University of Colorado Boulder - Introduction to Power Electronics
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Introduction to Power Electronics at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Credential | Certificate |
Introduction to Power Electronics at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a certificate of completion from University of Colorado Boulder
- Part of the Master of Science in electrical engineering degree
- Get graded assignments and quizzes with peer feedback
- Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule
- Start instantly and learn at your own schedule
- Unlimited access to all 4 courses
Introduction to Power Electronics at Coursera Course details
- Understand what a switched-mode converter is and its basic operating principles
- Be able to solve for the steady-state voltages and currents of step-down, step-up, inverting, and other power converters
- Know how to derive an averaged equivalent circuit model and solve for the converter efficiency
- This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5700, part of CU Boulder?s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree
- This course introduces the basic concepts of switched-mode converter circuits for controlling and converting electrical power with high efficiency
- Principles of converter circuit analysis are introduced, and are developed for finding the steady state voltages
- Assignments include simulation of a dc-dc converter, analysis of an inverting dc-dc converter, and modeling and efficiency analysis of an electric vehicle system and of a USB power regulator
Introduction to Power Electronics at Coursera Curriculum
Ch 1: Introduction
Applications and Examples of Power Electronics
Sect. 1.2 Preliminaries and Grading
Sect. 1.3 What will be Covered
Sect. 1.1 Technical Introduction
Sect. 1.4 Simulation of a Buck Converter using LTspice
Entering formulas in homework assignments
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Materials for the LTspice simulation assignment
Ch 2: Steady-State Converter Analysis
Sect. 2.1 Introduction
Sect. 2.2 Volt-Sec Balance and the Small Ripple Approximation
Sect. 2.3 Boost Converter Example
Sects. 2.4 and 2.5 Additional Topics
Ch 3: Steady-State Equivalent Circuit Modeling, Losses, and Efficiency
Sect. 3.1 The DC Transformer Model
Sect. 3.1 Supplement: Review of Circuits with Ideal Transformers
Sect. 3.2 Inductor Copper Loss
Sect. 3.3 Construction of Equivalent Circuit Model
Sect. 3.4 How to Obtain the Input Port of the Model
Sect. 3.5 Example: Semiconductor Conduction Losses in Boost Converter
Introduction to Power Electronics at Coursera Faculty details
Introduction to Power Electronics at Coursera Entry Requirements
- A basic understanding of electrical circuit analysis is an assumed prerequisite for this course
- Not mentioned
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