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ELEC 3508

Power Electronics

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Power semiconductor devices: Thyristor, GTO, IGBT, SiC, GaN. Converter circuits: controlled AC to DC rectifiers, choppers, DC to AC inverters, AC voltage controllers. Protection of conversion circuits. Applications to high-efficiency control of electric machines and electromechanical energy conversion devices.

2026

Readings

  • Mohan, Undeland and Robbins — Power Electronics, (3rd Edition, 2003), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-0-471-22693-2 Rashid, M. H. — Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices, and Applications (5th Edition,

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): ELEC 2507 and ELEC 2602 . Lectures three hours per week, laboratories/problem analysis three hours per week.

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