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
Converter Control
This course is part of Power Electronics Specialization
Instructor: Dr. Robert Erickson
Sponsored by Louisiana Workforce Commission
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
19 hours to complete
3 weeks at 6 hours a week
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What you'll learn
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.
What's included
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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7 videos1 reading1 assignment
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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SA
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Reviewed on Apr 26, 2020
very well designed course content with a very eloquent explanation of Dr. Erickson. Highly recommended for power electronics engineers!!
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Reviewed on Jun 2, 2016
Very good!
TG
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Reviewed on Feb 10, 2020
I am really happy taking this course. Challenging but the course really well structured so it helps a lot! My learning curve taking this course is huge. Thank you Prof. Erickson and team!
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