| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Xu | 4/05 |
| | 624 | Power Electronic Devices and Circuits |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | A study of general laws and constraints in power electronic circuits, switching characteristics, generic converter topologies |
| | and their operation principles, desirable switching trajectory, snubber circuits. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Au Qtr. | 3 | U G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 323. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Electronic instrumentation; diode and transistor models for amplifiers and switches; electronics of digital circuits; multiple |
| | transistor circuit analysis |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | 628, 682E, 724, 844 |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Power Electronics: Converters, Applications & Design, 3rd | Mohan, Undeland, Robbins | Wiley |
| | Ed. |
| | ISBN: 4-712-26939 |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | none |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. To provide an introduction to power electronic conversion principles. (Criterion 3(k)) |
| | 2. Analytical techniques will be developed through the study of the more widely used power converter circuits. |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Applications, fundamentals rules and devices (6) |
| | Switching characteristics and snubber circuits (3) |
| | Converters: buck, boost, fly-back, fly-forward (6) |
| | Switching mode power supplies (2) |
| | High power DC chopper & commutation (3) |
| | Poly-phase rectifiers (6) |
| | DC/AC inverters (3) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
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