Physics 541: Power Electronics

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Aug. 31 Content Intro Sept. 3
Aug. 31 Key ideas from electronics I Sept. 3
Aug. 31 Voltage dividers are poor power converters. Sept. 4
Sept. 2 day 1 recap. Sept. 7
Sept. 2 Switches, purpose, ideal and real. Sept. 7
Sept. 2 Example calculations Page 1 and Page 2 Sept. 7
Sept. 7 Course work. Sept. 7
Sept. 16 Notes on three phase power. An image of Three transformers powered from three different phases and a close-up of the oscilloscope showing three phases. Sept. 16
Sept. 23 Recap of key points from Monday. An example of using three phase power in the form of rectification . Supplimental notes on deriving the relationship between VLN and VLL. Sept. 23
Sept. 28 Lecture notes on total harmonic distortion from Monday. Sept. 29
Sept. 30
Notes on steady state voltage and current for circuits with inductors and/or capacitors and ltspice circuits of a buck converter and 3-phase rectifier. Oct. 5
Notes on point of common coupling and the distortion of voltage that can happen due to circuits with non-linear elements. Oct. 7
Notes on the analysis of both boost and buck-boost DC->DC converters. Oct. 14