CEC363: Wide Bandgap Devices syllabus for ETE 2021 regulation (Professional Elective-I)

Wide Bandgap Devices detailed syllabus for Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (ETE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ETE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ETE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to ETE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of wide bandgap devices is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

WBG DEVICES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN REAL WORLD
Review of semiconductor basics, Operation and characteristics of the SiC Schottky Barrier Diode, SiC DMOSFET and GaN HEMT, Review of Wide bandgap semiconductor technology -Advantages and disadvantages

Unit II

SWITCHING CHARACTERIZATION OF WBG
Turn-on and Turn-off characteristics of the device, Hard switching loss analysis, Double pulse test set-up

Unit III

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Unit IV

HIGH FREQUENCY DESIGN COMPLEXITY AND PCB DESIGNING
Effects of parasitic inductance, Effects of parasitic capacitance , EMI filter design for high frequency power converters High frequency PCB design, Conventional power loop design, High frequency power loop optimization, Separation of power from signal PCB

Unit V

APPLICATIONS OF WIDE BANDGAP DEVICES
Consumer electronics applications, Wireless power transfer applications, Electric vehicle applications , Renewable energy sources applications

Practical Exercises

1. Conduct switching loss and Magnetic loss on Low side
2. Conduct Double pulse test (DPT) and learn IEC 60747 -8/9 standards
3. Conduct experiments for Diode reverse recovery on High side
4. Conduct Power analysis and harmonic measurement
5. Measure Turn on /off delay , . Calculate recovery softness factor , measure reverse recovery energy.

List of Equipments needed

1. 1GHz Flexi channel oscilloscope with 6 channels – #5
2. 2ch AFG with 9inch touchscreen and built-in Double Pulse Test application to generate atleast 2 varying pulse widths, 16Mpts memory – #1
3. Power supplies – Programmable DC Power Supply, 720W (for High Voltage side) and Programmable Single Channel DC Power Supply, 192W (to drive Gate drive circuit)
4. Voltage Probes to measure Vgs (low side) – passive probe or differential probe 200MHz – #15
5. Voltage Probes to measure Vgs (high side) – 1GHz, isolated probes with MMCX adapter tips – #1 nos
6. Current Probes to measure drain current – 30A with 120Mz BW – #5

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. A. Lidow, J. Strydom, M. D. Rooij, D. Reusch, GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Convertion, Wiley, 2014, ISBN-13: 978-1118844762.
2. G. Meneghesso, M. Meneghini, E. Zanoni, “Gallium Nitride-enabled High Frequency and High Efficiency Power Conversion,” Springer International Publishing, 2018, ISBN: 978-3319-77993-5.

Reference Books:

1. F. Wang, Z. Zhang and E. A. Jones, Characterization of Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices, IET, ISBN-13: 978-1785614910 (2018).
2. B.J.Baliga, “Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Power Devices,” World Scientific Publishing Company (3 Feb. 2017).
3. L. Corradini, D. Maksimovic, P. Mattavelli, R. Zane, “Digital Control of HighFrequency Switched-Mode Power Converters”, Wiley, ISBN-13: 978-1118935101 (9th June, 2015).

For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering 5th Sem, visit ETE 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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