Eee5317c F 2018
Eee5317c F 2018
Eee5317c F 2018
Power Electronics I
Fall, 2018
Part A - Course Outline
Description: 3 hours credit, Fundamentals of Power Electronics with Lab Experiments
Prerequisites: Electronics Circuits EEE 3308C
Textbook: R. Erickson, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Springer, 2nd Ed, ISBN #: 978-
0792372707
Lab experiment TI-PMLK documents can be accessed from: TI website
https://university.ti.com/faculty/teaching-materials-and-classroom-resources/ti-
based-teaching-kits-for-analog-and-power-design/power-management-lab-kit-
series
Evaluation: Homework
Lab performance and assignments
One Midterm Exam (closed book) including lab problems
One Final Exam (closed book) including lab problems
Two Projects (the 2nd project is a group project)
Quizzes after every two chapters (closed book)
Homework: Homework will be collected at the beginning of the class on the due date
Objective: (1) Basic power electronics circuit operation
(2) Power converter modeling
(3) Converter control system design
(4) Simple power converter design
(5) Hands on experience in power electronics hardware
Topics: (1) Basic power converter operation principles: volt-second balance and charge
balance.
(2) Steady-state converter modeling and analysis, switch realization and
transformer-isolated converters
(3) AC modeling of converters using averaged methods, small-signal transfer
functions, and classical feedback loop design
(4) Buck, Boost and Buck-boost converter design
(5) Power electronics lab experiments for basic power converter topologies
Class schedule:
150 minutes of lecture / week
Lab: please see lab schedule table
10/1,10/3, 4.3*)
10/5 Chapter 6 Flyback converter (skip forward converter) 10/3, Project 1 assigned
12/3, 12/5 Chapter 14, Inductor and transformer design basics 12/5, Homework 10 due (13.10)