1. 1 Power Electronics Edited by Prof. Tsai-Fu Wu September 1, 2004

2. 2 Grading Home Work : 20% Mid-term Exam : 40% Final Exam : 40%

3. 3 Outline I.Introduction (2 weeks) (T.-F. Wu) What is Power Electronics? Applications of Power Electronics Relevant Study Topics and Required Background Knowledge Development History of Power Electronics Competitive Research Groups Future Research Topics

4. 4 II.Review of Fundamental Electric & Magnetic Theory (1 week) (T.-F. Wu) RLC Step Response Power Calculation Power Factor Ampere’s Law Faraday’s Law Maxwell’s Equations Skin Effect Proximity Effect

5. 5 III.Power Converter Topology (3 weeks) (T.-F. Wu) d/d, d/a, a/d and a/a Converters Low and High Frequency Inverters Hard-Switching and Soft- Switching Techniques Basic Converter Units Graft Technique or Synchronous Switching Technique Layer Technique

6. 6 DC Offset Technique PWM Derived Converters Soft-Switching Converters Resonant Converters Quasi-resonant Converters PWM Converters with Passive Snubbers PWM Converters with Active Snubbers

7. 7 IV.Operating Principle of Power Converters (3 weeks)(T.-F. Wu) Forward Converter Flyback Converter Half-Bridge Converter Full-Bridge Converter Push-Pull Converter Buck Converter with Passive Soft- switching Snubbers Boost Converter with Active Soft- switching Snubbers Low and High Frequency Inverters Ripple Free Technique

8. 8 V.Design of Converters (3 weeks) (Y.-C. Wu) Buck Converter Flyback Converter PWM Control IC MOSFET Driver Start-up Circuits

9. 9 VI.Applications of Converters (3 weeks) Power Factor Corrector (Y.-C. Wu) Electronic Ballast (Y.-C. Wu) Charger/Discharger (Y.-C. Wu) Active Power Filter (Y.-K. Chen) Photovoltaic Power System (Y.-K. Chen) Uninterruptible Power System (Y.-K. Chen) Piezoelectric Device Driver (T.-F. Wu) Thermoelectric Device Driver (T.-F. Wu)