ECE 523Power Electronics

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The application of electronics to energy conversion and control. Electrical and thermal characteristics of power semiconductor devices— diodes, bipolar transistors and thyristors. Magnetic components. State-space averaging and sampleddata models. Emphasis is placed on circuit techniques. Application examples include dc-dc conversion, controlled rectifiers, high-frequency inverters, resonant converters and excitation of electric machines. Prerequisites: ECE 3204 and undergraduate courses in modern signal theory and control theory; ECE 504 is recommended.