Course Vitals and Info

ECE 581 Fall 2018

Class Meeting Schedule

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Additional Readings

These readings may be useful for students enrolled in the course, but are not required reading:

Additional notices for all students

Course Topics

  1. High Frequency Power Conversion
    1. Magnetics design
    2. Switching losses and device selection
    3. Resonance in power electronics
    4. Soft switching (ZVS and ZCS)
  2. Resonant Converters
    1. Resonant converter topologies
    2. Sinusoidal analysis
    3. AC-modeling and frequency modulation
    4. State-plane analysis
  3. Non-resonant soft switching converters
    1. Constant frequency control
    2. State-plane analysis
    3. Resonant switches
    4. Modeling and Simulation
    5. Discrete time models
  4. Applications and practical issues of high frequency converters