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Power Electronics: Ee 528: Kuthi@usc - Edu

This syllabus outlines the Power Electronics course for fall 2014, which will focus on analysis and design of switched-mode power converters. The course will cover basic circuit operation, steady-state analysis, transformer-isolated converters, control systems modeling, feedback loop design, magnetics, inductor/transformer design, and EMI/grounding principles. The instructor is Dr. Andras Kuthi and the TA is Wei Wang. The textbook is Fundamentals of Power Electronics by R.W. Erickson and D. Maksimovic. Coursework includes weekly homework, a midterm exam worth 30%, and a final exam worth 50% of the total grade.

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Power Electronics: Ee 528: Kuthi@usc - Edu

This syllabus outlines the Power Electronics course for fall 2014, which will focus on analysis and design of switched-mode power converters. The course will cover basic circuit operation, steady-state analysis, transformer-isolated converters, control systems modeling, feedback loop design, magnetics, inductor/transformer design, and EMI/grounding principles. The instructor is Dr. Andras Kuthi and the TA is Wei Wang. The textbook is Fundamentals of Power Electronics by R.W. Erickson and D. Maksimovic. Coursework includes weekly homework, a midterm exam worth 30%, and a final exam worth 50% of the total grade.

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SYLLABUS

POWER ELECTRONICS: EE 528


Fall 2014
Andras Kuthi, Ph.D.
Office: SSC 422
Email: [email protected]
Voicemail: (213) 740 7627
Lecture: Tue., Thu. 9:30 10:50am, VHE 217
Office hours: Mon., Wed., 8 9am, SSC 422

TA: Wei Wang,


e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 213.271.4134 (weekdays only)
Office hour: 5:00-6:00 PM, Mon and Thur,
SSC 316

Course Summary: The course will focus on analysis and design of switched-mode power
converters: basic circuit operation, steady-state converter analysis and transformer-isolated
converters. Control systems, including ac modeling of converters using averaged methods, small
signal transfer functions, and classical feedback loop design will also be covered. Other essential
parts of power electronics design such as basic magnetics, inductor and transformer design and
EMI and grounding principles will complete the course.
Course text:
Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Second edition, R.W. Erickson and D. Maksimovic,
University of Colorado, Boulder. Publisher: Springer Science+Business
Media Inc., 912 pages, ISBN 0-7923-7270-0.
COURSE OUTLINE
8/26
Introduction
8/28
Principles of Steady State Converter Analysis
9/2, 9/4
Steady-State Equivalent Circuits, Losses, and Efficiency
9/9, 9/11
Power Semiconductor Devices
9/16, 9/18
Discontinuous Conduction
9/23, 9/25
Converter Circuit Families
9/30, 10/2
AC Equivalent Circuit Modeling
10/7, 10/9
Converter Transfer Functions
10/14, 10/16 Controller Design, Feedback, and Stability
10/21,
MIDTERM
10/23
Regulator Design, PID controller
10/28, 10/30 Input Filter Design
11/4, 11/6
Resonant Converters
11/11, 11/13 Basic Magnetics Theory
11/18, 11/20 Inductor Design
11/25,
Transformer Design
12/2, 12/4
Layout and grounding principles
12/11 11am -1pm
FINAL EXAM,
Grading:
Homework (weekly) 20%, Midterm 30%, Final 50%.

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