EPEG 318

EPEG 318(Power Electronics)

Parash Acharya
Lecture II
Date: 10/3/2015

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 LAST LECTURE
 Basic Course Introduction
 Diode Theory
 Diode with RL and RC load

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 TODAY’S LECTURE
 Problems on Diode with RC and RL Load
 Diode with LC load
 Diode with RLC Load
 Problems on Diode with LC and RLC Load

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 PROBLEMS ON DIODE WITH RC LOAD
 Problem 1: A diode circuit as shown in Figure 1 below has
R = 44 Ω and C = 0.1 μF. The capacitor has an initial
voltage Vc0 = Vo (t=0) = 220 V. If switch S1 is closed at t = 0,
determine (a) the peak diode current (b) the energy
dissipated in the resistor R, and (c) the capacitor voltage
at t = 2 μs.

Figure 1: Diode circuit with an RC load

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 DIODE WITH LC LOAD
 In Figure 2, when switch S1 is closed at t=0, the charging
current of the capacitor can be expressed as
................. (1)

Fig 2: Circuit diagram with diode and LC Load

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 DIODE WITH LC LOAD (CONTD..)
 With an initial condition i(t=0)=0 and Vc(t=0)=0, the
capacitor current i(t) can be calculated from equation 1 as

............. (2)

 In equation 2, and IP is the peak current

which is given as
............. (3)

 The rate of rise of current and initial rate of rise of

current are given as in equations 4 and 5 respectively

........ (4) ........ (5)

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 DIODE WITH LC LOAD (CONTD..)
 The voltage Vc across the capacitor can be expressed as

........ (6)

Fig 3: current and capacitor voltage waveform for LC Load

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 DIODE WITH LC LOAD (CONTD..)
 Conclusions
1. At time t = t1= , the diode current i falls to zero and
the capacitor is charged to 2Vs.
2. As there is no resistance in the circuit, so, there is no
energy losses.
3. Hence in the absence of any resistance, the current in
the LC circuit oscillates and the energy is transferred
from L to C and vice versa.

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 DIODE WITH LC LOAD (CONTD..)
 Problem 1: A diode circuit with an LC load is as shown in
Figure 4 below with the capacitor having an initial voltage
Vc(t=0)= -Vco = -220V, Capacitance, C= 20μF, and
inductance, L= 80 μH. If the switch S1 is closed at t=0,
determine (a) peak current through the diode (b) the
conduction time of the diode (c) the final steady-state
capacitor voltage.

Fig 4:Diode Circuit diagram and waveforms with an LC load

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 DIODE WITH RLC LOAD
 Switch S1 is closed at t=0 for a RLC load diode circuit as
shown in Figure 4 and KVL can be applied to determine the
equation for the load current.

........ (7)

Fig 4: Diode circuit with an RLC load

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 DIODE WITH RLC LOAD
(CONTD..)
 With initial condition of i(t=0)=0 and Vc(t=0)=Vco and
differentiating both side of equation (6) and dividing by L
yields
........ (8)

 Under final steady state conditions, the capacitor is

charged to the source voltage and the steady current is
zero
 The characteristic equation in laplace domain for
equation (8) is
........ (9)

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 DIODE WITH RLC LOAD (CONTD..)
 The roots of the quadratic equation (9) is given as

........ (10)

 Defining damping factor (α) and resonant frequency (ω0)

as in equation (11) and (12) respectively.

............... (11)

............... (12)

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 DIODE WITH RLC LOAD (CONTD..)
 The solution of the current depends upon the values of α
and ω0 and will have three possible cases
Case I: Critically Damped Circuit : If α = ω0 and hence two
roots are equal i.e. s1=s2. Hence the solution takes the
form ............... (13)

Case II: Over Damped Circuit: If α > ω0, the roots are real
and the solution takes the form ............... (14)

Case III: Under damped Circuit: If α < ω0, the roots are
complex and the roots are
............... (15)

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 DIODE WITH RLC LOAD (CONTD..)
 In equation (15), ωr is called the ringing frequency (or
damped resonant frequency)and given as
And the solution takes the form (it is decaying sinusoidal
function)
............... (16)

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 DIODE WITH RLC LOAD (CONTD..)
 The constants A1 and A2 are normally determined from the
initial condition of the circuit.
 Power electronics circuit are normally underdamped
system such that the circuit current becomes sinusoidal
for ac output or to turn off a semiconductor device.

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 DIODE WITH RLC LOAD (CONTD..)
 Problem 3: For a RLC circuit in Figure 4 Vs = 220V, L=2 mH
C=0.05 μF And resistance R = 160 Ω. Initial capacitor
voltage and inductor current is zero. Determine (a) an
expression for the current i(t) and (b) conduction time of
the diode (c) sketch the current waveform.

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 REFERENCES
 Power Electronics, 3rd ed, M.H. Rashid,
Chapter 2: Power Electronics Diodes and
Circuits

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THANK YOU

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