Course Syllabus

  • Class Meeting Schedule
  • Lecture: MWF, 10:20 - 11:10 pm
  • Lectures meet in MK623
  • Attendance is required in all lectures
  • Instructor
  • Professor Daniel Costinett
  • Email: ude.ktu@ttenitsoC.leinaD
  • Please use [ECE581] in the subject line for all course-related e-mails.
  • Phone:865-974-3572
  • Office: MK504
  • Office Hours: TBD, or by appointment
  • Policies
  • No late work will be accepted except in cases of documented medical emergences.
  • Collaboration is encouraged on all assignments except quizzes and exams.
  • Assignments will be due in lecture on the day listed in the course schedule. The assignment is due prior to the start of the scheduled period.
  • All written assignments will be submitted through Canvas
  • Grading
  • Homework/Lab: 40%
  • Midterm: 25%
  • Final: 35%
  • Textbook
  • (recommended) Erickson and MaksimovicFundamentals of Power Electronics 2nd Edition
  • Available at UT bookstore or through online retailers
  • Additional notices for all students
  • If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. (865-974-6087, 2227 Dunford Hall).
  • Every effort will be made to reasonably and fairly deal with students who have serious religious observances that conflict with scheduled exams, assignments, etc. Please notify the instructor well in advance, so that there is time to make adequate arrangements.
  • All students of the University of Tennessee are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery, and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported. Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). For further information, please refer to the university Standards of Conduct and the academic policies and procedures, present in hilltopics
  • Course Topics
    1. High Frequency Power Conversion
      1. Switching losses and device selection
      2. Nonlinear device capacitances
      3. Resonance in power electronics
      4. Soft switching (ZVS and ZCS)
    2. Resonant Converters
      1. State-plane analysis
      2. Resonant converter topologies
      3. Sinusoidal analysis
      4. AC-modeling and frequency modulation
    3. Non-resonant soft switching converters
      1. State-plane analysis
      2. Constant frequency control
      3. Resonant switches
      4. Modeling and Simulation
      5. Discrete time models
    4. Switched capacitor converters
      1. SSL and FSL operation
      2. Charge vector modeling
      3. Soft-charging operation
    5. Applications and practical issues of high frequency converters