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Power Electronics - ELEC4240
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Electrical Eng and Telecommunications
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.ee.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: ELEC3006
 
 
Equivalent: ELEC4614
 
 
Excluded: ELEC9240
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Modern power semiconductor devices eg, diodes, thyristors, MOSFETs, and other insulated gate devices such as the IGBT, MCT and the FCT. Static and switching characteristics, gate drive and protection techniques. Various DC-DC, AC-DC, DC-AC and AC-AC converter circuit topologies, their characteristics and control techniques. Application considerations for remote and uniterruptible power supplies, and for computer systems, telecommunications, automobiles, traction and other industrial processes. Utility interaction, harmonic distortion, and power factor. EMI and EMC considerations.

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