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MIT OpenCourseWare
Power Electronics
Art: Palmer, Edward, 1803-1872, Figures 113-123. Plate Electrical Machines, 1840 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. David Perreault
- Term
- Spring 2007
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 33 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 6.334 Power Electronics, Spring 2007, Prof. David Perreault — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
17 files
- Title page and table of contents Download
- Introduction and analysis methods Download
- Introduction to rectifiers Download
- Power factor and measures of distortion Download
- Phase-controlled rectifiers Download
- Introduction to DC/DC converters Download
- Introduction to magnetics Download
- Isolated DC/DC converters Download
- Modeling and control Download
- Inverters (DC/AC converters) Download
- Switching-mode rectifiers Download
- Switching losses and snubbers Download
- Soft-switching techniques Download
- Thermal modeling and heat sinking Download
- EMI (electromagnetic interference) filtering Download
- Three-phase systems Download
- Resonant converters and RF (radio frequency) power circuits Download
Assignments
11 files
Related Resources
- Supporting file for PSPICE Simulation software (idealdiode.lib) Download
- Supporting file for PSPICE Simulation software (idealdiode.slb) Download
- Half-wave rectifier with freewheeling diode and Commutating Inductance Download
- Full-wave rectifier with Commutating Inductance and Current Source Load Download
- Full-wave rectifier with RL Load Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Introduction to analysis methods
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Lecture 3: AC-side reactance and load regulation (DC-side effects)
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Lecture 4: Power factor and measures of distortion
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Lecture 5: DC-DC Converters 1 Introduction to DC-DC; Direct conversion
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Lecture 6: DC-DC Converters 2 Indirect topologies; Switch selection; Device stresses
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Lecture 7: DC-DC Converters 3 Ripple models; LC (inductor-capacitor) sizing
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Lecture 8: DC-DC Converters 4 Discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) operation
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Lecture 9: Magnetics 1 Introduction and review; Inductance; Reluctance
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Lecture 10: Magnetics 2 Transformers and parasitics
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Lecture 11: Magnetics 3 Transformer modeling; Multi-winding transformers; Inductor design and handout
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Lecture 12: Magnetics 4 Losses and high-frequency effects
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Lecture 13: Isolated DC/DC 1 Motivations; Flyback; Forward
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Lecture 14: Isolated DC/DC 2 Multiple outputs; Leakage effects; Other topologies
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Lecture 15: DC-AC Converters 1 Fourier; 1-pulse; CSI (current-source inverter) vs. VSI (voltage-source inverter)
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Lecture 16: DC-AC Converters 2 Harmonic elimination; Harmonic cancellation; Multilevel
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Lecture 17: DC-AC Converters 3 sin-Δ PWM (pulse width modulation) EMI (electromagnetic interference) Filters 1 Intro to EMI
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Lecture 18: EMI-Filters 2 Filter design; Damping; Control impact
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Lecture 19: EMI-Filters 3 Common-mode and differential mode
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Lecture 20: Loss computation and snubbers
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Lecture 21: Soft switching 1 Introduction to reverse recovery
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Lecture 22: Soft switching 2
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Lecture 23: Thermal design
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Lecture 24: Resonant converters/RF (radio frequency) 1 Resonant circuits review
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Lecture 25: Resonant converters/RF 2 Series, parallel, series/parallel LLC (inductor-inductor-capacitor)
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Lecture 26: Resonant converters/RF 3 Matching networks
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Lecture 27: Guest lecture
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Lecture 28: Control 1 Goals; Averaging properties; Circuit averaging
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Lecture 29: Control 2 State-space averaging; Linearization
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Lecture 30: Control 3 Control example
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Lecture 31: Control 4 Current-mode control
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Lecture 32: 3-phase systems 1 Introduction to 3-phase; phase-shift, Y/Y-Δ/Y
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Lecture 33: 3-phase systems 2 Six-pulse; 12-pulse; Interphase
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Lecture 34: Practical Issues: Inductance, capacitance, layout; level-shifting gate drives SynQor field trip
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Lecture 35: Switched mode rectifiers
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Lecture 36: Emerging technologies, techniques, and challenges: Control strategy overview; New topologies and methods; System trends
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Lecture 37: Advanced design example
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