This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5702, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
Converter Control
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Converter Control
This course is part of Power Electronics Specialization
Instructor: Dr. Robert Erickson
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Be able to design and analyze the feedback systems of switching regulators
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There are 4 modules in this course
How to extend the converter steady-state equivalent circuits, derived in the previous courses, to obtain small-signal ac equivalent circuits that model the important converter and regulator system dynamics.
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8 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
A review of the construction of Bode plots of the magnitude and phase of first-order, second-order, and higher-order transfer functions, with emphasis on techniques needed for design of regulator systems. Design-oriented analysis techniques to make approximations and gain insight into how to design ac systems having significant complexity.
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Design-oriented analysis techniques to make approximations and gain insight into how to design ac systems having significant complexity. Graphical construction techniques.
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5 videos1 reading1 assignment
Application of the material of Chapters 7 and 8 to design closed-loop regulators that employ switching converters. How to design a feedback system that accurately regulates its output while rejecting disturbances.
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8 videos1 reading2 assignments
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An important course for understanding the design procedures of converters as well as the importance of control system in them.
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very well designed course content with a very eloquent explanation of Dr. Erickson. Highly recommended for power electronics engineers!!
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Very good!I think week 4 was very time consuming, in contrast with week 3, that was very light. Maybe these contents can be better balanced in the fuute.
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