Courses / Module

• Analyze and design basic switch-mode DC-DC converters
• Analyze and predict the performance of PWM based converters
• Demonstrate competency in electrical safety issues for power electronics
• Design a high speed circuit such as may be used for an FM radio receiver
• Design a range of circuits for handling and manipulating analog signals (level shifters, amplifiers, load matching)
• Design a BJT and a CMOS amplifier circuit.
• Work as part of a team.

• Lectures 12 hours Tutorials 12 hours Project 40 hours Independent Study 59 hours Class Test 2 hours

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): 100% CA = 30% Class Test, 70% Group Project Report and Individual interview.

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Penalties: Late submission of reports will be subject to a penalty of 10% of the assessment grade for each day (or part thereof) overdue.

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• This module is 100% continually assessed. Hence, there is no repeat Autumn examination, as there is no facility available for repeating the continuous assessment elements of the module. However, students who obtain between 30 – 40% are eligible for supplemental assessment over the summer period. In such instances, the final module grade will be capped at 40%.

Required Reading:

*Power Electronics Handbook: DEVICES, CIRCUITS, AND APPLICATIONS, Third Edition, 3rd_Edition, Edited by Muhammad H. Rashid. Freely available online on ebook format.

Reference Text:

• Elements of Power Electronics, Second Edition; Philip Krein Publication Date - December 2014, ISBN: 9780199388417
• Erickson, Robert W.(Author). Fundamentals of Power Electronics. Second Edition. Secaucus, NJ, USA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

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