Informations générales
Number of hours
- Lectures 8
- Tutorials 4
- Written tests 1
ECTSECTS
1
Goal(s)
sizing of components and switching circuits
Responsible(s)
Christian SCHAEFFER
Contact details
Christian SCHAEFFER
Content(s)
1. Power electronics: switched mode power supplies
a. the switch function
b. specificities of the switch
- Voltage ratings
- Courant ratings
- Switched power
- Switching frequency
- Power semi-conductor classification
c. Thermal design
- The thermal equation
- Power losses in the power switches
- Packaging and assembly techniques
- Cooling techniques
2. Power device voltage ratings :
a. Silicon material properties (part a)
- Characteristics
- Manufacturing of the wafers
- Technological process (CMOS)
b. Breakdown electrical field
- Silicon material properties (part b)
- Intrinsic materials
- Extrinsic materials
c. Voltage breakdown
- PN junction: homogenous drift regions
- PIN junction: non homogenous drift region
d. Application exercise N°1
3. power device ON state characteristics :
a. Electrical currents, the four contributions
- Conduction currents
- Drift currents
b. The power device families
- MOSFET
- PIN diode
- IGBT
4. Switching behaviour :
a. The switching cell
- Safe Operating Area (SOA)
- Snubber circuits
b. Switching losses
- Turn ON
- Turn OFF
5. Thermal and electrical designs:
a. Thermal transfer equation
b. Cooler design
- Air cooler
- Water cooler
c. Application exercise n° 2
Test
DS de 1 h
Calendar
S3
Additional Information
13 h(8 h CM + 4 h TD + 1 h DS)
French State controlled diploma conferring a Master's degree
