Course Objectives:
- To impart knowledge about the power semiconductor devices, the operation of various power converters and its applications.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course students should be able to:
CO1: Explain the operation of modern power semiconductor devices and its characteristics.
CO2: Analyse the working of controlled rectifiers.
CO3: Explain the working of AC voltage controllers, inverters and PWM techniques.
CO4: Compare the performance of different dc-dc converters.
CO5: Describe basic drive schemes for ac and dc motors.
Course Prerequisites:
- Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Text Books (T)
T1. Muhammad H. Rashid, Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, Pearson Education
T2. Daniel W. Hart, Power Electronics, Tata McGraw-Hill Education .
T3. P.S. Bimbhra, Power Electronics, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi
Reference Books (R)
R1: Mohan N., T. M. Undeland and W. P. Robbins., Power Electronics, Converters, Applications & Design, Wiley-India
R2: Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Erickson, Robert W., and Maksimovic, Dragan.
R3: Krein P. T., Elements of Power Electronics, Oxford University Press, 1998.
R4: L. Umanand, Power Electronics – Essentials & Applications, Wiley-India
R5: Singh M. D. and K. B. Khanchandani, Power Electronics, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2008.
R6:Joseph Vithayathil, Power Electronics: Principles and Applications, McGraw-Hill College; International edition ,1995
R7: Application notes on SiC and GaN, www.infineon.com. [online]
R8: Evolution of wide Band-gap Semi-conductors for power devices expanding field of applications. Technical review, Vol 4, Toshiba Corporation, 2018
R9: Milligan, J. W., Sheppard, S., Pribble, W., Wu, Y.-F., Muller, G., & Palmour, J. W.(2007). SiC and GaN Wide Bandgap Device Technology Overview, 2007 IEEE Radar Conference. doi:10.1109/radar.2007.374395.
R10.:Vedam Subramaniam “Electric drives (concepts and applications)”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2001.
R11: G. K. Dubey, Fundamentals of Electric Drives, Narosa publishers, second edition,2010.
