Empowering Currents: A Journey through Power Electronics

 

Beginner Level:

Week 1-2: Introduction to Power Electronics

• Overview of power electronics and its applications
• Basic components: diodes, transistors (BJT, MOSFET, IGBT)
• Introduction to power semiconductor devices and their characteristics

Week 3-4: Power Semiconductor Devices

• Detailed study of diodes: ideal diode model, characteristics, and applications
• Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJTs): structure, operation, and applications
• Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs): structure, operation, and applications

Week 5-6: Power Conversion Basics

• Rectifiers: half-wave, full-wave, and bridge rectifiers
• Introduction to DC-DC converters: buck, boost, and buck-boost converters
• Understanding AC-DC converters: single-phase and three-phase rectifiers

Intermediate Level:

Week 7-8: Switching Converters

• Introduction to pulse-width modulation (PWM)
• Detailed study of PWM techniques: voltage mode control, current mode control
• Analysis and design of buck, boost, and buck-boost converters

Week 9-10: AC-DC Converters

• Three-phase rectifiers: six-pulse and twelve-pulse rectifiers
• Introduction to power factor correction (PFC) techniques
• Design and analysis of AC-DC converters with PFC

Week 11-12: Inverters

• Introduction to inverters: single-phase and three-phase inverters
• Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) inverters: voltage source inverters (VSI) and current source inverters (CSI)
• Analysis and design of PWM inverters

Advanced Level:

Week 13-14: Resonant Converters

• Introduction to resonant converters
• Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) and Zero Current Switching (ZCS) techniques
• Design and analysis of resonant converters: LLC resonant converter, series resonant converter

Week 15-16: Multilevel Converters

• Introduction to multilevel converters
• Cascaded H-Bridge converters
• Analysis and design of multilevel converters for high-power applications

Week 17-18: Emerging Topics

• Wide bandgap (WBG) power semiconductor devices: SiC and GaN devices
• Power electronic applications in renewable energy systems
• Power electronics in electric vehicles and grid integration

Week 19-20: Project and Review

• Final project: Design and simulation of a power electronic system
• Review of advanced topics and recent research developments

This syllabus covers a wide range of topics in power electronics, starting from the fundamentals and progressing to advanced concepts. It provides a solid foundation for students to understand and apply power electronic principles in various engineering applications.