Below are clips from select lectures in ECE 482 and prior years of ECE 581 covering relevant topics. You are not required to watch all of these; no content that appears solely in these videos will be on any exam or homework. Depending on prior experience, some of these topics may be useful in the process of designing and debugging your converter for the Tiny Box Challenge.

PCB Layout

• GaN Devices and Layout
• Power Loop Decoupling
• Driving a Power Transistor
• Power Converter Parasitics
• Complete Signal Routing
• Signal Decoupling
• High Impedance Nodes

581-Specific Topics

• Mojo Code and Interface Board
• Submitting For Purchase

Additional Loss Mechanisms

• Core Loss
• Fringing
• Capacitor ESR
• Reverse Recovery Scaling (gross approximation)
• Switching Loss and Deadtime Selection

Test and Measurement

• Probe Grounding
• Kelvin Connection (inc. Efficiency Measurement)