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 introduces students to the design of power electronic circuits for low power applications. It concentrates primarily on power supplies for electronic circuits, and covers the operation and design of the most common power supply circuit topologies. Also included in this course are the design of the magnetic components required in such applications, and the design of the feedback control circuit. Students are introduced to the main characteristics of power semiconductor devices and their drive requirements. A continuous theme throughout this course is designing circuits for żworst caseż conditions, and taking into account commercial requirements as well as practical realities such as device and circuit imperfections.
Course description	Introduction to Switched Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) Basic buck, buck-boost and boost converters SMPS with isolation: flyback, forward and bridge converters Resonant power supplies Control of SMPS Magnetic components for SMPS: transformers and inductors Power semiconductor devices: power MOSFET Gate drive circuits and snubber circuits 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
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Have an appreciation of the many different technical and commercial aspects involved in the design of power electronic circuits. 2. Have a good knowledge of the operation and limitations of standard power electronic circuits used in lower power applications. 3. Be able to perform calculations to carry out approximate designs of power supply circuits and their components. 4. Have an appreciation as to how device and circuit imperfections can affect the design of power supply circuits in commercial applications.