Power and Control Electronics

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	430-6004/01
Abbreviation	VaŘE
Course title	Power and Control Electronics
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Electronics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Petr Palacký, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Modern power semiconductor parts and their application - bipolar power transistors, IGBT, GTO thyristors.
The DC - switches. The DC - converters. Design of control DC - converters circuits.
The voltage - type converters, output current and voltage analyse.
The current - type converters, output voltage and current analyse, applications, control circuits.
Frequency converters with voltage / current - type DC link, cykloconverters.

Modern ways how to control the output voltage and current of frequency converters.
Realisation of control frequency converters circuits.

E-learning

Consultation through MS Teams.

Literature

KASSAKIAN, John G. a PERREAULT, David J. Principles of Power Electronics. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2023. .
MOHAN, Ned; UNDELAND, Tore M. a ROBBINS, William P. Power Electronics, A First Course. Secodn Edition. John Wiley, 2022. .
ERICKSON, Robert W. a MAKSIMOVIC, Dragan. Fundamentals of Power Electronics. Third Edition. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2020. .
DHARAVATH, Kishan. Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage: Emerging Technologies and Developments. Crc Pr, 2025. .
BASSO, Christophe. Switch-Mode Power Supplies, Second Edition: Spice Simulations and Practical Designs. Mcgraw Hill Book Co, 2014. .
BILLINGS, Keith. Switchmode Power Supply Handbook 3/E. McGraw-Hill Education - Europe, 2010. .

Advised literature

Heumann, K.: Basic Principles of Power Electronics. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, , 2012.
RASHID, Muhammad H. Power Electronics Handbook. 5th Edition. Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, 2024. .

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