ANNAMACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCES RAJAMPET

(An Autonomous Institution)

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Title of the Course Power Electronics
Category PCC
Couse Code 20A252T
Year III
Semester V
Branch EEE

Lecture Hours Tutorial Hours Practice Hours Credits

3 - - 3

Course Objectives:
 To discuss the basic theory of power semiconductor devices and their practical applications
 To explain the concepts of conversion and control to analyze power electronic converters suitable for AC/DC,
DC/DC and DC/AC.
Unit 1 Fundamentals of Power Semiconductor Devices 10
Brief introduction to Thyristor family –Basic operation of Power MOSFET and Power IGBT- Silicon Controlled
Rectifiers (SCR’s) – Principle of operation of SCR – Static characteristics and Dynamic turn ON switching
characteristics of SCR – Two transistor analogy of SCR.-Turn ON methods of SCR - Gate characteristics of SCR-
- Turn OFF mechanism and Turn OFF methods-Natural and Forced Commutation methods for SCR-Series and
Parallel connections of SCRs- Problems -R, RC and UJT firing circuits.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit, the student will be able to:
 Describe the characteristics of different types of power semiconductor devices.(L2)
 Compare series and parallel connection of SCR’s, and various commutation methods.(L4)
Unit 2 Protection Circuits for Power Electronic Devices 10
Specifications and Ratings of SCR – Voltage, Current and Power ratings – Protection against dv/dt with design of
Snubber circuit-di/dt Protection with help of inductor- Over voltage protection by Metal Oxide Varistors – Over
current protection by fast acting current limiting fuse– Gate Protection-Improving dv/dt rating with Cathode short-
di/dt improvement by high gate current - Cooling mechanism of SCR –Problems.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit, the student will be able to:
 Analyze the protection circuits of power electronic devices. (L4)
 Explain the cooling mechanism of SCR’s.(L2)
Unit 3 AC to DC Converters 10
Operation and analysis of Single phase and three phase uncontrolled and controlled rectifiers with R, RL and back
EMF load-Derivation of average and RMS load voltage and current -Active and Reactive power inputs to the
converters-Effect of freewheeling diode -Numerical problems- Effect of source inductance on single phase and
three phase fully controlled bridge rectifier with RL load–single phase and three phase Dual converters-Power
factor improvement methods for phase controlled rectifiers.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit, the student will be able to:
 Analyze the operation of AC to DC converters. (L4)
 Distinguish the operation of Half & Fully controlled converters. .(L2)
 Apply the concepts of AC to DC converters to solve numerical problems (L3)

Unit 4 DC to DC Converters 9
Principle of buck converter, boost converter and buck boost converter operation–Control strategies-Time ratio
control & current limit control– Derivation of average load voltage, RMS voltage and load current for continuous
current operation-ripple current-ripple factor- Numerical problems–Operation of Single quadrant chopper -Two
quadrant DC chopper, Four quadrant DC chopper)- Problems.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit, the student will be able to:
 Analyze the operation of DC to DC converters.(L4)
 Identify the suitable choppers for motoring and braking applications.(L2)
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 Apply the concepts of DC to DC converters to solve numerical problems. (L3)

Unit 5 DC to AC and AC to AC Converters 10

Single phase inverters – Basic series inverter– Basic parallel inverter- Voltage Source Inverter - half bridge and full
bridge types - Current Source Inverter- Voltage control techniques of single phase inverters- External Control
methods - Internal control methods-Pulse Width Modulation Techniques-single PWM–Multiple PWM and
Sinusoidal PWM. Problems. AC voltage controllers – Single phase half wave and full wave type regulators with R
and RL loads – Derivation of RMS load voltage, current and power factor –Numerical problems-Three phase
Regulator - Cyclo converters – Single phase midpoint and bridge configuration of cyclo converters with resistive
and inductive loads - problems.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit, the student will be able to:
 Analyze the operation DC/AC and AC/AC converters(L4)
 Distinguish the applications of regulators and inverters.(L4)
 Apply the concepts of DC to AC converters and AC to AC converters to solve numerical problems. (L3)
Prescribed Text Books:
1. M. D. Singh & K. B. Kanchandhani. Power Electronics, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Company, Revised edition
2013
2. P.S.Bimbhra. Power Electronics, Khanna Publishers, 2014
3. Ned Mohan, Power Electronics, second edition, john wiley & sons Inc 2014
Reference Books:
1. Vedam Subramanyam, Power Electronics, 3rd Edition, New Age International (P) Limited, 2008
2. M.H.Rashid, Power Electronics Circuits Devices and Applications. 3rd edition, Pearson, 2014
3. John G. Kassakian, Martin F. Schlecht and George.C.Verghese. Principles of Power Electronics, Pearson
Edition, 2010
4. P.C. Sen, Power Electronics, Tata Mc Graw-Hill Publishing Company, 2014
Web Resources:
1. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/102/108102145/
2. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/101/108101126/
3. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/101/108101038/
4. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/107/108107128/
Course Outcomes: Blooms Level of Learning
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
1. Demonstrate fundamental concepts and techniques used in power electronics. L3
2. Analyze the protection circuits of power electronic devices and cooling mechanism. L4
3. Analyze various single phase and three phase power converter circuits. L4
4. Discuss the operating principle and various types of DC-DC converters. L2
5. Analyze the construction and operation of voltage source inverters, voltage
L4
controllers and Cyclo converters.

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