Information on individual educational components (ECTS-Course descriptions) per semester

  
Degree programme:Bachelor Mechatronics Fulltime
Type of degree:FH Bachelor´s Degree Programme
 Full-time
 Winter Semester 2025
  

Course unit titlePower Electronics
Course unit code074703054203
Language of instructionEnglish
Type of course unit (compulsory, optional)Compulsory
Semester when the course unit is deliveredWinter Semester 2025
Teaching hours per week2
Year of study2025
Level of course unit (e.g. first, second or third cycle)First Cycle (Bachelor)
Number of ECTS credits allocated3
Name of lecturer(s)André MITTERBACHER


Prerequisites and co-requisites

Basics of electrical engineering and electronics

Course content
  • Introduction
  • Components of power electronics (passive, active)
  • Analysis methods of power electronics (steady state, current and voltage ripple)
  • Design of a DC/DC converter (design of L, C, semiconductor)
  • Topologies of power electronics: DC/DC
  • Topologies of power electronics: AC/DC, DC/AC
  • Topologies of power electronics: Isolated DC/DC converters
  • Analysis methods of power electronics (dynamic)
  • Resonant converters and soft-switching techniques
  • AC circuit power (linear vs. non-linear load, AC/DC, power factor, THD)
  • Control of a power electronic circuit (gate driver, sensing, closed-loop control)
Learning outcomes

Students will be able

  • to describe, analyze, dimension and construct basic power electronics circuits.
  • to describe and apply selected components of power electronics.
  • to explain and use specific properties of power electronic components and semiconductors.
  • to analyze and switched mode PWM converter circuits.
  • to perform efficiency calculations and simulations.
  • to plot common topologies of power electronic circuits and explain their working principles.
  • to explain the principle of operation of resonant converters.
  • to use a control IC for a closed loop operation of a DCDC converter.
  • to describe and calculate the power in an AC network.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, lab exercises

Assessment methods and criteria

Final exam and continual assessment.

Comment
Recommended or required reading

  • Erickson, Robert W.; Maksimović, Dragan (2020): Fundamentals of power electronics. Third edition. Cham: Springer.

  • Specovius, Joachim (2013): Grundkurs Leistungselektronik: Bauelemente, Schaltungen und Systeme. 6. Auflage. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg Verlag.
  • Application Notes for selected devices.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning)

Face-to-face instruction

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