EE 123 POWER ELECTRONICS SYLLABUS Summer 2024R

Java Python EE 123

POWER ELECTRONICS

SYLLABUS

Summer 2024

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Prerequisites: EE 100A, EE 123 online section: enrollment in the Online Master-in-Science in Engineering.

Units: 4,  Lecture: 3 hours, Laboratory: 3 hours

Covers the study of power semiconductor devices. Includes magnetic circuits and components; switch mode converters and power supplies; and single, three-phase, pulse width modulation, and resonant pulse  inverters. Addresses voltage controllers; direct current and induction motor drives; and design of motion control drive circuits for robotic and industrial automation systems. Credit is awarded for one of the following EE 123 or EE 286C.

TOPICS

Power Quantities and Calculations

Transformers and Diode Rectifiers (Half-Wave and Full-Wave)

Power Semiconductor Devices

-    Power Diodes: general, fast-recovery, Schottky;

-    Power Switches: thyristors (SCR, GTO, MCT)

-    Power Transistors: BJT, MOSFET, IGBT

Switching DC-DC Converters and DC Power Supplies

-    CCM and DCM Switching Analysis

-    Non-isolated DC-DC Converters - Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost, Cuk

-    Isolated DC-DC Converters – Flyback and Forward

DC-AC Inverters

-    single phase bridge inverters

AC-DC Converters AC-AC Converters

Series and Parallel Combination of Components and Circuits

Course Calendar

Date

Lectures

HW Due

Laboratory

Mon, 07/29	1 (live). Introduction to Power Electronics
Tue, 07/30	2 (live). Power and Power Source Characterization		Lab 0. LTspice Installation (ungraded, no lab report)
Wed, 07/31	3 (pre-rec). Half-Wave Rectifiers with Resistive Loads
Thu, 08/01	4 (live). Half-Wave Rectifiers with Capacitive Loads		Lab 1. Power Characterization, Regular and Controlled Rectifiers
Sat, 08/03		HW 1, 11:59 pm
Mon, 08/05	5 (pre-rec). Half-Wave Rectifiers with Inductive Loads
Tue, 08/06	6 (live). Full-Wave Bridge Rectifiers		Lab 2. Half-Wave Rectifiers and Commutation
Wed, 08/07	7 (live). Full-Wave Rectifiers - Inductive Sources and RLC Loads
Thu, 08/08	8 (pre-rec). Phase- Controlled Rectifiers and Inverters		Lab 3. Full-Wave Bridge Rectifiers
Sat, 08/10		HW 2, 11:59 pm
Mon, 08/12	9 (live). Voltage Doublers
Tue, 08/13	10-1 (pre-rec). Intro to Switching Power Supplies, Buck Converters		Lab 4. Phase-Controlled Rectifiers and Inverters
Wed, 08/14	10-2 (pre-rec). Intro to Switching Power Supplies, Boost Converters	EE 123 POWER ELECTRONICS SYLLABUS Summer 2024R HW 3, 3:00 pm
Thu, 08/15	MIDTERM
Mon, 08/19	11 (pre-rec) Buck-Boost Converters. DCM Operation in Buck and Boost Converters
Tue, 08/20	13 (live). Magnetic Circuits and Transformers		Lab 5. Switch-Mode DC-DC Converters

Wed, 08/21	14-1 (live). Flyback Converters	HW 4, 11:59 pm
Thu, 08/22	14-2 (pre-rec). Forward Converters		Lab 6. Flyback and Forward DC-DC Converters
Mon, 08/26	15 (pre-rec). AC Voltage Controllers	HW 5, 11:59 pm
Tue, 08/27	16 (live). Inverters - DC-AC Converters		Lab 7 (optional). DC-AC and AC-AC Line Inverters
Wed, 08/28	17 (pre-rec). Combination of Non-Linear Components
Thu, 08/29	18 (live). Review	HW 6, 3:00 pm
Fri, 08/30	FINAL EXAM 8 am - 10 am

HOMEWORK

Homeworks will be assigned every other day, there are six homeworks in total. Homework statements along with due dates are shown in the calendar above and will also be posted in Assignments/Homeworks  section in  eLearn and Gradescope. Keep in mind that even though you need to solve all required problems in homeworks, only two randomly selected homeworks will be actually chosen for grading. Non-required problems are indicated inside the homework assignments, and won’t be graded. Use them for practice purposes. Solutions to all problems, required or not, will be posted under corresponding homework assignments in Canvas. In general, homeworks will be due at  11:59 pm on the due dates except homeworks 3 and 6 that will be due at 3 pm. This is because I will need to post solutions before the exams on the following days. Discussion of homework problems with the instructor, TA, and/or classmates will be done via Piazza. All homeworks must be completed individually and submitted for grading via Gradescope, not by email. You can use your mobile phone to scan your handwritten solutions and save them in a pdf format, for example, with CamScanner app (https://www.camscanner.com). A short tutorial on Gradescope usage is provided under Assignments folder in eLearn.

No late homework will be accepted.

LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

All labs are LTspice software based and will need to be conducted at your own location. Lab manuals can be found under Modules/Laboratories section in eLearn. Discussion of lab experiments with TA, and/or other students is encouraged. Usage of Piazza  is encouraged for this purpose. Laboratories are based on LTspice software from Linear Technology, a free and very powerful Spice simulation environment,

https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/design-tools-and-calculators/ltspice-

simulator.html . Additional LTspice power electronics library specifically designed for EE123 can be found in eLearn/Canvas under Modules/Laboratories section. Laboratories will cover majority of power electronic circuits discussed in class.

You are expected to read the lab descriptions, and complete the pre-lab before starting lab assignments.

Lab reports are to be submitted for grading within the time-frames indicated in the lab assignments via Gradescope, not by email. Late submission will lead to a 10-point score deduction. Guidelines for the lab report must be followed.

EXAMS

Midterm:       ONLINE, Thursday, 08/15/2024 during regular lecture hours

Final:              ONLINE, Friday, 08/30/2024, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

All exams are open book and notes, only printed and/or handwritten materials will be allowed on the test. Electronics version of notes, textbooks, etc. will be strictly disallowed. Exams will be proctored by our TA online. Make sure that your desk and you (arms and head) are visible by our TA at all times. Laptops/PC’s can only be used for delivering video to our proctor via Zoom software. Communication gadgets, tablets, cell-phones, etc. must be off.  During tests, 3 min long breaks will be allowed with proctor permission. Make-up exams are possible only under circumstances of medical emergency or sickness