Lecture Schedule

ECE 481 Fall 2013

Updated **10:40 December 03, 2013**. Tentative lecture schedule, including links to lecture slides and notes, and links to assignments. The schedule is subject to change, please check frequently.
Tuesday	Thursday
	1. Aug. 22 Course introduction Lecture 1 handout slides Lecture 1 slides (annotated)
2. Aug. 27 Principles of Steady State Converter Analysis Lecture 2 handout slides Lecture 2 slides (annotated)	3. Aug. 29 Boost Converter Steady State Analysis; Intro to Equivalent Circuit Modeling Lecture 3 handout slides Lecture 3 slides (annotated)
4. Sep. 3 Equivalent Circuit Modeling with Losses Lecture 4 handout slides Lecture 4 slides (annotated)	5. Sep. 5 Equivalent Circuit Modeling and Semiconductor Losses Ideal Switch Implementation Lecture 5 handout slides Lecture 5 slides (annotated) HW #1 Due
6. Sep. 10 Power Diode Implementation Reverse Recovery Loss Lecture 6 handout slides Lecture 6 slides (annotated)	7. Sep. 12 MOSFET and IGBT Implementation Switching Loss Modeling Lecture 7 handout slides Lecture 7 slides (annotated) HW #2 Due
Sep. 17 No Class	Sep. 19 No Class
8. Sep. 24 Transformer Isolation Flyback Example Lecture 8 handout slides Lecture 8 slides (annotated) HW #3 Due	9. Sep. 26 Switch Stress Isolated Converters I: Full Bridge Lecture 9 handout slides Lecture 9 slides (annotated) Midterm Exam Handed out
10. Oct. 1 Isolated Converters II Intro to DCM Lecture 10 handout slides Lecture 10 slides (annotated)	11. Oct. 3 DCM Modeling Lecture 11 handout slides Lecture 11 slides (annotated) Midterm Exam Due
12. Oct. 8 Intro to Dynamic Modeling Lecture 12 handout slides Lecture 12 slides (annotated)	13. Oct. 10 Dynamic Modeling of Converters Lecture 13 handout slides Lecture 13 slides (annotated) HW #4 Due
14. Oct. 15 Dynamic Modeling (cont.) Continue Lecture 13 Handouts Lecture 14 slides (annotated)	Oct. 17 No Class - Fall Break
15. Oct. 22 Converter Transfer Functions Lecture 15 handout slides Lecture 15 slides (annotated) HW #5 Due	Oct. 24 Engineers Day
16. Oct. 29 Review of Bode Diagrams Lecture 16 handout slides HW #6 Due	17. Oct. 31 Bode Plot Review Second Order Systems Lecture 17 handout slides Lecture 17 slides (annotated)
18. Nov. 5 Converter Bode Plots Control of Power Electronics Lecture 18 handout slides Lecture 18 slides (annotated) HW #7 Due	19. Nov. 7 Stability Compensator Design Continue Lecture 18 Handouts Lecture 19 slides (annotated)
20. Nov. 12 Compensator Design Lecture 20 handout slides Lecture 20 slides (annotated) HW #8 Due Midterm Exam #2 Handed Out	21. Nov. 14 Finish Compensator Design Continue Lecture 20 Handouts Lecture 21 slides (annotated)
22. Nov. 19 Review of Basic Magnetics Lecture 22 handout slides Lecture 22 slides (annotated) Midterm Exam #2 due	23. Nov. 21 Magnetics Loss Mechanisms Continue Lecture 24 Handouts Lecture 23 slides (annotated)
24. Nov. 26 Design of Power Magnetics Lecture 24 handout slides Lecture 24 slides (annotated) HW #9 Due	Nov. 28 No Class - Thanksgiving Break
25. Dec. 3 Finish Magnetics Further Topics in Power Electronics Lecture 25 slides (annotated) HW #10 Due Final Exam Handed Out
Dec. 11 (Wed.) 10:15-12:15 pm - Final Exam Due