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Argomenti del programma: Power semiconductor switches, drive and protection circuits Introduction to power electronics. Energy efficiency: the role of power electronics. Basic switching circuits. Overview of power semiconductor switches. Conduction and switching losses. Schottky and p-i-n power diodes. Reverse blocking. Forward conduction characteristics. Switching characteristics. Power MOSFETs. Lateral and vertical DMOS structures.
WeBeep Note: lecture slides, suggested readings, supplementary course materials and more info available on WeBeep.
Argomenti del programma: Power semiconductor switches, drive and protection circuits Introduction to power electronics. Energy efficiency: the role of power electronics. Basic switching circuits. Overview of power semiconductor switches. Conduction and switching losses. Schottky and p-i-n power diodes. Reverse blocking. Forward conduction characteristics. Switching characteristics. Power MOSFETs. Lateral and vertical DMOS structures.
Argomenti del programma: 1) The components . Diodes, thyristors and controllable switches; transformers and reactors for the conversion, auxiliary components (inductors, capacitors for power factor correction and filtering). 2) General aspects . Real switches (characteristic curves, losses, delays,…); electrical and energetic quantities (average and RMS values, harmonics, power, efficiency, power factor).
WeBeep Note: lecture slides, suggested readings, supplementary course materials and more info available on WeBeep.
Argomenti del programma: Power semiconductor switches, drive and protection circuits Introduction to power electronics. Energy efficiency: the role of power electronics. Basic switching circuits. Overview of power semiconductor switches. Conduction and switching losses. Schottky and p-i-n power diodes. Reverse blocking. Forward conduction characteristics. Switching characteristics. Power MOSFETs. Lateral and vertical DMOS structures.