EE 442 and ECG 642 Power Electronics
Fall 2022, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 

Course lecture notes and videos are located here

Homework assignments. due dates, and project information are located here

 

Current grades are located here.

 

In this course we will make extensive use of LTspice.

Examples from the lectures are found in ee442_ecg642_f22.rar (right click and select "Save link as...") 

 

   

Textbook: Power Electronics, by Daniel Hart   

Instructor: R. Jacob Baker 

Teaching Assistant (grader): Danxu Wang 

Time: MW 4:00 to 5:15 PM

Course dates: Monday, August 29 to Wednesday, December 7

Location: SEB 1243

Holidays: Monday, September 5 (Labor Day) 
Final exam time: Monday, December 12, 6 to 8 PM      

Course content – Characteristics of static switches, AC-to-DC diode and thyristor rectifier circuits, DC-to-DC converters, DC-to-AC inverters, resonant converters, switch-mode DC power supplies, AC motor drives, residential and industrial applications, electric utility applications. Credits: 3

Prerequisite: EE 320 (I will waive the EE 340 prerequisite since it isn't needed for this course)  

 

Grading
25% Homework
25% Midterm

25% Course project

25% Final

 

Policies

  • No laptops, phones, tablets (no electronics) may be used during lectures, quizzes, or exams. Simple calculators (e.g., no WiFi) are okay.
  • No late work accepted. If you can't make lecture (for whatever reason) then email a PDF of your hw to the TA for grading before the start of the lecture (if the grader receives after start of lecture then your hw won't be graded). Of course you can also always give your hw to another student to turn in for you too. 
  • The final exam will not be returned at the end of the semester, not even temporarily for you to review.
  • Regularly being tardy for lectures, leaving in the middle of lectures, or earlier from lectures is unacceptable without prior consent of the instructor. The most important part of being successful, and showing that you may be competent, is showing up on time (or better yet, early!).
  • Cheating or plagiarism will result in an automatic F grade in the course (so do your own homework!)

   

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