ECE 442

Power Electronics

• Text:
– Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices, and
Applications
– Third Edition
– by Muhammed H. Rashid
– Pearson Prentice-Hall

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 Power Semiconductor Devices
• Diodes • Thyristors
• Transistors – Force-Commutated
– Power BJTs – Line-Commutated
– Power MOSFETs – Gate Turn Off--GTO
– Insulated-Gate BJT – Reverse-Conducting
• IGBT • RCT
– Static Induction – Gate-Assisted Turn-
Transistors off
• SITs • GATI

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Thyristor/Triac

SCR1 MT1
2N3668 2N6346

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 Power Electronic Circuits

• Diode Rectifiers (AC to Fixed DC)

• AC-DC Converters (Controlled Rectifiers)
• AC-AC Converters (AC Voltage Controllers)
• DC-DC Converters (DC Choppers)
• DC-AC Converters (Inverters)
• Static Switches

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Single-Phase Diode Rectifier

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 Single-Phase Diode Rectifier
XSC1 XSC2
G G

T T

A B A B

D1

V1 T1 DIODE_VIRTUAL
0.5
120 V LOAD
60 Hz
0Deg 1kOhm

D2

DIODE_VIRTUAL

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Source and Output Voltages

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Single-Phase AC-DC Converter

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Single-Phase AC-DC Converter
D1
2N3670

XSC1
R4
R1 47 Ohm G

Key = A
A B
18kOhm 50%

D4
1N4007GP C2
0.1uF
Vs T2
0.5
120 V Rload
60 Hz
0Deg 180 Ohm

C1
D3 0.1uF
1N4007GP

R2
Key = A 50%
18kOhm
R3
47 Ohm

D2
2N3670
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Load Voltage

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Single-Phase AC-AC Converter

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Single-Phase AC-AC Converter

D1
2N5444

1 V1 2

240 V LOAD
60 Hz 80kOhm
0Deg

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DC-DC Converter

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 DC-DC Converter

XSC1
XFG1
G

A B

Q1
IRG4BC10U

V1
24 V

L1
250uH

R1 U1
D1 C1 10 Ohm +
47uF 13.044 V DC 1MOhm
DIODE_VIRTUAL -

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24V-12V Converter Output Voltage

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Single-Phase DC-AC Converter

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Single-Phase DC-AC Converter
XDA1
XSC2

XSC1 G
T
G A B
T
A B

XFG1

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0

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D1 D3
V1 J1 DIODE_VIRTUAL DIODE_VIRTUAL
24V 1V 0V J3
1V 0V

0 Rload
5 0
4 1
V2 1ohm
24V J2
D4 D2
J4 1V 0V
DIODE_VIRTUAL DIODE_VIRTUAL
1V 0V

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Load and Transistor Voltages

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