Syllabus

Course Information

Objectives: This course is designed to equip students with knowledge about operation characteristics and major application areas of power semiconductor devices, and associated power converters to give them an ability to design and choose such systems for various industrial applications.

Course Topics

1. Introduction

2. Power Semiconductor Diodes and Circuits

3. Diode Rectifiers

4. Power Transistors

5. DC-DC Converters

6. Pulse-width Modulated Inverters

7. Thyristors

8. Controlled Rectifiers

9. AC Voltage Controllers

10. Static Switches

11. Gate Drive Circuits

12. Protection of Devices and Circuits