| Week |
Topic |
| 1 |
CH1-Introduction: Converter Classification, Power Electronics Overview and Applications, Electronic Switches and Switch Selection |
| 2 |
CH2-Power Computations: Instantaneous Power, Energy, Average Power, L and C, Energy Recovery, Effective Values: RMS, Apparent Power and PF, Sinusoidal Power Computations, Power Computations for Nonsinusoidal Periodic Waveforms |
| 3 |
CH2-Power Computations: Instantaneous Power, Energy, Average Power, L and C, Energy Recovery, Effective Values: RMS, Apparent Power and PF, Sinusoidal Power Computations, Power Computations for Nonsinusoidal Periodic Waveforms |
| 4 |
CH3-Half-Wave Rectifier: with R, R and L Loads, RL and L Source Loads, The Freewheeling Diode, HWR with a Capacitor Filter, Controlled HW Rectifier, Commutation: The Effect of Source Inductance |
| 5 |
CH3-Half-Wave Rectifier: with R, R and L Loads, RL and L Source Loads, The Freewheeling Diode, HWR with a Capacitor Filter, Controlled HW Rectifier, Commutation: The Effect of Source Inductance |
| 6 |
CH4-Full-Wave Rectifiers: Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifiers, Controlled FWR, Three-Phase Rectifiers, Controlled Three-Phase Rectifiers |
| 7 |
CH4-Full-Wave Rectifiers: Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifiers, Controlled FWR, MT#1 Three-Phase Rectifiers, Controlled Three-Phase Rectifiers |
| 8 |
Spring Break |
| 9 |
Midterm Exam #1 |
| 10 |
CH5-AC Voltage Controllers: The Single-Phase AC Voltage Controller, Three-Phase Voltage Controllers, Universal/Induction Motor Speed Control |
| 11 |
CH6-Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters: The Buck (Step-Down) Converter, The Boost (Step-Up) Converter, Buck-Boost Converter, The Cuk Converter, SEPIC, Circuit Simulations of Non-Isolated DC-DC Converters |
| 12 |
CH7-Isolated DC Power Supplies (SMPS): The Flyback Converter (Cont. Current Modes), The Forward Converter, The Push-Pull Converter, Full-Bridge and Half-Bridge DC-DC Converters, PSpice Simulation of DC Power Supplies |
| 13 |
CH7-Isolated DC Power Supplies (SMPS): The Flyback Converter (Cont. Current Modes), The Forward Converter, The Push-Pull Converter, Full-Bridge and Half-Bridge DC-DC Converters, PSpice Simulation of DC Power Supplies |
| 14 |
Midterm Exam #2 |
| 15 |
CH8-Inverters: The Full-Bridge Converter, The Square-Wave Inverter, Fourier Series Analysis, THD, The Half-Bridge Inverter, Multilevel Inverters, PWM, PWM Three-Phase Inverters |