12839 (v.2) Power Electronics 403
| Area: | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | 
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 | 
| Credits: | 25.0 | 
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly | 
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly | 
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly | 
| Prerequisite(s): |     12708 (v.2) Linear Systems 201  or any previous version 
    OR 
    302502 (v.1) Signal Processing 204  or any previous version 
AND 
12710 (v.2) Analogue Electronics 204  or any previous version 
AND 
12711 (v.3) Electrical Systems 204  or any previous version 
 | 
 
| Introduction to power electronic concepts, overview of dc-dc converters. Buck, boost, buck-boost, Cuk converters. Isolated converters, flyback (isolated buck-boost), buck derived forward converter. Half-bridge and full-bridge dc-dc converters. Characteristics of power semiconductors (MOSFET, IGBTs). Gate drive circuits and device protection. Design/choice of high freq. magnetic components. Simulation of power electronic circuits. | 
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External |  | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |   |   |    | 
 
 
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