Information Package / Course Catalogue
Advanced Power Electronics
Course Code: EEE554
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to present power electronic devices and their applications in detail

Course Content

Principal laws of electric and magnetic circuits, solid state devices, gating circuits and thermal design, dc-dc switch mode converters, switch mode dc-ac Inverters

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Understand the operation and conceptual design principles for current source converter and voltage source converter
2.Explain the underlying principles and assumptions for deriving averaged and linearised small-signal dynamic models of power converters.
3.Derive small-signal models in equivalent circuit and transfer function form for the buck and boost DC-DC converters and for three-phase DC-AC and AC-DC converters.
4.Select appropriate PWM schemes for three-phase DC-AC and AC-DC power converters
5.Explain the basic operation of LCC and VSC HVDC systems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Power Electronics Converters Applications And Design, Mohan, Undeland, Robbins
2.Power Electronics, circuits, Devices and Applications, M.H. Rashid
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Review of Basic Electrical and Magnetic Circuit Concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
Advanced solid state devices- Power modules, gating circuits
Week 3 - Theoretical
Advanced solid state devices- Thermal design, protection
Week 4 - Theoretical
dc – dc switch mode converters: Buck, boost, buck-boost
Week 5 - Theoretical
dc – dc switch mode converters: Cuk, full-bridge
Week 6 - Theoretical
Switch mode dc-ac Inverters : single-phase PWM and square-wave operation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Switch mode dc-ac Inverters : three-phase PWM and square-wave operation
Week 8 - Theoretical
Load Resonant Converters - Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Resonant-switch Converters : ZCS and ZVS
Week 10 - Theoretical
Power Conditioners and UPS
Week 11 - Theoretical
Introduction to Motor Drives
Week 12 - Theoretical
DC motor drives
Week 13 - Theoretical
AC motor drives
Week 14 - Theoretical
AC motor drives
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Assignment1%20
Project1%70
Quiz1%5
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1463126
Assignment1213
Project115318
Quiz1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026