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Department of Mechatronics Department of Mechatronics

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Petar Grbovic Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Petar Grbovic, +43 512 507 62830
Luka Lopin Luka Lopin, +43 512 507 62835

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VU Special Topics 2: Design of Power converters - from theory to practice

VU 3

5

weekly

annually

English

By the end of this lecture on "Special Topics 2: Design of Power Converter: From Theory to Practice," students will be able to:

• Analyze, evaluate and compare  various power converter topologies for any applications.
• Design all passive components such as switches, filter capacitors, magnetic components.
• Advanced design of Magnetic component (Inductors, Transformers and coupled inductors)
• Account for Thermal considerations, especially applied to transistors and magnetic components.
• Use Pareto front analysis to optimize and compare different solutions.
• Understanding how to test, debug and  verify experimentally the converters

Introduction

Power Converter Topologies

• Basic DC/DC topologies
• Basic AC/DC topologies
• Advanced topologies 

Analysis and Design of converters

• Switching devices design
• Passive filters design and sizing

Magnetic component Design

• Inductor design
• Transformer design
• Coupled inductor design

Thermal management considerations

• Analytical Methods
• Empirical Methods
• Thermal Networks
• Finite Element SImulations

Control of power converters

• Basics of power converter control

Testing and debuging

• Testing
• Debuging

03.10.2023