EE2301 Power Electronics Syllabus
EE2301 Power Electronics Syllabus
EE2301 Power Electronics Syllabus
OBJECTIVES
• To get an overview of different types of power semi-conductor devices and their switching
characteristics.
• To understand the operation, characteristics and performance parameters of controlled
rectifiers.
• To study the operation, switching techniques and basic topologies of DC-DC switching
regulators.
• To learn the different modulation techniques of pulse width modulated inverters and to
understand the harmonic reduction methods.
• To study the operation of AC voltage controller and Matrix converters.
• To study simple applications
UNIT IV INVERTERS 9
Single phase and three phase (both 120º mode and 180 º mode) inverters - PWM
techniques: Sinusoidal PWM, modified sinusoidal PWM - multiple PWM – Introduction
to space vector modulations - Voltage and harmonic control - Series resonant inverter -
Current source inverter.
UNIT V AC TO AC CONVERTERS 9
Single phase AC voltage controllers – Multistage sequence control - single and three
phase cycloconverters –Introduction to Integral cycle control, Power factor control and
Matrix converters.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS
1. M.H. Rashid, ‘Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices and Applications’, Pearson Education, PHI
Third edition, New Delhi 2004.
2. Philip T.Krein, “Elements of Power Electronics” Oxford University Press, 2004 Edition.
REFERENCES
1. Ashfaq Ahmed Power Electronics for Technology Pearson Education, Indian reprint,
2003.
2. P.S.Bimbra “Power Electronics” Khanna Publishers, third Edition 2003.
3. Ned Mohan, Tore.M.Undeland, William.P.Robbins, ‘Power Electronics: Converters,
Applications and Design’, John Wiley and sons, third edition, 2003.