EE 5522 – POWER ELECTRONICS Scott Norr EE Dept. UMD
Course Content Primarily will follow Ned Mohan’s Lecture Slides EHEP html#student Supplemented by MIT Open Course Ware: Power Electronics
Power Semi-Conductors Diodes MOSFETs IGBTs
Semiconductor Materials Infineon.com
Power Semiconductor Applications
POWER DIODES Rectifier Diodes – Silicon, Fast Recovery Schottky Diodes – High Efficiency (poor reverse breakdown)
POWER MOSFET Fairly Fast Switching - ~100 nanoseconds Fairly High Power – 100’s of volts, 10’s of amps Subject to “Latch-up” Fragile during voltage transients