ECE 482: Power Electronic Circuits
Experiments
Experiment materials, Spring 2022. Due dates are posted on the schedule page. All assignments submitted as a pdf through Canvas
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Experiment Procedure
Recorded Lectures
Reference Materials- Lab Report Guidelines
- LTSpice Simulation Files
- Note that additional materials on BLDC modulation may be found on the materials page
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Experiment Procedure
Recorded Lectures
Reference Materials MSP420F5172 Adapter Board Documentation - MSP430G2553 Documentation - MSP430F5172 Documentation - EV6532 -
Experiment Procedure
Recorded Lectures- Probe Grounding
- Power Converter Layout
- Power Loop Layout
- FET Gate Driving
- Switching Parasitics
- General Layout Tips
- Converter Loss Modeling
- Loss Modeling and Design Introductions
- (Recommended) Overview of Synchronous Switching
- (Recommended) Overview of Switching Loss
- Loss Mechanisms
- Slides For all loss mechanisms
- (Optional) Kg and Kgfe Design Methods
- (Optional) Magnetics Core Loss
- (Optional) Magnetics Fringing Loss
- (Optional) Gate Charge Loss
- (Optional) Overlap Loss
- (Optional) Approximating Reverse Recovery
Experiment 3 Components- Contents of the Experiment 3 Parts Kit
- Contents of the Magnetics Library
- Breakout Board Schematics and Layout (pdf)
- Breakout Board Schematics and PCB Layout (Altium)
- Designing Bootstrap Networks
- Power Converter Layout
- Reduction of Ringing in Power Converters (TI App. Note)
- RMS Values of Commonly Observed Waveforms
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Experiment Procedure
Recorded Lectures- Simulation Modeling
- Switching, Averaged, and Linearized Models
- Current Programmed Control
- Averaged Modeling and Programmed Control
- CPM Instability and Artificial Ramp
- LM5121
- Overview of LM5121
LTSpice- LTSpice files from Lecture 12
- TI Model of LM5121 (no internal view)
- Additional materials on averaged-circuit modeling in SPICE simulators
- Examples of power semiconductor modeling using custom or manufacturer models (Spring 2014)
- Example averaged, nonlinear boost converter model (Spring 2014)
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Experiment Procedure
Recorded Lectures- PCB Layout
- Experiment 5 Introduction
- GaNFET Introduction
- Motor Drive Implementation
- PCB Layout
- Daughter Boards
- Introduction to Starter PCB Files
- Altium Demos (all optional)
- Creating a New Component
Reference Materials- EECS Altium Licensing Information
- Hardware Engineer’s Guide to a Brushless-DC Motor Controller: Design and challenges
- App note on layout from EPC
- App note on layout from GaN Sysetms
- App note on layout from Linear Technologies
- App note on layout from Rohm
- Altium Designer Guides and Libraries
- Submitting for DFM
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Experiment Procedure
Reference Materials -
Experiment Procedure