Power Electronics. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Switching power converter operation and design; modeling of power converters; power components including power semiconductor devices, inductors, and transformers; control of power converters; and select power converter topology for applications such as renewable energy, electric transportation, and telecommunications. Learning objectives: Analyze the basic operation of switching power converters; simulate the detailed, average, and small-signal operation of power converters; use steady-state, average, and small-signal models of pulse width modulation switch in power converter analysis and design; design of converter power stage for steady-state specifications; and design feedback controller of converters for dynamic specifications. This course has Differential Tuition.