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ENGN4625 Power Electronics

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Engineering
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Engineering
Offered in Second Semester, 2010 and Second Semester, 2011
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

This course covers the important aspects of power electronic circuits, components and design. Topics include device characteristics, heat dissipation, failure modes and discrete transistor circuits. Power magnetic devices are examined, together with their associated drive circuitry and snubbers. Techniques for designing DC-power supplies, static power inverters and universal power supplies, DC-DC converters, and switch-mode power supplies are discussed.

Further information available from http://wwwrsphysse.anu.edu.au/~bdb112/ENGN4625_6625/

Indicative Assessment

Assignments and Presentation (15%); Laboratories (35%); Quiz (10%); Final Exam (40%)

Areas of Interest Engineering
Requisite Statement

ENGN2211 or ENGN2218

Other Information

Course page http://eng.anu.edu.au/study/currentstudents/courses

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