Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	15/02/2024 Introduction: Conversion Classification, Power Electronics Overview and Applications, Electronic Switches and Switch Selection
2	22/02/2024 Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters: The Buck (Step-Down) Converter, The Boost (Step-Up) Converter, Buck-Boost Converter
3	29/02/2024 Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters: The Buck (Step-Down) Converter, The Boost (Step-Up) Converter, Buck-Boost Converter
4	07/03/2024 Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters: The Cuk Converter, SEPIC, Interleaved Converter, Discontinuous-Current Operation (DCM), Circuit Simulations of Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters
5	14/03/2024 Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters: The Cuk Converter, SEPIC, Interleaved Converter, Discontinuous-Current Operation (DCM), Circuit Simulations of Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters
6	21/03/2024 Isolated DC Power Supplies (SMPS): The Flyback Converter (Cont. and Disc.-Current Modes), The Forward Converter, The Double-Ended (Two-Switch) Forward Converter, The Push-Pull Converter
7	28/03/2024 Isolated DC Power Supplies (SMPS): Full-Bridge and Half-Bridge DC-DC Converters, Current-Fed Converters, Multiple Outputs, Converter Selection, PFC (Briefly Discussed), PSpice Simulation of DC Power Supplies, Power Supply Control, PWM Control Circuits, The AC Line Filter, The Complete DC Power Supply
8	04/04/2024 Resonant Converters: A Resonant Switch Converter: Zero-Current Switching and Zero-Voltage Switching, The Series Resonant Inverter, The Series Resonant DC-DC Converter, The Parallel Resonant DC-DC Converter
9	Spring Break
10	18/04/2024 Resonant Converters: A Resonant Switch Converter: The Series-Parallel DC-DC Converter, Resonant Converter Comparison, The Resonant DC Link Converter, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS): Operational Principles, Types
11	25/04/2024 Midterm Exam
12	02/05/2024 MIL, SIL and PIL Systems
13	09/05/2024 Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS): Battery Charging Methods and Control Circuits
14	16/05/2024 Power Factor Correction (PFC) Circuits and Designing the Feedback Controller
15	23/05/2024 Utility Applications of Power Electronics: Distributed Generation (DG): Renewable Energy (Wind, Solar, etc.), Fundamentals of Modulation Methods (e.g. SPWM vs. SVPWM) for AC Systems, Review of AC Motor Control Theory (Fundamentals of Vector/Field-Oriented Control)

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