ECE 4500 - Power Electronics and Drives

Prerequisite(s): ECE 2300.
The application of solid state electronics for control and conversion of electric power. The course concentrates on the analysis and application of semiconductor devices to power and control systems. Areas of study include: power semiconductor-diode rectifiers, thyristors (SCRs), bi-polar-junction transistors (BJTs), and metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). Single and three-phase converters and AC voltage controllers, buck and boost switch-mode regulators, switch-mode AC and DC power supplies and motor speed control. Credit(s): 3