Switched Mode and Resonant Converters
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The official GTU curriculum for Switched Mode and Resonant Converters (subject code ME01000261) as prescribed for E(E& · Semester 1 divides the course into 6 units, covering 76 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01000261)Unit 1 Non-Isolated Converters
- Non-Isolated switching regulator topologies like Buck
- Boost and Buck- Boost
- operating principle
- losses and efficiency
- voltage and current waveforms at various points
- output voltage polarity for these regulators
- output filter circuit
- operating mode
- Optimum switching frequency
- design examples
Unit 2 Isolated Converters1
- The Push-Pull Topology – Schematic
- Operation (With Master/Slave Outputs)
- Slave Line-Load Regulation
- Slave Output Voltage Tolerance
- Master Output Inductor Minimum Current Limitations
- Various problems of Push Pull converters
- Power Transformer Design
- peak and RMS voltage and current
- leakage inductance
- output power
- output filter design
- The Forward Topology – Schematic
- Design Relations: Output/Input Voltage
- “On” Time
- Turns Ratios
- Slave Output Voltages
- Secondary Load
- Free-Wheeling Diode, and Inductor Currents
- Relations Between Primary Current
- Output Power, and Input Voltage
- Maximum Off-Voltage Stress in Power Transistor
- Practical Input Voltage / Output Power Limits
- Forward Converter With Unequal Power and Reset Winding Turns
- Power Transformer
- Double-Ended and Interleaved Forward Converter Topology: Basic Operation
- Drawbacks, and Output Power Limits Flyback Converters: Schematic
- Basic Operation and Waveforms
- Operating Modes
- Discontinuous-Mode Operation
- Design Relations and Sequential Design Steps
- Design Example for a Discontinuous-Mode Flyback Converter
- Design Relations—Continuous-Mode Flybacks
- Interleaved Flybacks
- Double- Ended (Two Transistor) Discontinuous-Mode Flyback Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Power Electronics Course / Subject Code: ME01000261 Course / Subject Name: Switched Mode and Resonant Converters
Unit 3 Isolated Converters2
- Half and Full Bridge Converters Half-Bridge Converter Topology
- Basic Operation
- Half-Bridge Magnetics
- Output Filter Calculations
- Blocking Capacitor to Avoid Flux Imbalance
- Half-Bridge Leakage Inductance Problems
- Double-Ended Forward Converter vs
- Half Bridge
- Practical Output Power Limits in Half Bridge Full-Bridge Converter Topology
- Transformer Primary Blocking Capacitor
Unit 4 Resonant Converters
- Soft Switching: Need for and importance of switching circuits
- Resonant Converters
- The Resonant Forward Converter
- Resonant Converter Operating Modes
- Resonant Half Bridge in Continuous-Conduction Mode
Unit 5 Current-Mode and Current-Fed Topologies
- Current-Mode Control
- Current-Mode vs
- Voltage-Mode Control Circuits
- Current-Mode Advantages
- Current-Mode Deficiencies and Limitations Study of a typical Current Mode PWM Control IC UC3842
- Study of PWM Control ICs like SG3524
Unit 6 High Frequency Magnetics
- High Frequency Magnetics Design fundamentals: Area Product Method
- Optimum Flux Density
- Optimum Wire Size for Transformer Transformer Design for Half-Bridge
- Flyback and Push-Pull Converters
- Transformer Design for Driver Circuits Inductor Design for Power Converters
- EMI Generation and Filtering in SMPS
- EMI Filtering at Input and Output
- Effect of EMI Filter On SMPS Control
- Design of Snubber Circuits in SMPS
- Analysis of Turn “On” and Turn “Off” Switching Losses
- Design of Load-Line Shaping Snubber Circuits
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