Jordan University of Science and Technology
Faculty of Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department
EE 435 Power Electronics
Fall 2013
2007 Course Catalog
3 Credit hours (3 h Lectures). Power semiconductor devices: types, drive circuits, protection circuits, and power loss
calculation. AC-DC converters: uncontrolled and fully-controlled single-phase and three-phase rectifiers, half-controlled
rectifiers. AC-AC converters: cycloconverters, ac voltage controllers. DC-AC converters: single-phase and three-phase
inverters. DC-DC converters: step-down, step-up, and step-down/up converters.
Textbook
Hart, D. (2011). Power Electronics, First Edition, McGraw Hill Co.
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References
Books
1) Lander, C. (1993). Power Electronics, Third Edition, McGraw Hill Co.
2) Rashid, M. H. (2003). Power Electronics: Circuits, devices, and Applications, Third Edition, Prentice-Hall Inc.
3) Mohan, N., Undeland, T. M., Robbins, W. (2003). Power Electronics, Converters, Applications, and Design, Third
Edition, John Wiley.
4) Batarseh, I. (2003). Power Electronics Circuits, First Edition, John Wiley.
Internet links
http://ecee.colorado.edu/copec/book/slides/slidedir.html
Instructor
Instructor
Dr. Moh’d Rashad Al-Mothafar, E-mail: mothafar@just.edu.jo
Prerequisites
Prerequisites by topic Electronic Circuits II; Electric Machines
Prerequisites by course EE 320; EE 332
Co-requisites by course
Prerequisite for
Power Electronics Lab EE 436; Electric Drives EE 531; Switched-Mode Converters EE 537
Topics Covered
Week
1
2-6
7-8
9-11
12
13-15
Topics
Power semiconductors; Types and applications of power electronic
converters
AC-DC converters: Single-phase half-wave rectifiers (uncontrolled,
controlled); Single phase and bi-phase full-wave Rectifiers:
Uncontrolled, fully controlled, half-controlled; Three-phase bridge
rectifiers: Uncontrolled, fully controlled; Applications
Effect of source inductance on rectifier circuits: Single phase, threephase; Input-side power factor; Inversion limits; Regulation
DC-AC converters: Single-phase inverters: (Single-leg, H-bridge);
PWM inverter; Three-phase inverter; Applications
AC-AC converters: Single-phase cycloconverter, single-phase
transformer tap changer
DC-DC converters: Step-down, step-up, step-down/up; Applications;
Switching loss in power semiconductor devices;
Protection of power semiconductor devices using snubber circuits
Chapters in Text
1
3, 4
3
8
5
Ch6+handouts
Evaluation
Assessment Tool
Homework
Participation
First Exam
Second Exam
Final Exam
Expected Date
One week after homework problems are assigned
Weight
5%
5%
25 %
25 %
40 %
According to the University final examination schedule
Objectives and Outcomes1
Objectives
Outcomes
1.
Get
an
overview
of
power
semiconductors and their switching
characteristics, and learn how to
calculate the power losses of these
devices. And also understand the use of
the CRD snubber circuit for protecting
the semiconductor devices [a,c,e]
1.1 Explain the use of semiconductor devices in power electronic
converter circuits [a]
1.2 Calculate switching and conduction losses of power semiconductors
[a,e]
1.3 Explain how CRD snubber circuits can be used to protect power
semiconductors [a,c,e]
2.
Understand
the
operation,
and
performance
parameters
of
the
uncontrolled and phase-controlled
rectifiers, and learn the techniques for
analyzing and designing such rectifiers.
Also study the effect of source
inductance on single-phase and threephase controlled rectifiers [a,c,e]
2.1 Explain the operation of uncontrolled and phase-controlled singlephase and three-phase rectifier circuits [a]
2.2 Analyze and design single-phase uncontrolled and phase- controlled
rectifiers with resistive/inductive loads [a,c,e]
2.3 Analyze and design three-phase uncontrolled and phase-controlled
bridge rectifiers with resistive/inductive loads [a,c,e]
2.4 Analyze the effect of source inductance on the performance of single
and three-phase uncontrolled and phase-controlled rectifiers [a,e]
3.
Understand the operation of the singlephase cycloconverter, and the singlephase transformer tap changer [a,e]
3.1 Explain the operation of the single-phase Cycloconverter [a]
3.2 Analyze the operation of the single-phase AC voltage controller and
the single-phase thyristor-based transformer tap changer [a,e]
4.
Understand
the
operation
and
performance parameters of voltage
source inverters, and learn the
techniques for analyzing such inverters.
And also learn the operation and
advantages of pulse-width-modulated
(PWM) inverters [a,c,e]
4.1 Explain the operation of the single and three phase bridge inverters [a]
4.2 Analyze the single-phase half bridge and full bridge inverters [a,c,e]
4.3 Explain the advantages of using sinusoidal PWM to control the
single-phase inverter [a]
5.
Understand
the
operation
and
performance parameters of the basic
switching DC-DC converters, and learn
the techniques for analyzing and
designing these converters [a,c,e]
5.1 Explain the operation of the buck, the boost, and the buck-boost DCDC converters operating in the continuous conduction mode (CCM)
under open-loop conditions [a]
5.2 Analyze and design the buck, the boost, and the buck-boost converters
operating in the CCM under open-loop conditions [a,c,e]
Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component
The course contributes to building the fundamental basic concepts, applications, and design of major power electronic
converter circuits.
Relationship to Program Outcomes (%)
A
2
B
C
3
D
E
5
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
Relationship to Electrical Engineering Program Objectives
PEO1 PEO2 PEO3 PEO 4 PEO 5
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Prepared by:
Last Modified:
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Dr. Moh’d Rashad Al-Mothafar
September 8, 2013
Lower-case letters in brackets refer to the Program outcomes
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