Course Objective and Outcome Form
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
North South University, Bashundhara, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh
1. Course Number and Title: EEE 312, Power Electronics
2. Number of Credits: 3
3. Type: Core, Engineering, Lecture, Lab
4. Prerequisites: EEE211, MAT350
5. Contact Hours: 1.5 + 1.5 = 3 Hrs
6. Faculty: Mohammad Shafayet Hossain (MFY)
7. Office: SAC 11102
8. Email: mohammad.hossain02@northsouth.edu
9. Office Hours: M/W (9.40 am – 11.10 am)
10. Course Summary:
This introductory course will give an overview of the major aspects of power
electronics. Emphasis will be given on basic theoretical methods of calculation
and design of important power electronic circuits such as: ac to dc uncontrolled
and controlled rectifiers, ac voltage controllers, dc-dc converters, dc to ac
inverters and power supplies. The course will also cover power semiconductor
devices and wide application aspects of power electronic circuits using diodes,
SCR, GTO, BJT, MOSFET, IGBT, rectifiers and switching circuits.
11. Course Objectives:
The objectives of this course are to
1. To introduce power semiconductor devices, their switching principles and
applications.
2. To explain the operation of AC-DC uncontrolled and controlled rectifier, DC-DC
converters and DC-AC inverters.
3. To analyze the power electronic switch-based rectifier, converters and inverters.
4. To introduce hardware tools for implementation of power electronic circuits.
12. Resources
• Text books:
No Name of Year of Title of Book Edition Publisher’s ISBN
Author(s) Publication Name
1 Dr. M H 2018 Power 4th Pearson 13:
Rashid electronics 978-0-
devices, circuits 273-
and applications 76908-
8
• Online resources:
Tentative Lecture Sequence:
Topics To be covered Lectures Required
Introduction of Power Electronics 2
• Introduction to devices, power ratings and
applications
AC – DC Rectifiers 6
• Single Phase rectifier
• 3-phase rectifier
• Harmonics analysis
DC – DC Converters 6
• Introduction to choppers
• BUCK Converter
• BOOST Converter
DC – AC Inverters 6
• Single phase inverter
• 3-phase inverter
• Harmonics Analysis
Introduction to IGBT 2
Weightage Distribution among Assessment Tools
Assessment Tools Weightage (%)
Attendance 5%
Quizzes (2/3) 10%
Midterm 30%
Final Exam 40%
Assignment/ Project 10%
Grading policy: As per NSU grading policy available in
http://www.northsouth.edu/academic/grading-policy.html