POWER ELECTRONICS
Stampa
Enrollment year
2018/2019
Academic year
2018/2019
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ING-INF/01 (ELECTRONICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
Sistemi elettrici
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (06/03/2019 - 14/06/2019)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
45 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
DALLAGO ENRICO (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
Knowledge of circuit theory.
Learning outcomes
To provide specific knowledge on power semiconductor devices, on power electronics converters and their design and applications.
Course contents
Power electronics and power microelectronics. The concept of conversion in power electronics. Main conversions. Electronic power converter. Elements of semiconductor physics: semiconductor materials, silicon properties, band model , fundamental equations, p-n junction and superjunction. Electromagnetic high frequency transformer. Thermal problems in Electronics.
Semiconductor Devices
Working principles of power semiconductor devices. Pin diode, Schottky diode, Thyristors, BJT, MOSFET, IGBT, MCT. Protection and packaging. Discrete and integrated driving circuits. Power modules. Power integrated circuits.
AC-DC Converters
Mono-phase and three-phase diode and SCR rectifiers. Rectifier conversion efficiency. Voltage and current harmonics. Filters.
DC-DC Converters
Choppers and Switched Mode Power Supplies. GTO chopper. High commutation frequency dc-dc converters: Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost, Flyback, Cúk. Soft commutation techniques. Resonant and quasi resonant converters. Switched capacitor dc-dc converters.
CC-CA converters
Mono-phase and three-phase inverters. Voltage and frequency regulation. Space vector modulation and PWM techniques.
Principles of reliability
Introduction to reliability. Methods of the reliability. Series and parallel reliability.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 45
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
Baliga B.J. . Modern Power Devices. John Wiley & Sons.
Antognetti P. (Editor). Power Integrated Circuits: Physics, Design and Applications. McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Muller e Kamins. Dispositivi elettronici nei circuiti integrati. Bollati-Boringhieri.
B. Murari, F. Bertotti, G.A. Vignola (Eds). Smart Power ICS, Techhnologies and Applications. Springer.
Mohan N, Undeland T.M., Robbins W.P.. Power Electronics. John Wiley & Sons.
Chryssis G.C.. High-Frequency Switching Power Supplies: Theory and Design. Mc Graw-Hill Company.
Y. C. Liang, G. S. Samudra. Power Microelectronics: devices and process technologies. World Scientific.
Assessment methods
There is an oral examination on the whole program of the course. The student can submit a paper on a topic of the course that will contribute to the evaluation during the oral examination.
Further information
There is an oral examination on the whole program of the course. The student can submit a paper on a topic of the course that will contribute to the evaluation during the oral examination.
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