Teacher

prof. aggr. Stefano SAGGINI

Credits

6 CFU

Language

Italian

Objectives

Knowledge of the semiconductor technology dedicated to the power conversion. Design capability of power electronics systems.

Acquired skills

- Detailed Know-how on power electronics design.
- Knowledge on smart power technologies.
- Knowledge on power circuits topologies.

Lectures and exercises (topics and specific content)

Introduction: power electronics applications description (2 hours).
Switching capacitor converters: description of switching capacitor circuits converters (2 hours).
Power devices:  description of the power diodes and power switches, description of the SOA (6 hours).
Driving circuit for power devices:  driving power switches circuit description (8 hours).
Snubber circuits:  snubber circuit description (6 hours).
Trasformer design: design of magnetic devices (5 hours).
Isolated converters: isolated conversion design (8 hours).
Dynamic analysis: dynamic analysis of the switching converter (8 hours).
Control circuits design: analysis and design of the voltage and current mode controls loop (10 hours).
EMI filters: design of the EMI filters (5 hours).
Exercises (10 hours).

References

- R. W. Erickson, D. Maksimovic, “Fundamentals of Power Electronics”, Kluwer Academic Press, 1999
- Mohan,Undeland, Robbins, Power Electronics-Converters, Applications, Design, J.Wiley &  Son, New York, 1989
- Kassakian, Schlecht, Verghese, Principles of Power Electronics, Addison Wesley, 1991

Type of exam

Oral

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