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.

This course covers the analysis and design of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers, used in power electronic converters. This course assumes prior completion of ECEA 5700: ...

Several switching-converter topologies exist for power converters that operate from the ac mains and must maintain a power factor of 0.9 or better. One topology is a boost converter with a control ...

This document is all about the replacement of the traditionally used isolated flyback converters on designs involving 9 W applications into a much preferred off-line AC-DC buck converter. Comparison ...

The consequences can be costly, ranging from production downtime to compromised equipment and even safety hazards. Certainly, capacitors are indeed responsible for 30% of power electronics failures, ...

Find a downloadable version of this story in pdf format at the end of the story. Last month, we described a patent-pending Bridgeless PFC converter based on a novel hybrid-switching method that ...