UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER

ENGINEERING
ECE 5380 and ECE 6380

POWER ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRIC DRIVES

Lec. 18510 and Lec. 18511
Spring Semester 2012
Course Time and Class Room:

MoWe, (2.30 4.00) PM, D3E218

Instructor:

Dr. Ovidiu Crisan

Office: W302-D; Phone: (713) 743-4432;
Email: ocrisan@uh.edu; FAX: 713-743-

4444
Office Hours:

TuWe (10.00 AM 12.00 Noon),

Tu (5.00 - 6.00) PM,
or by appointment, using information

above
Catalog Description (ECE 5380/ECE 6380):
Power Electronics and Electric Drives. Cr 3 (3-0). Prerequisites: (ECE
3455/Graduate Standing). Power Electronics; power semiconductor
switches; converters; DC, induction and synchronous motor drives;
industrial applications; harmonics and filtering.
Expected Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this course are expected to meet the
following course outcomes.
Students will apply their knowledge of mathematics and basic science by
requiring to solve complex electric circuits and define their
characteristics (ABET outcome a)
Students will apply their engineering, including electrical engineering

knowledge related to properties of electric, magnetic and semiconductor

materials, the corresponding circuits, technical constraints requirements,
and to the parametric analysis of actual complex nonlinear power
electronic circuits (ABET outcome a)
Students will develop their team-working skills and the ability to analyze
and interpret data, by requiring that, based on the individual results of
each project-team member, to be drawn conclusion and suggest
improvements related to the effect of one parameter on the given circuit
operation (ABET outcome b).
Students will improve their technical communication skill by imposing
specific requirements for the projects structure and presentation (ABET
outcome g)
Students will apply and improve their knowledge related to the solution
procedures selection for solving engineering type of projects, and for the
computer utilization for the operation analysis, specifically of the power
electronic circuits (ABET outcome k)
Students will improve the knowledge about the contemporary issues by
providing them with updated research publications, recorded technical
data from industry, semiconductors and electronic devices data files from
manufacturers, and by one or two class-trips to the industry (ABET
outcome j).
Academic Honesty Policy:
Students in this course are expected to follow the Academic Honesty Policy
of the University of Houston. It is your responsibility to know and follow
this policy. This policy may be found in the Student Handbook which is
available on the UH website. You must sign the Academic Honesty
Statement shown on the last page of this handout, detach it, and submit it no
later than Thursday, January 26, 2012. If you fail to do this, you will be
dropped from the course.
Religious Holy Days:
Students whose religious beliefs prohibit class attendance on designated
dates or attendance at scheduled exams may request an excused absence. To
do this, you are strongly encouraged to request the excused absence, in
writing, by the last day to drop without record for spring 2012 (Wednesday,
February 1, 2012). Please submit this written request to your instructor

immediately, to allow the instructor to make appropriate arrangements. For

more information, see the Student Handbook

Students with Disabilities:

Students with recognized disabilities will be provided reasonable
accommodations, appropriate to the course, upon documentation of the
disability with a Student Accommodation Form from the Center for Students
With Disabilities. To receive these accommodations, you must request the
specific accommodations, by submitting them to the instructor in writing, by
the last day to drop without record for spring 2012 (Wednesday, February 1,
2012). Students who fail to submit a written request will not be considered
for accommodations. For more information, see the Student Handbook.
Dropping The Course:
You may drop the course without receiving a grade until 11:59pm,
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, which is the University's last day to drop or
withdraw without record. After this date and until 11:59pm, Tuesday, April
3, 2012, you may drop with a W if you have not exceeded your total W
limit. Do not assume that you will be dropped by the instructor if you stop
attending class. You are responsible for completing the withdrawal
procedure.
Attendance:
Attendance in all classes is expected and required. The instructor
may, if he chooses, take attendance in any class at any time during
the class. The instructor may do this as many times per class period
as he chooses, without warning. If for justified reasons you cannot
attend a class, please let the instructor know in advance about that.
Take care, your classes attendance will be counted when the final
grade for the course is decided!!
Email:
You should have one or more working e-mail addresses that you
should check periodically for messages. Please obtain an account if
you do not already have one.
Withdrawal Policy:
The withdrawal dates listed in the Academic Calendar section of the Class
Schedule will be followed strictly. Please consult this document for
appropriate dates. Grades of Incomplete (I) will be given only when a small

portion of the course has not been completed for a good reason. If the
material has been completed, an I grade cannot be given. Detailed
information about these issues is available in the Student Handbook.
Course Topics:
1. Introduction. Semiconductor Power Devices, 10.0 h
2. AC/DC Converters, 7.5 h
3. AC/AC Converters, 5.0 h
4. DC/DC Converters, 4.0 h
5. DC/AC Converters, 4.0 h
6. DC and Induction Machines Drives, 11.5 h
Required Text:
O. Crisan, ECE 5380/6380 - Power Electronics and Electric Drives Course
Notebook
Recommended Textbook:
Mohammad H. Rashid - Power Electronics. Circuits, Devices, And
Applications, Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 2004
Homework/Project:
The homework/project assignments are regularly distributed at an
approximate two weeks time interval.
Grading Policy:
The course final grade will be based on a weighted average of the
component HW/Project grades.
The following approximate grade point scale will be used in
determining your final grade. This scale may be modified somewhat,
but is included here so that you will have a general idea of how well
you are doing in the course. The final grade scale will be determined
at the end of the semester.
92 100: As 80 91.99: Bs 68 - 79.99: Cs 56 67.99: Ds bellow
56: F
Academic Honesty Policy and Plagiarism:
The issue of academic honesty is a very important one to the ECE

department. In particular, copying of HW, Project or Exam from another

person, in whole or in part, will not be tolerated.
Working with other colleagues is not forbidden, but it does not mean that
you will have identical work presentation. If for defining the HW or Project
solution you have been working with other students, each of you has to
name those who participated on this process.
You will be given a signature page stating that you have read and understand
the rules regarding academic honesty as published by the university. This
page must be filled out, signed and submitted no later than the specified
date.
For all HWs and Project the following statements apply:
If identical figures, derivations, plots, or calculations are found, without
proper referencing as to their origin, it will be considered a violation of the
academic honesty policy. If figures, text, tables, or other material are taken
from any textbook without proper references, it will be considered a
violation of the academic honesty policy. If figures, text, tables, or other
material are taken from lecture notes without proper references, it will be
considered a violation of the academic honesty policy. If you and any other
student have the same figures, tables or plots, it will be considered a
violation of the academic honesty policy for both of you. The data can be
the same; but the figures, tables or plots made with this data must be
developed individually. Do your own work, and dont share it.

Academic Honesty Statement

I have read the University of Houston Academic Honesty
Policy contained in the UH Student Handbook, available on
the web, and agree to abide by its provisions. I understand
that the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering takes academic honesty very seriously. I
understand that in the case of violations, penalties may
include suspension from the University of Houston.
Name: (Please print)
_________________________________
Signature:
__________________________________________
Date:
______________________________________________

Please detach this page, and submit it to the instructor

no later than Thursday, January 26, 2012. If you fail
to do this, you will be dropped from the course.