SUKKUR INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

SUKKUR

Faculty of Engineering

Course Title: Power Electronics

Programs & Class: BE-VI Semester: Spring 2017

Course Organizer: Engr. Kashif Memon
Credit Hours: (3+1) Course Instructor: Dr. Faheem A. Chachar
Support instructor : Engr. Jahangir Badar
Pre-requisite Courses: Electronic Devices and Circuits Post-requisite Courses: None
Co-requisite Courses: None e-mail: Faheem.akhtar@iba-suk.edu.pk
Consulting Hours: 3-4pm Friday
Office Hours: 9am-5pm
Office Location: Faculty Offices, Room#7, Academic
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ASSESSMENT/ EVALUATION
1. Class performance and behavior 0%
2. Courser Project 10%
3. Assignments 5%
4. Quizzes 5%
5. First Term exam 20%
6. Second Term exam 20%
7. Final Examination 40%

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Publisher Name & Edition

S.No Book Name Author/s Name

Power Electronics Converters Ned Mohan, Undeland, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons,
1.
Applications and Design Robbins 2003

Fundamentals of Power 2nd Edition, Oxford University

2. Erickson and Maksimovic
Electronics Press, 2005

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is the first course in Power Electronics. Students will learn about specific areas of application and the
reasons Power Electronics is becoming popular in areas traditionally occupied by analog electronics. The
course will cover applications in conversion and control of power using Power semiconductor devices,
physics of their structure and operation and passive components in power circuits. Students will also learn
the principles governing the operation of converters, different standard topologies, applications in power
systems, motor drives, and applications in renewable energy sources.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

CLO1: Understand and analyze the behavior of non-ideal power switching devices
CLO2: Understand, analyze and design converters for operation in steady state Discontinuous
Conduction Mode
CLO3: Apply the knowledge in lab environment working as a group

Relation with PLOs

CLOs Related Learning Teaching Methods CLO attainment checked
PLOs Level in
CLO1 PLO1 Cog3 Lectures, Tutorial, Mid1,Quiz1,Assignment1
Assignments
CLO2 PLO3 Cog3 Lectures, Tutorial, Mid2,Quiz2,Assignment2
Assignments
CLO3 PLO5 Psycho4 Instruction, Labs Lab Exam, Lab
Assignment

LECTURE WISE DETAILS:

Recommended Assessment
Week Topics
Reading instrument
Introduction:
Review of concepts
Mohan: Chapter 1
01 Application examples
Erickson: Chapter 1
Classification of Power processors
Elements of Power Electronics
Switch Realization:
Types of switches
Overview of Power semiconductor devices
Mohan: Chapter 2
Comparison
02 Erickson: Chapter 4 CLO1
Driver circuits
Mohan: Chapter 20
Power Diodes:
Structure
Switching characteristics
Power Mosfets
Switching characteristics
03 Mohan: Chapter 22 CLO1
Operating limitations and safe operating
areas
Thyristors
Basic Structure
I-V characteristics and device operation
Switching characteristics Mohan: Chapter 23 CLO1
04
IGBTs Mohan: Chapter 25 Quiz1
Basic Structure
I-V characteristics and device operation
Switching characteristics
Steady State Converter Analysis
Inductor Volt-Sec Balance
Capacitor Amp-Sec Balance
05 CCM Analysis Erickson: Chapter 2 Assignment1
Converter Analysis (Buck, Boost, Cuk,
etc.)
Ripple estimation and design
 06 FIRST TERM EXAM
DCM Analysis of converters
Erickson: Chapter 5
07 Conduction mode boundary CLO2
Mohan: Chapter 7
Converter Examples: Boost, etc.
Transformer Isolation
Full Bridge, Half Bridge, Push-Pull and
Flyback converters
08 Erickson: Chapter 6 Quiz2
Boost Derived converters
Isolated SEPIC and Cuk converters
Switch Stress and Utilization
AC-DC converters:
Rectifiers
09 Mohan: Chapter 5
1-f and 3-f rectifiers
Inductive Load
Phase controlled rectifiers:
10 Use of Thyristors Mohan: Chapter 6 Assignment2
3-phase converters
Power and Signals in Non-Linear
Circuits:
Basic magnetic theory Mohan: Chapter 3
11
Electric Circuits Erickson: Chapter 16
Power and Harmonics in Non-sinusoidal
systems
Magnetics:
Magnetic Circuits
12 Transformer modeling Erickson: Chapter 13
Loss Mechanisms
Eddy Currents
13 SECOND TERM EXAM
Inductor Design
14 Filter Inductor Design Erickson: Chapter 14
Multiple winding magnetics design
Transformer Design
Basic Constraints and design process
15 Erickson: Chapter 15
Example designs
AC Inductor Design
16-17 Revision
18 FINAL EXAM
Lab Task Performance Details:

Assessment
Week Labs Task
instrument
Switching characteristics of Devices Power Diodes and Power
1-2
Mosfets
AC DC Conversion: SCRs and Phase Controlled Rectifiers
3-5 Characteristics, Half wave controlled rectification, R-L Load, Full
Bridge Rectification
6 LAB EXAM-1
DC-DC Conversion: Buck Converter Design, Simulation and
7-8
Implementation of CCM and DCM operation. Effect of parasitics
DC AC Conversion: Inverter Design, Simulation and
9-10 Implementation of Square wave with resonant filter and PWM
inverter with LP filter
11 LAB EXAM-2
12+13 DC Motor Drive
Course Project: Design, Simulation and Implementation of
14-16 CLO3
Application Specific PE converter
17 FINAL LAB EXAM