Postgraduate Course: Power Electronics (MSc) (PGEE10015)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course aims to equip students to enter the power electronics industry by providing them with an understanding of the fundamental principles of power semiconductor devices and circuits, and the knowledge and skills required to analyse and design such circuits. Students will also be introduced to the central issues involved in the specification and design of power electronic systems in lower power applications, in particular switched mode power supplies.
Course description	Lectures L1 Introduction to Power Electronics L2-4 Switched Mode Power Supplies basic buck, buck-boost, boost converters L5-9 Switched Mode Power Supplies circuits with isolation flyback, forward, bridge converters L10-11 Resonant Power Supplies ZCS, ZVS converters L12-15 Switched Mode Power Supplies control techniques ż voltage mode control, current mode control L16-18 Magnetic components design Design of high frequency transformers and inductors L19 Active Devices: Power MOSFET L20 Gate Drive Circuits and Snubber Circuits L21-22 Rectifiers with power factor correction (active and passive)

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 62 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Assessment will be based on a single written paper of 120 minutes duration.
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Power Electronics (MSc)		2:00

Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course the student will be able to: - explain the operation of buck, buck-boost and boost converters in both continuous and discontinuous mode; - carry out basic design calculations for SMPS circuits with isolation; - explain the operation of resonant power supplies, and carry out basic design calculations; - explain SMPS control techniques; - design high frequency transformers; - explain the operation of power semiconductors (in particular, power MOSFETS), and their associated drive and protection circuits; - explain the operation and draw the expected waveforms for inverter and active rectifier circuits; - understand the need for power factor correction circuits (PFC) in power supply circuits; - understand the operating principles of both passive and active PFC circuits.