Academic Catalog 2015-2016 
    
    Aug 26, 2026  
Academic Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ECE 342 -  Power Electronics

Course Units: 1
(Not offered in 2015-16) Rectifying devices and rectifier circuits: device characteristics, waveforms, harmonic content filtering. Controlled rectifiers (thyristors, triacs): device characteristics, single phase and multiphase systems. Snubber circuits and divide limitations. DC-DC converters: design, application, topologies. Energy storage element selection and design: capacitors and inductors. Prerequisite(s): ECE 248 , ECE 350  



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