Lecture
notes for ECE 572/472 Power Electronics, Fall 2010
December
13 – Final exam, 10:30 to 12:30 AM
December
10 – lec41_ece5472.pdf and lec41_ece5472_video –
review for the final
December
8 – lec40_ece5472.pdf and lec40_ece5472_video –
re-visit resonant converters
December
6 – lec39_ece5472.pdf and lec39_ece5472_video –
half-bridge inverters, PWM for a
Class D Audio Amplifier
December
3 – lec38_ece5472.pdf and lec38_ece5472_video – start
discussing inverters,
converting DC to AC
November
29 – lec37_ece5472.pdf and lec37_ece5472_video –
Course projects due, do part of the
project as an example
November
22, 24, and 26 – Thanksgiving break from instruction
November
19 – lec36_ece5472.pdf and lec36_ece5472_video –
finish up flyback converters
November
17 – lec35_ece5472.pdf and lec35_ece5472_video –
discuss stability for projects
(again)
November
15 – lec34_ece5472.pdf and lec34_ece5472_video – talk
about projects
November
12 – lec33_ece5472.pdf and lec33_ece5472_video –
continue with the flyback converter
November
10 – lec32_ece5472.pdf and lec32_ece5472_video –
modeling transformers and simulating
with LTspice, the flyback converter
November
8 – Midterm2, closed book and notes
November
7 – Study session in MEC 206 at 2 PM (no video)
November
5 – lec31_ece5472.pdf and lec31_ece5472_video –
review for the exam
November
3 – lec30_ece5472.pdf and lec30_ece5472_video –
finish up ZVS converters
November
1 – lec29_ece5472.pdf and lec29_ece5472_video –
theory behind zero voltage switching
converters
October
29 – lec28_ece5472.pdf and lec28_ece5472_video – zero
voltage switching DC-DC
converters
October
27 – lec27_ece5472.pdf and lec27_ece5472_video –
theory behind zero current switching
converters
October
25 – lec26_ece5472.pdf and lec26_ece5472_video – zero
current switching DC-DC converters
October
22 – lec25_ece5472.pdf and lec25_ece5472_video – more
discussion about stabilizing
PWM-controlled DC-to-DC converters
October
20 – lec24_ece5472.pdf and lec24_ece5472_video – type
II error amplifiers
October
18 – lec23_ece5472.pdf and lec23_ece5472_video – PWM
stability discussion
October
15 – lec22_ece5472.pdf and lec22_ece5472_video –
stability in PWM DC-DC converters
October
13 – lec21_ece5472.pdf and lec21_ece5472_video –
system level description of PWM for
control of a DC-to-DC converter
October
11 – lec20_ece5472.pdf and lec20_ece5472_video – gains
of PWM building blocks
October
8 – lec19_ece5472.pdf and lec19_ece5472_video – power
supply control, Sec. 7.13
October
6 – lec18_ece5472.pdf and lec18_ece5472_video –
discontinuous current operation in
dc-dc converters
October
4 – lec17_ece5472.pdf and lec17_ece5472_video –
interleaved converters, non-ideal
behavior, and contention current
October
1 – lec16_ece5472.pdf and lec16_ece5472_video – the
single-ended primary inductance
converter (SEPIC)
September
29 – lec15_ece5472.pdf and lec15_ece5472_video – the
Ćuk (pronounced “Chook”)
converter
September
27 – Midterm1, closed book and notes
September
26 – lec14_ece5472.pdf and lec14_ece5472_video –
Sunday study session for the exam, 2
PM in MEC 206
September
24 – lec13_ece5472.pdf and lec13_ece5472_video –
review for the exam
September
22 – lec12_ece5472.pdf and lec12_ece5472_video – Boost
and Buck-Boost converters
September
20 – lec11_ece5472.pdf and lec11_ece5472_video –
introduction to the Boost converter
September
17 – lec10_ece5472.pdf and lec10_ece5472_video –
synchronous Buck converters
September
15 – lec9_ece5472.pdf and lec9_ece5472_video –
simulation of a Buck converter
September
13 – lec8_ece5472.pdf and lec8_ece5472_video –
analysis of the Buck converter
September
10 – lec7_ece5472.pdf and lec7_ece5472_video – start
Ch. 6 DC-to-DC converters
September
8 – lec6_ece5472.pdf and lec6_ece5472_video –
finish up Ch. 2, RMS calculations,
apparent power, power factor,
September
3 – lec5_ece5472.pdf and lec5_ece5472_video – RMS
value calculations and examples
September
1 – lec4_ece5472.pdf and lec4_ece5472_video – home
wiring, using an isolation transformer,
energy storage in capacitors
August
30 – lec3_ece5472.pdf and lec3_ece5472_video –
energy recovery, switching waveforms
in inductors
August
25 – lec2_ece5472.pdf and lec2_ece5472_video –
chapter 2, power and energy,
inductors
August
23 – lec1_ece5472.pdf and lec1_ece5472_video –
course introduction, Ch. 1, intro to
LTspice, diode reverse recovery time