本課程以英語授課。與陳耀銘、金藝璘合授

This course introduces PFC, power semiconductors, and resonant power converters

Week Date Subject 1 2/21 Syllabus, Introduction of converter nonidealities (10 min. quiz) 2 2/28 Holiday 3 3/6 Power semiconductor: diode physics, power MOSFET, device characteristics (HW1) 4 3/13 Switching characteristics, gate driving 5 3/20 GaN, SiC devices (HW2) 6 3/27 Zero-Voltage-Transition PWM converters 7 4/3 Resonant converters: SRC, PRC, SPRC 8 4/10 Midterm 9 4/17 LLC resonant converter (HW3) 10 4/24 ZVS/ZCS quasi-resonant converters 11 5/1 Power Factor Correction (PFC) fundamentals 12 5/8 PFC Circuits: DCM (HW4) 13 5/15 PFC Circuits: CCM, TCM, Current mode control 14 5/22 Bridgeless PFC or Invited talk 15 5/29 Final 16 6/5 Final group presentation

Grading: Homework and Final group presentation, Midterm, Final, Attendance and Discussion prerequisite: This course is an advanced-level course. It is strongly suggested to take "power electronics (PE1)" course or have corresponding knowledge on converter topology and control before taking this course.

Course note Fundamentals of Power Electronics, 2nd