y of Houston / Electrical and Computer Engine ECE 5380/6380 — Power Electronics and Electric Drives, Fall 2015 lass), 9/2/2015, Wednesday Nam (Last), (First) Student ID #: * This quiz is closed-book and closed-notes. Write neatly. 1. Power semiconductor devices can be broadly di and ( led into the following three types: Power Diodes, Power Transistors Thyris tors ), Fill in the blank. 2. The figure on the right shows the power transfer process in which the conversion Power Electronics Interface of voltage (or power) is achieved, What is needed in the box with the question mark? 1 i ra alae i ‘ ie yee Cn) Controller (Analog / Digital ) rt) soe vs 3. Choose whether the following statement is true or false: “The first electronics revolution began by inyenting the silicon transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratory in 1948.” ((T.)/ F ) 4, Which of the following power converters is typically used in a common light-dimmer circuit? Cirele your answer. a, AC-40-DC converter b, DC-to-DC converter ¢, DC-to-AC converter (d,AC-t0-AC converter 5. Explain in one sentence what is different between power transformers and the converter of your answer in problem 4. ¢ ( Transformers Tap (orStep) change / AC=to-AC converter ay continucug 6. Choose whether the following statement is true or false: Change “Some semiconductor devices such as transistors in signal processing and/or communication cireuits can operate inthe active range where both voltage and current are nonzero, but for power electronic applications, it is desirable to use semiconductor devices as switches.” ((T)/ F ) 7. The figure on the right shows a configuration of de-to-de conversion using a resistor of Ry 1, What isthe output voltage (Vag) in volts? ( 5V ) ». What isthe theoretical efficiency of the de-to-de conversion system in percentage? ( 50 % ) 8. Choose whether the following statement is true or false: “While commercially-viable electric vehicles definitely adopt power electronics technology, conventional automobiles that use gasoline or dese dont tlie any power clecronie devies tall /@E)) 9. Which of the following cannot one of the reasons why power electronics technology is needed? @ Encouraging the utilization of renewable energy generation by lowering the total installation costs, b. Improving the efficiency of electric power transmission, ¢. Improving the efficiency of motor-driven systems. 4. Supporting electric power storage systems by converting voltages/currents from one form to another. 10. The state-oFart power electronics module that integrates the power module and the peripheral circuit such as an inputloutput interface circuit, a drive circuit, a protection circuit and so forth is called a(n) ( intelligent ) module or( nee ) power. *You can fill in one blank of the given two blanks