Syllabus Power Devices & Circuits - (304194) Credit Examination Scheme : 03 End - Sem (Theory) : 70 Marks Unit III DC to AC Converters Single phase half and full bridge square wave inverter for R and R-L load using MOSFET / IGBT and its performance analysis and numerical, Cross conduction in inverter, need of voltage control and strategies in inverters, classifications of voltage control techniques, control of voltage using various PWM techniques and their advantages, concept and need of harmonic elimination / reduction in inverters, Three Phase voltage source inverter for balanced star R load with 120 and 180 degree mode of operation, device utilization factor, Advanced Converters like matrix inverter, multi-level inverters and their topologies and its driver circuits (no derivation and numerical). (Chapter - 3) Unit IV DC to DC Converters Classification of choppers, Step down chopper for R and RL load and its performance analysis, Step up chopper, various control strategies for choppers, types of choppers (isolated and non isolated) such as type A, B, C, D & E, switch mode power supply (SMPS) viz buck, boost and buck-boost, Fly back, Half and full Bridge isolated and non-isolated interleaved bidirectional topologies, and concept of integrated converter and design of LM3524 based choppers, concept of maximum power point tracking (MPPT). (Chapter - 4) Unit V Power Devices Protection and Circuits Over voltage, over current, di/dt and dv/dt protection circuits and their design, Various cooling techniques and heat sink design, Resonant converters such as Zero current switching (ZCS) and Zero voltage switching (ZVS), Electromagnetic interference such as radiated and conducted EMI, Difference between EMI and EMC, EMI sources and soft switching and minimizing / shielding techniques for EMI, Various EMI and EMC standards, Importance of isolation transformer. (Chapter - 5) Unit VI Power Electronics Applications AC Voltage Controller using IGBT & SCR, Fan Regulator, Electronic Ballast, LED Lamp driver, DC motor drive for single phase separately excited dc motor, BLDC motor drive, Variable voltage & variable frequency three phase induction motor drive, On-line and Off- line UPS, study of various selection criteria and performance parameters of batteries in battery operated power systems, battery charging models and modes for EVs, Architecture of EVs battery charger, PFC stage circuit topologies with details of Full-bridge boost rectifier and Full-bridge interleaved for EV battery charger, case study of power electronics in electric vehicle and photovoltaic solar system. (Chapter - 6)