC Rectifier: Uncontrolled 3-Phase Bridge 103-113  

T 2/13

15

AC-DC Rectifier: Controlled 3-Phase Bridge 138-153  
W 2/14  16 AC-DC Rectifier: Control of 3-Phase Rectifiers; Filtering of AC-Side Harmonics 138-153  
F 2/16  17 High-Voltage DC Transmission 460-468  

WEEK 7

M 2/19

  Holiday: Presidents Day    
T 2/20   LAB #4    
W 2/21 18 DC-DC Converters: Buck Chopper Analysis in the Continuous Conduction Mode 161-172  
F 2/23 19 DC-DC Converters: Buck Chopper Design 161-172  

WEEK 8

M 2/26 20 DC-DC Converters: Buck Chopper State-Space Averaging 322-331 (+ notes)  
T 2/27   LAB #5    
W 2/28 21 DC-DC Converters: Buck Chopper State-Space Averaging and Open-Loop Step Response 322-331 (+ notes)  
F 3/2 22 DC-DC Converters: Buck Chopper Closed-Loop Control Notes  

WEEK 9

M 3/5 23 DC-DC Converters: Buck Chopper Closed-Loop Control Implementation Notes  

T 3/6

  LAB #6; Exam Review    

W 3/7

  EXAM #2: Lectures L#13-L#23    

F 3/9

24

IGBT and MOSFET High-Side Gate Drives: Totem-Pole and Bootstrapping Notes  
3/10-3/18   SPRING BREAK    

WEEK 10

M 3/19  25 Inductor Design 760-767  

T 3/20

26

Inductor Design 760-767  
W 3/21 27 DC-DC Converters: Buck Chopper Input Filter Design and Capacitor Selection 346  
F 3/23 28 DC-DC Converters: Boost Converter Analysis 172-178  

WEEK 11

M 3/26 29 DC-DC Converters: Boost Converter Analysis 172-178  
T 3/27   LAB #7    
W 3/28  30 Isolated DC-DC Converters: Flyback Converter Analysis 304-310  
F 3/30  31 Isolated DC-DC Converters: Flyback Converter Analysis 304-310  

WEEK 12

M 4/2 32 Isolated DC-DC Converters: Forward Converter Analysis 310-313  
T 4/3   LAB #8    
W 4/4 33 Isolated DC-DC Converters: Forward Converter Design 310-313  
F 4/6 34 DC-AC Inverters: H-Bridge Analysis (RL Load) 200-218  

WEEK 13

M 4/9   Exam Review    

T 4/10

  LAB #9    

W 4/11

  EXAM #3: Lectures 24-34    
F 4/13 35 DC-AC Inverters: PWM

200-218

 

WEEK 14

M 4/16 36 DC-AC Inverters: 3-Phase Bridge 225-236  
T 4/17   LAB #10    
W 4/18 37 DC-AC Inverters: 3-Phase PWM

 

225-236  
F 4/20 38 DC-AC Inverters: Control 225-236  

WEEK 15

M 4/23   Design Project    

T 4/24

  Design Project    
W 4/25   Design Project    

F 4/27

  Course Review    

5/1-5/8

  FINAL EXAM: Cumulative Coverage