Power Electronics

Code
T.10380
Credits
3

The course Power Electronics Circuits focuses on DC-DC converters for e.g. Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS).

Test Form	Schriftelijk/Written/Klausur (S)

Test criteria

Covered topics in this course are: 1 Linear DC regulators Zener diode, zener diode voltage regulator, zener regulator with emitter follower, fixed voltage regulators, load regulation, variable regulators 2 Buck converter Basic principle, continuous conduction mode, critical conduction mode, discontinuous conduction mode, output voltage ripple, power losses, synchronous converter, not ideal converter 3 Boost converter Basic principle, continuous conduction mode, critical conduction mode, discontinuous conduction mode, effect of parasitics, output voltage ripple 4 Buck-Boost converter Basic principle, continuous conduction mode, critical conduction mode, discontinuous conduction mode, output voltage ripple 5 DC-DC converters with electrical isolation Unidirectional core excitation: flyback converter, forward converter Bidirectional core excitation: push-pull, half bridge, full-bridge 6 Transformers for electrical isolated DC-DC converters