Lecture Schedule

ECE 581 Fall 2014

Updated **08:03 December 01, 2014**. Tentative lecture schedule, including links to lecture slides and notes, and links to assignments. The schedule is subject to change, please check frequently.
Monday Lecture	Wednesday Lecture	Friday Lecture
Aug. 18	1. Aug. 20 Course Introduction Boost Simulation Files Lecture 1 handout slides Lecture 1 slides (annotated)	2. Aug. 22 Course Introduction (cont.) Switching Loss Origins Lecture 2 handout slides Lecture 2 slides (annotated) Homework 1 Assigned
3. Aug. 25 Finish Course Introduction Soft Switching and Resonance in Power Electronics Lecture 3 handout slides Lecture 3 slides (annotated)	4. Aug. 27 Practical Issues in Soft Switching Example Experimental Results Lecture 4 handout slides Lecture 4 slides (annotated)	5. Aug. 29 Review of Semiconductor Physics Origin of Device Parasitics Lecture 5 handout slides Lecture 5 slides (annotated) Homework 1 Due
Sep. 1 Labor Day	6. Sep. 3 Specific Resistance and Capacitance Lecture 6 handout slides Lecture 6 slides (annotated)	7. Sep. 5 WBG Semiconductors MOSFET resistances Lecture 7 handout slides Lecture 7 slides (annotated) Homework 2 Due
8. Sep. 8 Die size selection example Lecture 8 handout slides Lecture 8 slides (annotated)	9. Sep. 10 Trench and superjunction MOSFETs Lecture 9 handout slides Lecture 9 slides (annotated)	10. Sep. 12 Superjunction on-resistance MOSFETs Lecture 10 handout slides Lecture 10 slides (annotated) Homework 3 Due
Sep. 15 ECCE 2014	Sep. 17 ECCE 2014	Sep. 19 no class
11. Sep. 22 Analysis of nonlinear capacitances Lecture 11 handout slides Lecture 11 slides (annotated)	12. Sep. 24 Analysis of nonlinear capacitances (cont.) Numerical dxtraction from datasheets Lecture 12 handout slides Lecture 12 slides (annotated)	13. Sep. 26 Equivalent capacitance converter example Gate charge switching loss Lecture 13 slides (annotated) Homework 4 Due
14. Sep. 29 Gate-to-Drain Capacitance and Overlap Switching Loss Lecture 14 handout slides Lecture 14 slides (annotated)	15. Oct. 1 Overlap Switching Loss Lecture 15 handout slides Lecture 15 slides (annotated)	16. Oct. 3 Overlap Switching Loss (cont.) Review of Switching Loss Mechanisms Lecture 16 handout slides Lecture 16 slides (annotated) Homework 5 Due
17. Oct. 6 Time-domain Analysis of Resonant Circuits Intro to State Plane Analysis Lecture 17 handout slides Lecture 17 slides (annotated)	18. Oct. 8 State Plane Analysis Buck Converter Example Notes on State Plane Analysis from Book Author Lecture 18 handout slides Lecture 18 slides (annotated)	19. Oct. 10 Synchronous buck converter ZVS Boundaries Lecture 19 handout slides Lecture 19 slides (annotated) Homework 6 Due
20. Oct. 13 Complete Buck Converter State Plane State Plane Averaging Afternoon: WiPDA Knoxville - All Students Attend (as schedule permits) Lecture 20 handout slides Lecture 20 slides (annotated)	Oct. 15 WiPDA Knoxville All Students Attend (as schedule permits)	Oct. 17 Fall Break
21. Oct. 20 Buck Example (cont.) Denormalization and ZVS Limits Lecture 21 handout slides Lecture 21 slides (annotated)	22. Oct. 22 Flyback Converter Example Erickson & Maksimovic section 20.1.2 Lecture 22 handout slides Lecture 22 slides (annotated)	23. Oct. 24 Flyback converter active clamp Introduction to AC link topologies Lecture 23 handout slides Lecture 23 slides (annotated) Homework 7 Due
Oct. 27 No Class	Oct. 29 No Class	24. Oct. 31 Dual Active Bridge Converter Lecture 24 handout slides Lecture 24 slides (annotated)
25. Nov. 3 DAB: State Plane Solution Lecture 25 handout slides Lecture 25 slides (annotated)	26. Nov. 5 Design of DAB Converter Lecture 26 handout slides Lecture 26 slides (annotated)	27. Nov. 7 Series Resonant Converter Erickson & Maksimovic Chapter 19 Lecture 27 handout slides Lecture 27 slides (annotated) Homework 8 Due
28. Nov. 10 SRC Solution and Example Simulations SRC Simulation Files Lecture 28 handout slides Lecture 28 slides (annotated)	29. Nov. 12 SRC Solution and Example Simulations SRC Simulation Files Lecture 29 handout slides Lecture 29 slides (annotated)	30. Nov. 14 SRC Operating Modes Lecture 30 handout slides Lecture 30 slides (annotated) Homework 9 Due
31. Nov. 17 Quasi-resonant switch network: ZCS half-wave Lecture 31 handout slides Lecture 31 slides (annotated)	32. Nov. 19 Quasi-resonant switch network: ZCS full-wave PWM Switch Cell Lecture 32 handout slides Lecture 32 slides (annotated)	33. Nov. 21 Classification of Resonant Switches AC Modeling of Resonant Switch Converters Lecture 33 handout slides Lecture 33 slides (annotated) Homework 10 Due
34. Nov. 24 QSW-Boost Example Lecture 34 handout slides Lecture 34 slides (annotated)	35. Nov. 26 QSW-Boost - Dynamic Modeling Lecture 35 handout slides Lecture 35 slides (annotated)	Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Break
36. Dec. 1 Sampled Data Modeling of Power Electronics Lecture 36 handout slides Lecture 36 slides (annotated) Homework 11 Due Final Exam Assigned	Dec. 3	Dec. 5 Final Exam Due
Dec. 8	Dec. 10	Dec. 12