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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 
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    302502 (v.1) Signal Processing 204  or any previous version 
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12710 (v.2) Analogue Electronics 204  or any previous version 
AND 
12711 (v.3) Electrical Systems 204  or any previous version 
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  | 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. |  
 
 Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External |  | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y |   |   |   
 
Area External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |  
Central External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |  
 
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