Syllabus of EED370: Switched Mode Power Converters

Module-1:
Introduction to Switched mode power converters (SMPC), Advantages over linear Power
converters, Several Application of SMPC, a brief Survey of power Semiconductor devices, ideal
switching characteristics, Switching losses, Single quadrant switches, current bidirectional
two quadrant switches, Voltage bidirectional two quadrant switches, Four quadrant switches.

Module-2: Analysis of Switching Power converters in steady state, Inductor Volt-Second

Balance, Capacitor Charge Balance, and the Small-Ripple Approximation. Pulse width
Modulation (PWM), Buck Converter, Boost Converter, Buck-Boost Converter, Cuk Converters
analysis and Design in CCM and DCM.
Module-3: isolated Power converters, Forward converter, flyback converter, Push Pull, half
bridge and full bridge converter, Isolated version of cuck converter and their analysis and
design.
Module -4: Basic Magnetic Theory, Transformer modelling, Skin and Proximity effects, Design
of high frequency Inductor for Power converters, Design example with basic converter
topologies like (boost, buck etc.), Design of high frequency transformer for power converters
and their design examples. Design of Driver circuits for Low Side MOSFETs/ IGBTs, Design of
Driver circuits of High Side MOSFETs/IGBTs

Module-5*: Closed loop control of power converters, dynamic modelling by state space
averaging, Transfer function and frequency analysis of the converter, Stability analysis and
controller design.
References Text Books:

1. Robert. W. Erickson and Dragan Maksimovic, “Fundamentals of Power Electronics”

Second Edition, Springer (India).
2. V. Ramanarayanan “Course Material on Switched Mode Power Conversion”,
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science-Banglore.
3. Ned Mohan, T. M. Undeland “Power Electronics: Converters, applications and Design”
Third Edition, Wiley-India.
4. Daniel W Hart “Power Electronics” McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition.
Evaluation Scheme:
Midterm Examination 30%
End Term Examination 40%
Quiz 10%
Assignments 15%
Class Participation 5%
Note: Those students, who are doing their major Projects outside SNU, Assignment
component will be 20%.