Lecture Schedule

ECE 581 Fall 2016

Updated **23:17 November 27, 2016**. 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. 15	1. Aug. 17 Course Introduction Lecture 1 handout slides Lecture 1 slides (annotated) Lecture 1 Recording	2. Aug. 19 Course Introduction (cont.) Lecture 2 handout slides Lecture 2 slides (annotated) Homework 1 Assigned
3. Aug. 22 Course Introduction (finish) Lecture 3 handout slides Lecture 3 slides (annotated) Lecture 3 Recording	4. Aug. 24 Switching Loss Analysis Lecture 4 handout slides Lecture 4 slides (annotated) Lecture 4 Recording	5. Aug. 26 Overlap Loss Lecture 5 handout slides Lecture 5 slides (annotated) Lecture 5 Recording Homework 1 Due
6. Aug. 29 Overlap Loss (finish) Analysis of Nonlinear Capacitances Lecture 6 handout slides Lecture 6 slides (annotated) Lecture 6 Recording	7. Aug. 31 Analysis of Nonlinear Capacitances Lecture 7 handout slides Lecture 7 slides (annotated) Lecture 7 Recording	8. Sep. 2 Resonant Transition Analysis Intro to State Plane Lecture 8 handout slides Lecture 8 slides (annotated) Lecture 8 Recording Homework 2 Due
Sep. 5 Labor Day	9. Sep. 7 State Plane Analysis Lecture 9 handout slides Lecture 9 slides (annotated) Lecture 9 Recording	10. Sep. 9 DCM Buck Converter State Plane Synchronous Buck Converter State Plane Lecture 10 handout slides Lecture 10 slides (annotated) Lecture 10 Recording Homework 3 Due
11. Sep. 12 Synch Buck Complete State Plane Lecture 11 handout slides Lecture 11 slides (annotated) Lecture 11 Recording	12. Sep. 14 State Plane Averaging Flyback State Plane Notes on State Plane Analysis from Prof. Robert Erickson Quasi-Squarewave Buck Matlab files Lecture 12 handout slides Lecture 12 slides (annotated) Lecture 12 Recording	13. Sep. 16 Active Clamp Flyback Publication on Active Clamp Flyback Design Lecture 13 handout slides Lecture 13 slides (annotated) Lecture 13 Recording Homework 4 Due
14. Sep. 19 ECCE 2016 - No class meeting State Plane analysis of Active Clamp Flyback Note: Failed lecture recording, see Lecture 15	15. Sep. 21 ECCE 2016 - No class meeting State Plane analysis of Active Clamp Flyback Note: Lecture slides updated as per discussion at start of lecture 17 Lecture 15 handout slides Lecture 15 slides (annotated) Lecture 15 Recording	16. Sep. 23 Introduction to AC link topologies Dual Active Bridge Converter Lecture 16 handout slides Lecture 16 slides (annotated) Lecture 16 Recording
17. Sep. 26 Dual Active Bridge Converter State Plane Analysis Lecture 17 handout slides Lecture 17 slides (annotated) Lecture 17 Recording	18. Sep. 28 DAB Design Lecture 18 handout slides Lecture 18 slides (annotated) Lecture 18 Recording	19. Sep. 30 DAB Design Magnetics Loss Analysis Lecture 19 handout slides Lecture 19 slides (annotated) Lecture 19 Recording Homework 5 Due
20. Oct. 3 Magnetics Loss Analysis Lecture 20 handout slides Lecture 20 slides (annotated) Lecture 20 Recording Tiny Box Challenge Begins	Oct. 5 WoW 2016	Oct. 7 Fall Break
21. Oct. 10 The Series Resonant Converter Lecture 21 handout slides Lecture 21 slides (annotated) Lecture 21 Recording	Oct. 12 No Lecture	22. Oct. 14 The Series Resonant Converter (finish) Lecture 22 handout slides Lecture 22 slides (annotated) Lecture 22 Recording Homework 6 Due
23. Oct. 17 Sinusoidal Analysis Lecture 23 handout slides Lecture 23 slides (annotated) Lecture 23 Recording TBC Paper Design Comparison Report Due	24. Oct. 19 Sinusoidal Analysis Reference on DAB ZVS extension techniques Reference on DAB state plane analysis under M_n ≠ 1 and/or hard switching Lecture 24 handout slides Lecture 24 slides (annotated) Lecture 24 Recording	25. Oct. 21 Sinusoidal Analysis: Tank Characteristics Lecture 25 handout slides Lecture 25 slides (annotated) Lecture 25 Recording
26. Oct. 24 Series and Parallel Resonant Tanks Lecture 26 handout slides Lecture 26 slides (annotated) Lecture 26 Recording TBC Final Paper Design Report Due	27. Oct. 26 Characteristics of Common Resonant Tanks Synchronous Rectification: Sinusoidal Approximation Lecture 27 handout slides Lecture 27 slides (annotated) Lecture 27 Recording	28. Oct. 28 Synchronous Rectification: Sinusoidal Approximation ZVS Assistance Circuits Example references on ZVS Assist circuits ARCP cells ZVS tanks for WPT Example paralleled converters for ZVS extension Example topology modification for extended ZVS range Lecture 28 handout slides Lecture 28 slides (annotated) Lecture 28 Recording Homework 7 Due
29. Oct. 31 Residual Switching Losses with ZVS ZVS-QR Switch Cell Lecture 29 handout slides Lecture 29 slides (annotated) Lecture 29 Recording	30. Nov. 2 ZVS-QR Switch Cell ZVS-MR Switch Cell Lecture 30 handout slides Lecture 30 slides (annotated) Lecture 30 Recording TBC PCB Layout Due	Nov. 4 No Lecture
31. Nov. 7 Identification of Resonant Switch Multiresonant Network Analysis Lecture 31 handout slides Lecture 31 slides (annotated) Lecture 31 Recording Midterm Exam Assigned	32. Nov. 9 VHF Amplifier Topologies Dynamic Modeling Lecture 32 handout slides Lecture 32 slides (annotated) Lecture 32 Recording	33. Nov. 11 Dynamic Modeling of ZVS-QR Buck Lecture 33 handout slides Lecture 33 slides (annotated) Lecture 33 Recording Midterm Exam Due
34. Nov. 14 Averaged Modeling Issues Review of State Space Modeling Lecture 34 handout slides Lecture 34 slides (annotated) Lecture 34 Recording	Nov. 16	35. Nov. 18 Discrete Time Modeling of Steady-State Converters Lecture 35 handout slides Lecture 35 slides (annotated) Lecture 35 Recording Homework 8 Due
36. Nov. 21 Discrete Time Modeling of Steady-State Converters Lecture 36 handout slides Lecture 36 slides (annotated) Lecture 36 Recording	37. Nov. 23 Sampled Data Modeling of Converter Dynamics Lecture 37 handout slides Lecture 37 slides (annotated) Lecture 37 Recording TBC Testing Report Due	Nov. 25 Thanksgiving Break
38. Nov. 28 Course Conclusions Lecture 38 slides (annotated) Lecture 38 Recording Final Exam Assigned	Nov. 30	Dec. 2 Homework 9 Due
Dec. 5	Dec. 7 Final Exam Due TBC Testing Report Due TBC Final Design Report Due	Dec. 9