Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Introduction, brief outline and the main purpose of this course.
2	Switching characteristics of semiconductor devices: nonideal characteristics of semiconductor switches, equivalent circuits that model these characteristics. Switching of BJT. MOSFET circuit model which approximates the behavior of the switch during on, off, and transition states.
3	Switching waveforms for diode, thyristor and MOSFET, reverse recovery current of diode.
4	Origin of losses in semiconductor switching devices, conduction and switching losses, rms values of some common waveforms, reliability, heat flow and thermal resistance.
5	Electrical equivalent circuit for heat transfer, heat sink selection at steady-state transient thermal impedance, practical tips on the mounting semiconductor device to the heat sink.
6	Semiconductor device ratings, rated voltage rated current, safe operating area, inrush current, overcurrent protection methods, overvoltage protection methods, transient voltage suppressors, MOVs (Metal Oxide Varistor)
7	Snubber circuits to limit the device voltages and currents during turn-on and turn-off transients. Protection in power electronics.
8	Gate drive circuits, isolation requirements in gate drive, gate drive requirements for SCR, BJT, MOSFET and IGBT. Design procedure of a gate drive circuit of a MOSFET and IGBT using gate charge.
9	Control requirements and techniques for power electronic circuits, line and load regulation.
10	Midterm Exam
11	Controller design, closed loop operation, voltage mode and current mode control
12	Basic magnetic principles, hysteresis and saturation, step-by-step inductor design for high-frequency operation. Defining the number of turns and magnetic losses
13	High-frequency transformer modeling, step-by-step design process for multi-output transformer.
14	Properties of circuit components (resistors, capacitors, inductors), frequency-dependent equivalent circuits for practical design tips, electromagnetic interference, filtering requirements, ferrite beads, and grounding methods.

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