EECS 4480/5480/7480 - Electronic Energy Processing I

Fall Semester 2009
Course Syllabus

Written Absence Policy

Math Notes - Math notes for power electronics and other areas of electrical engineering.  My favorite math tables all in one place.

Homework Assignments - Homework solutions will be posted here 1-2 days after they are discussed in class.

HW#1 - Ch 2: 1, 2  due Tues, Sept 1

HW#2 - Ch 3:  8  due Tues, Sept 8

HW#3 - SPICE simulation of a rectifier circuit.  [Problem statement.  Spice V8.0 Schematic. Library.] due Thurs, Sept 17
   Note that the circuit does not become a "half-wave" rectifier until the second diode is added.  Simulation results.

Worked solutions to some rather lengthy problems in Ch 3:  prob3_1    prob3_2    prob3_3

HW#4 - Ch 5:  1, 3, 4, 6  due Thurs, Sept 24

HW#5 - Ch 5:  16, 11   due Thurs, Oct 1
You may use a 21-ohm load resistor in place of the 1-kW constant-power load.  (SPICE challenge:  How would you implement the 1-kW constant-power device?)  Find only the power factor and peak-peak ripple voltage for 4 different filter capacitor values.  Find the peak value of the in-rush current (the peak ac supply current at start-up with zero initial capacitor voltage).  Discussion question:  In your opinion, which value of filter capacitance is optimum?  Give reasons why you have that opinion. 
Here is my implementation of the 1-kW Constant Power Load device.

Test 1 -  to cover material through chapter 5, closed book, one page of notes, plus "math notes"    Thurs, Oct 8
  Sample copy of a previous test
Answers:  #1 (a) Io=15A, (b) 2nd harm = 10.3Arms, (c) fund = 4.2Arms so total current = 18.7Arms, (d) Pbattery = 375W, (e) Presistor = 1739W; #2 (a) resistive case, Idrain=20A; inductive case, Idrain=10A, (b) Vds transitions between 0 and 100ns, (c) Vds transitions between 100 and 200ns, (d) Eon = 300uJ, (e) Pon = 30W at 100kHz; #3 (a) Commutation is the process of transferring current flow from one circuit loop to another, (b) u = 1.45ms (at 60 Hz), (c) Vo = 600.7V. 

HW#6 - Ch 6:  1, 3, 5, 6 due Thurs, Oct 22

HW#7 - Ch 6:  12, 13 due  Thurs, Oct 29

HW#8 - Ch 7:  2, 3, 8, 9 due  Tues, Nov 10

HW#9 - Ch 7:  13, 14, 18, 19 due  Tues, Nov 17

Test 2 -  to cover material through chapter 7, closed book, one page of notes, plus "math notes"   on  Tues, Nov 24

HW#10 - Ch 8:  Special Problem due       Special Problem Solution

 Final Exam - Closed book, 2 pages of notes plus "math notes" -  Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 12:30 - 2:30 pm

Last Updated:  Nov 17