POWER ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS

ECE 712

Advanced course in power electronics which provides an understanding of switching power converters. Included are DC-to-DC, AC-to-DC, DC-to-AC, and AC-to-AC converters, commutation techniques, converter control, interfacing converters with real sources and loads.

ECE 714

Power electronic application to utility systems is a rapidly growing field with major impact on the industry. Covers material on HVDC transmission, energy storage systems, renewable sources, static compensators, and flexible ac transmission systems.

ECE 342

A second course in modeling and application of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. Advanced transistor amplifier analysis, including feedback effects. Design for power amplifiers, op-amps, analog filters, oscillators, A/D and D/A converters, and power converters. Introduction to transistor level design of CMOS digital circuits.

ECE 512

This laboratory introduces the student to measurement and simulation of important operating characteristics of power electronic circuits and power semiconductor devices. Emphasis is on devices, circuits, gating methods and power quality.

ECE 340

A first course in modeling, characterization, and application of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. Development of appropriate models for circuit-level behavior of diodes, bi-polar and field effect transistors, and non-ideal op-amps. Application in analysis and design of linear amplifiers. Frequency domain characterization of transistor circuits.