EE302

 POWER ELECTRONICS

 

Power Semiconductor Devices –Power diodes -power transistors-SCRs-Triac-GTO-Power MOSFETs-IGBTs-Principles of operation and characteristics, ratings, protection and gate drive circuits

AC to DC conversion- single-phase and three phase semi converters and full converters, effects of source inductance, inverter operations, dual converters

DC to DC conversion, Basic principles of switch mode power Conversion-Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost converters configurations, isolated converters

DC to AC conversion single-phase and three phase voltage source inverters-120 degree and 180 degree modes of operations, voltage control and waveform control, current source inverters

AC to AC conversion: single-phase and three-phase AC voltage regulators using SCR, Triac and self commutating devices - single phase cycloconverters

 

 

1. Rashid, M.H. ,'Power Electronics - circuits, devices and applications', Prentice Hall India, New Delhi, 2006.
2. M.D.singh and K.B.Khanchandani, ‟Power Electronics‟,Tata Mc Graw Hills Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi 2006.
3. Ned Mohan, Tore M.Undeland, William P Robbins, „Power Electronics‟, John Wiley & Sons, Media Enhanced 3rd Edition, 2003.