AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM

COURSE PLAN
Academic year: 2016-17 Semester: Sixth
Department: EEE Programme: B.Tech.
Course Code: EEE341 Course Title: POWER ELECTRONICS

Lecture Topics Key-words Objectives Remarks

No(s)
1-2 Introduction, Applications- power electronics, To familiarize with 1.1
Overview of power semiconductor devices and control characteristics of various power electronic 1.2&
devices, Characteristics of ideal switch and practical switches 1.3 in M.H. Rashid, Power Electronics,
switches and modules
Switch specifications and device choices PHI, 3rd edition.
used in the industry and
CHARACTERISTICS OF POWER SEMICONDUCTOR

Types of Power Electronic Circuits, Power modules 1.4.1-1.4.2-

Intelligent Modules analyze a non sinusoidal 1.4.3,1.4.4
signal through 1.5 in M.H. Rashid
3-4 Analysis of non-sinusoidal waveforms in steady state & problems on non- simulation 1.9, 1.10
sinusoidal waveform analysis (Also refer Joseph Vidayathil
Simulation & analysis of non-sinusoidal waveforms with Pspice and For direction property of switches)
MATLAB/Simulink FFT tools
3.2.4 Ned Mohan

5 DIODES To study the 2.1 to 2.4 Rashid (qualitative treatment

I-V (only review) and recovery characteristics of Diode on state power generic/basic only)
6-7 loss (VT *Iav +r * I2RMS) (1hr) (Vidayathil to be referred for recovery
characteristics of power
BJTs characteristics)
Symbol I-V Characteristics Load line drive requirements semiconductor switches
Darlington configurations 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 Ned Mohan
MOSFET
Symbol I-V characteristics Load line rDS(ON) On state power loss
(rDS * I2RMS)
IGBT
Symbol I-V characteristics Turn off characteristics.
Comparison of controlled switches
(BJT, MOSFET & IGBT - 2HRS)
 SCR
Introduction. Brief comparison of SCR, GTO&BJT, characteristics 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 MH Rashid
8-9
On state power loss (VT *Iav +r * I2RMS), Two transistor model of thyristor,
Effect of temperature, High voltage dv/dt on SCR and di/dt and turn on
characteristics , Line(Natural) & forced commutation of SCR (brief
account)
(2 HRS)
To learn
10-11 Thyristorized circuits and their control 6.2
o Basic thyristor circuits 6.2.1
i) Various Thyristor
o Thyristor gate triggering 6.2.2
based converter 6.2.3 Ned Mohan
o Practical thyristor converters
Phase Controlled Converters

topologies (single and

Single- phase full converter with constant current, mean and RMS output three phase) and sketch 10.3
12-14 voltage; conversion and inversion modes of operation. the output voltage and M.H. Rashid
Current THD & input power factor . current forms. 6.3.4 Ned Mohan for inversion mode and
o Turn off time and extinction time interval in inversion extinction angle
mode
(ii) Effect of source
inductance
Single- phase full convert with RLE load, Determining continuous & 10.3.1 M.H. Rashid
15-17 discontinuous current modes and waveforms.
Single- phase dual converter with circulating and non circulating current (ii) Effect due to 10.4 M.H. Rashid
modes. Harmonic Distortion
Three-phase full (bridge) converter with constant current. Converter 6.4 NED MOHAN et al, Power
and Inverter modes of operation. Effect of source inductance (Expression Electronics, 3rd edition
18-19 required only for mean output voltage).

Periodical-I
20-21
Single-phase Semi Converter with constant current load
Input Power factor and current THD. 10.9 M.H. Rashid
Effect of source inductance on mean output voltage of a bridge converter.
6.3.2 of NED MOHAN et al, Power
Electronics, ,3rd edition

22-23 Definition, applications, modes of control, 1. To study 11.1

Single-phase full-wave AC controller with 2 thyristors with R & RL load. (i) The operation of AC 11.4 M.H. Rashid
24-25 o Application of Single-phase full-wave AC controller with L load to AC and DC-DC 11.5 M.H. Rashid
INVERTERS AC & DC CHOPPERS

Thyristor controlled reactor/Inductor (TCI/TCR) 3.2.5 -3.2.6 Joseph Vidayathil

Three phase Application for Switching Control
converters. 3.4 Joseph Vidayathil
26-29 (ii)The design Of an AC 4.1- 4.2 Joseph Vidayathil
Chopper Definitions Applications and a DC Chopper 4.2 Joseph Vidayathil
Step down choppers with resistance load Constant frequency Variable and their applications 4.3 Joseph Vidayathil
frequency operations. 2. To analyze Various 4.3-4.4 Joseph Vidayathil
Generation of gating signals 4.4 Joseph Vidayathil
chopper circuit
Analysis of Step down converter with R &RLE load
30-31 configurations through
o Simulation of step down converter in Pspice For assignment
Principle of step up chopper & Step up chopper analysis simulation using P-spice
32-34 o Simulation of step up converter in Pspice For assignment
35 Buck-Boost converter
Converter classifications (only with reference to I-V characteristics)
Two quadrant
36-38 Definitions Applications Single phase bridge inverters (square wave To Understand the 6.1 ,6.2 and 6.4 M.H. Rashid
operation) operation of basic single 6.3 M.H. Rashid
Performance parameters and problems 6.5 M.H. Rashid
phase and three phase
Three phase Inverters 180 degree conduction- voltage waveforms for Ned Mohan 8.3.2.4
39-42 balanced load square wave inverter
Voltage cancellation control for single pulse width modulation and their control

Periodical-II
43-48 Pulse Width Modulated Switching scheme To Understand the PWM 8.2 full Ned mohan
Voltage control of Single phase inverters by Sinusoidal PWM with concepts of single and 8.3.2.2 Ned mohan

INVERTERS
Unipolar voltage switching 8.2.1 Rashid
three phase inverters.
Frequency spectrum, Generalized harmonics , Over modulation. 11.4 Ned Mohan
49 Introduction to Space vector PWM 6.10 Rashid
50-51 Series Inverter circuit operation- waveforms-analysis
PWM
52 UPS
53 Concept of current source inverter
54-55 Simulation of sine PWM and SVPWM inverters with built-in
MATLAB/Simulink blocks.
56 Junction temperature calculations - Heat sink thermal resistance (RSA) To learn the design of a M.H.RASHID
(RJC,RCS,RSA) heat sink for power
electronic applications
End Semester Examination

Total No. of Hours = 56

Evaluation Pattern: Periodical Test 1 = 15

Periodical Test 2 = 15
Continuous Assessment = 20
(Quizzes - 5, Tutorials 5)
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Internal - 50
End Semester - 50
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Total - 100