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MtE-313

Power Electronics
Lecture No. 1
Electric Power, Electronics and Control
• Power Electronics deals with the application
of power semiconductor devices, thyristors
and transistors, for the conversion and control
of electrical energy at high power levels.
• Controlled parameters:
• Voltage, current, frequency
• Simple Rectification
• Rectification with voltage level adjustment
Why Power Electronics?
• Transfer of Electrical power from source to
load
– Varying supply voltage (Variable Transformer)
– Inserting a regulator (Variable resistor)
• Semiconductor devices used as switches:
• Small, inexpensive and efficient
• Control power automatically
A Rheostat as a Control Device
• From maximum Power Transfer Theorem
– Conversion is only 50%
• Overheating
– Rheostat must be physically larger to dissipate
additional heat
• Poor efficiency means large losses
A switch as a control Device
• Efficiency is 100%
– No power loss
• Switch can not be set to intermediate
positions to vary power
• Same effect can be created by periodically
turning the switch on and off.
Power Semiconductor switches
• Diodes
• Bipolar junction transistors (BJT)
• Metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect
transistors (MOSFET)
• Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)
• Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCR)
• Triacs
• Gate-turnoff thyristors (GTO)
• MOS-controlled thyristors (MCT)
Power Semiconductor Devices
• Operated in switching mode
• Operated at high frequencies
• Power loss in the switch is small
– Either voltage is nearly zero (switch ON)
– Or current is nearly zero (switch OFF)
Ideal Switch
• It turns on and turns off in zero time
• When the switch is on, the voltage drop across
it is zero
• When the switch is off, the current through it
is zero
• It dissipates zero power
Other desirable characteristics
• When on, it can carry a large current
• When off, it can withstand high voltage
• It uses little power to control its operation
• It is highly reliable
• It is small in size and weight
• It is low in cost
• It needs no maintenance
Power Losses in Real Switches
• Bipolar junction transistor
• Two major sources of power loss
– Conduction loss
– Switching loss
Conduction losses in BJT

• POFF = VS * ILEAK
• PON = VCE(sat) * IC
• where IC = VS - VCE(sat) /RL ≈ VS/RL
Switching losses in BJT
Power Losses
t(OFF )
• POFF = VS * ILEAK *
t

• PON = VCE(sat) * IC * d
1
• PSW = *VCE (max) * IC (max) *[tSW (ON )  tSW (OFF ) ]* f
6
• where IC = VS - VCE(sat) /RL ≈ VS/RL
Example
• VS is 50V, RL is 5Ω, and the switch is ideal with
no switching loss. If on-state voltage drop is
1.5V and the leakage current is 1.5mA,
calculate the power loss in the switch when it
is:
• A)on
• B) off
Example
• Calculate the maximum and average power
loss for the switch in the previous example, if
the switching frequency is 500Hz with a duty
cycle of 50%.
• Pavg(ON) = PON * tON/T
• Pavg(OFF) = POFF * tOFF/T
• Average power loss for one cycle
• Maximum power dissipation (PON) (last
example)
Example
• VS is 120V, RL is 6Ω and the transistor is ideal
with no conduction loss. If tSW(ON) = tSW(OFF) =
1.5μs, calculate the average switching power
loss at a switching frequency of 1kHz.
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• PSW(avg) = *VCE (max) * I C (max)
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Example
• The transistor switch with the following characteristics controls power to a 25kW
load,
• IRATED = 50A, VRATED = 500V, ILEAKAGE = 1mA
• VCE(sat) = 1.5V
• Turn-on time tSW(ON) = 1.5μs
• Turn-off time tSW(OFF) = 3.0μs
• VS is 500V and RL is 10Ω. If the switching frequency is 100Hz with a duty cycle of
50%, find:
• On-state power loss
• Off-state power loss
• Maximum power loss during turn-on
• Energy loss during turn-on
• Energy loss during turn-off
• On-state energy loss
• Off-state energy loss
• Total energy loss
• Average power loss
Example
• In previous example, if switching frequency is
increased to 100kHz with duty cycle of 50% find:
• Energy loss during turn-on
• Energy loss during turn-off
• On-state energy loss
• Off-state energy loss
• Total energy loss
• Average power loss
Types of Power Electronics Circuits
• Uncontrolled Rectifiers (AC voltage to fixed
DC voltage)
• Controlled Rectifiers (fixed AC voltage to
variable DC voltage)
• DC choppers (fixed DC voltage to variable DC
voltage)
• AC voltage controllers (fixed AC to a variable
AC at the same frequency)
Types of Power Electronics Circuits
• Inverters (fixed DC voltage to fixed/variable AC
voltage and frequency)
• Cycloconverters (fixed voltage and frequency
to variable voltage and frequency)
• Static switches (replacing traditional
mechanical and electromagnetic switches)

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