ECE 469 - Power Electronics Laboratory

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Web Page http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece469/
Subject Area Power and Energy Systems
Course Prerequisites Credit in ECE 443
Credit or concurrent registration in ECE 464
Course Directors Philip T Krein
Description Laboratory study of circuits, devices, and applications of switching power converters, including dc-dc, ac-dc, and dc-ac converters; high-power transistors and magnetic components; design considerations, including heat transfer. Applications to motor control, renewable energy, battery systems, electric and hybrid cars. Design experience with solar and other alternative energy systems.

Preview ECE 469
Credit 2 hours
Goals This course supplements analysis tools presented in ECE 464 with practical design and measurement experience.
Topics Power measurements and design:
  • semiconductor measurements and driver circuits
  • passive components
  • magnetics
dc-dc converters and applications:
  • non-isolated converters
  • multi-quadrant converters
  • isolated converters
  • dc motor drives
  • high-performance power supplies
ac-dc converters and applications:
  • one-phase and three-phase converters
  • batteries and chargers
dc-ac converters and applications:
  • simple inverters
  • pulse-width modulations
  • ac motor drives
  • switching amplifiers
  • photovoltaic and renewable energy applications
  • vehicle systems
Converter design project
Computer Usage Circuit simulation project. Computer-based instrumentation is also used.
Lab Projects In addition to the above lab topics, student groups design a working switching power converter, for a power supply or alternative energy application. Digital oscilloscopes, Hall-effect current probes, a power curve tracer, and power FETs are used, among many items.
Course Prerequisites ECE 443; credit or current registration in ECE 464.
Texts P.T. Krein, ECE 469 Laboratory Manual.