Course

Syllabus

Overview of power semiconductor devices – I-V and switching characteristics: Power BJT – Thyristors – Power Diodes – MOSFET – IGBT – Introduction to Intelligent Power Modules (IPM) and Wide band gap power semiconductor devices, device selection criteria (SiC and GaN technologies). Thermal & Loss Analysis: Loss evaluation, heat sink design, non-sinusoidal waveform power computation. DC-DC Converters – Buck, Boost – design and analysis, continuous and Voltage Source Inverters (single/three-phase), square wave, sinusoidal PWM, harmonic distortion and filtering, power factor correction. AC-DC Converters – Uncontrolled rectifiers (single/three-phase), performance parameters, bidirectional converters, Applications of Power converters in EVs, renewable energy, UPS, data centres.

Design and Analysis of Power Converters using PSIM/LTSPICE, MATLAB.

Pre-requisite: Nil

Course Objectives

• To understand the static and dynamic behavior of power semiconductor devices and wide band gap technologies, along with the integration of power modules for efficient conversion systems.
• To equip students with the knowledge and hands-on skills to design, simulate, and implement power electronic converters using appropriate PWM strategies for real-world applications

Course Outcomes

CO1: Analyze the static and dynamic characteristics of fundamental power semiconductor devices, power modules

and wide band gap devices 

CO2: Analyze techniques to design and assess the performance of power converters such as AC-DC converters, AC-AC converters and DC-AC inverters 

CO3: Apply PWM techniques for various converters 

CO4: Design, simulate, and test various power conversion circuits in the laboratory and their corresponding PWM

techniques

CO-PO Mapping

1. Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland and William P. Robbins, “Power Electronics, Converters, Applications and Design”, Third Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2006.
2. Umanand, “Power Electronics: Essentials and Applications”, Wiley India, 2009.
3. Joseph Vithayathil “Power Electronics” Tata McGraw Hill, 2010
4. Muhammed H Rashid, “Power Electronics- circuits, devices and applications” Pearson Education; Fourth edition 2017.
5. Daniel W Hart, “Power Electronics”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2011.
6. Robert W Erickson, Maksimovic, and Dragan “Fundamentals of Power Electronics”, Springer International,
7. Ramanarayanan, “Course Material on Switched Mode Power Conversion”, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. http://minchu.ee.iisc.ernet.in/new/people/faculty/vr/book.pdf