Electronics (ELEC)
Department of Electronics
Faculty of Engineering
ELEC 3508 [0.5 credit]
Power Electronics
Power transformers. DC and AC motors. Power semiconductor devices: Thyristors, Triacs, MCTs, IGBTs). Converter circuits: controlled AC to DC rectifiers, choppers, DC to AC inverters, AC voltage controllers, cycloconverters. Protection of conversion circuits. Applications to high-efficiency control of electric machines and electromechanical energy conversion devices.
Prerequisite:
ELEC 2501 and
ELEC 2507.
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories/problem analysis three hours per week.