ECET 25700 - Consumer Power Electronics

Credit Hours: 4.0.

This course is a study of the application of circuit techniques to amplifiers used in power and RF electronics, including bipolar junction transistors, power MOSFETs, thyristors, RF amplifiers, switching power supplies, and appropriate applications. Computer-aided analysis of circuits is used.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

1. Compute the average, RMS, and power produced by a wide variety of wave shapes using integral definitions.

2. Describe the performance of N and P channel enhancement mode MOSFETs.

3. Analyze and design linear power amplifiers using op amps and enhancement mode MOSFETs driving resistive loads.

4. Compute appropriate thermal parameters for power semiconductors.

5. Select power op amps and audio ICs to meet a given application.

6. Apply thyristors, snubbing, thyristor triggers and proportional power interfaces.

7. Analyze and design transistor power switches, drivers, H bridges, buck, boost, and class D audio amplifiers.

8. Layout prototype boards containing low level, high voltage, and current, high frequency and digital signals.

9. Evaluate the performance of a variety of the circuits described above, using appropriate standard laboratory measurement procedures, and simulations.

Prerequisites:

(ECET 20700 Minimum Grade of D- or

EET 20700 Minimum Grade of D-) and

(MA 22100 Minimum Grade of D- or

MA 22500 Minimum Grade of D- or

MA 22300 Minimum Grade of D- or

MA 22700 Minimum Grade of D- or

MA 22900 Minimum Grade of D- or

MATH M2150 Minimum Grade of D- or

MATH M2080 Minimum Grade of D- or

MA 16100 Minimum Grade of D- or

MATH M1190 Minimum Grade of D- or

MA 16500 Minimum Grade of D-) or

MA 16700 Minimum Grade of D- or

(MA 22300 Minimum Grade of D- and

MA 22400 Minimum Grade of D-)

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