ECE 5200 - Power Electronics: Dynamics and Control

Basic, transformer isolated and resonant switchmode converter topologies. Steady-state analysis, large-signal, small-signal modeling and analysis, state-space and discrete-time models. Magnetics, transformers, control techniques and power conditioning of converters. PWM control. Advanced application areas: electric drives, power systems - HVDC, FACTS and STATCOM. New materials - Galium arsenide (GaAs), polytypes of silicon carbide (SiC), and gallium nitrate (GaN).

Credits: 3 hours

Restrictions: This course is restricted to graduate students majoring in either Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering. Senior undergraduates may take this course with department approval.