Expand your Engineering Excellence
Create modern power electronics systems for our devices, transportation and infrastructure.
About This Specialization
Design modern switched-mode power converters; create high-performance control loops around power converters; understand efficiency, power density and cost trade-offs
By 2030, 80% of all electrical energy will be processed by power electronics. Professional advantages continue to grow for technical engineers who understand the fundamental principles and technical requirements of modern power conversion systems. This specialization covers design-oriented analysis, modeling and simulation techniques leading to practical engineering of high-performance power electronics systems.
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6 courses
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Courses
- Intermediate Specialization.
- Some related experience required.
COURSE 1
Introduction to Power Electronics
Upcoming session: Oct 30- Commitment
- 3 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
This course introduces the basic concepts of switched-mode converter circuits for controlling and converting electrical power with high efficiency. Principles of converter circuit analysis are introduced, and are developed for finding thYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 2
Converter Circuits
Upcoming session: Oct 23- Commitment
- 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
This course introduces more advanced concepts of switched-mode converter circuits. Realization of the power semiconductors in inverters or in converters having bidirectional power flow is explained. Power diodes, power MOSFETs, and IYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 3
Converter Control
Upcoming session: Oct 23- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
This course teaches how to design a feedback system to control a switching converter. The equivalent circuit models derived in the previous courses are extended to model small-signal ac variations. These models are then solved, to find the importantYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 4
Advanced Converter Control Techniques
Upcoming session: Oct 30- Commitment
- 4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
This course covers advanced converter control techniques, including averaged-switch modeling and Spice simulations, modeling and design of peak current mode and average current mode controlled converters, as well as an introduction to coYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 5
Magnetics for Power Electronic Converters
Upcoming session: Oct 23- Commitment
- 4 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week
- Subtitles
- English
About the Course
This course covers the analysis and design of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers, used in power electronic converters. The course starts with an introduction to physical principles behind inductors and transformers, incluYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
COURSE 6
Capstone Design Project in Power Electronics
Upcoming session: Jan 8- Commitment
- 6 weeks of study, 6-10 hours/week
- Subtitles
- English
About the Capstone Project
Learners will design a DC-DC converter that powers USB-C devices (20 V at 3 A) from a dc input voltage source such as a lithium-ion battery pack or a desktop computer power bus. Aspects of the project will include: ● Design of converter power sYou can choose to take this course only. Learn more.
Creators
Dr. Khurram Afridi
Assistant Professor
Dr. Robert Erickson
Professor
Dr. Dragan Maksimovic
Charles V. Schelke Endowed Professor
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