| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Semiconductor power devices |
Basic principle of Diode, Power Mosfet, IGBT, SCR, GTO and MCT. Analysis of data sheets. Thermal analysis. |
4
|
| PWM modulator |
Principle of PWM modulation of half-bridge inverters. Analysis of first order filters and second order filters. |
2
|
| Dc/Dc Converters |
Basic principle of 2nd order dc-dc converters (Buck, Boost and buck-boost) |
4
|
| Ac/dc Converters |
Single-phase and three-phase diode rectifiers. Thyristor rectifiers. Issues on IEC 1000-3-2 compliance |
8
|
| Single-phase inverters |
Half-bridge, full-bridge and push-pull. Square-wave operation. Two-level PWM and three-level PWM. Extension for isolated dc-dc converters |
4
|
| Three-phase inverters |
Three-phase inverters. Half-brdige, full-bridge. Square-wave versus PWM modulation. Modulation of the common mode voltage. Stationary-frame modulation and space vector modulation |
4
|
| Basics of control techniques for switched-mode pow |
Voltage-mode control of buck converters. Current-mode control: average, peak, hysteresis. |
4
|
| Transducer and sensors in industrial electronics |
Basics of transducer and sensors in power electronics |
4
|
| Exercise and Basic design of power converter |
Exercise and simple design of dc-dc power converters |
4
|
| Simulation tools for power electronics design |
Use of Simulink and Pspice for modeling power electronics converters |
2
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
40 |
| for exercises only |
12 |
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
4 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
6 |
| Workshops |
|
| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
10 |
| Total hours |
50
|