Power Electronics | Syllabus | College Platform - NITH
Electrical EngineeringEE-223
EE-223core Course
Power Electronics
4 Credits
5 Modules
Updated 12/31/2024
01
Characteristics of Various Solid State Devices
7 Lectures
Semiconductor Power diodes Power transistors MOSFET SCR Thyristor and its two
transistor model Triac Gate turn off thyristor (GTO) Insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)
Comparison of switching power devices Static Characteristics and Principles of operation
turn on and turn off characteristics
triggering circuits
02
AC to DC Converters
8 Lectures
Line commutated thyristor based converters phase controlled rectifiers bridge converters -
fully controlled half controlled uncontrolled ( single phase and three phase configuration)
bidirectional ac to dc voltage source converters issues of line current harmonics power
factor distortion factor and source inductance Resonant Converters inverter operation
applications in drives.
03
DC to DC Converters
7 Lectures
Thyristor choppers voltage current and load commutation step up and step down
Choppers basic principles of DC-DC switch mode Converters buck boost and buck-boost
converters and applications
04
DC to AC Inverters
8 Lectures
DC-AC switched mode converters Voltage source inverters single phase and three
phase inverter harmonic reduction techniques and Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation
current source inverter.
05
AC to AC Converters
6 Lectures
Single phase and 3-phase AC voltage controllers using thyristors phase control and
integral cycle control AC choppers single phase cyclo-converters applications effects
of harmonics and electromagnetic interference applications in drives