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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Industrial Electronics
Module Code	EE419
School	School of Electronic Engineering
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Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Ronan Scaife Semester 2: Ronan Scaife Autumn: Ronan Scaife
Module Teacher	Ronan Scaife
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

To impart an introductory understanding of power electronics and, working from first principles, to introduce the techniques of analysis and design of power semiconductor controlled circuits and systems. The semiconductor devices are assumed ideal, thus allowing the focus of attention to be on the energy converter topologies used and their application.

Learning Outcomes

1. Perform power computations for semiconductor-controlled circuits and systems
2. Describe and explain the operation of half-wave and full-wave rectifiers, DC-DC converters and DC power supplies, inverters and resonant converters
3. Solve problems relevant to rectifiers, DC-DC converters, inverters and resonant converters
4. Design and evaluate power electronic circuits using PSpice
5. Design and test a controller for a basic DC-DC converter

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	30	Weekly
Laboratory	12	Circuit simulation
Independent learning	83	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Line commutated diode rectifiers..
Controlled rectification and inversion using thyristors..

DC motor control using thyristors and diodes..
High frequency (HF) switching converter topologies, buck, boost, buck-boost & Cuk.

HF converter gain equations and stability analysis.
HF converter conduction modes..

Off-line forward converter operation..
Off-line flyback converter operation.PWM (pulse with modulation) control and generation techniques..

DC to DC and DC to AC converters using half bridge and H bridge (full bridge) transistor configurations..
DC servo motor and DC brushless servo motor control using H bridge transistor drive..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	15%	Examination Weight	85%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Other	Individualised assignment on power supply control	15%	Sem 1 End

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Daniel W. Hart: 1997, Introduction to power electronics, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J., 0-02-351182-6
Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, William P. Robbins: 2003, Power electronics, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 978-0471226932

Other Resources

None

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