Power Electronics I
Course, Master's level, 1TE765
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Autumn 2025
Autumn 2025,
Uppsala, 33%, On-campus, English
Only available as part of a programme
- Location
- Uppsala
- Pace of study
- 33%
- Teaching form
- On-campus
- Instructional time
- Daytime
- Study period
- 1 September 2025–2 November 2025
- Language of instruction
- English
- Entry requirements
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120 credits in science/engineering, including basic knowledge in electric circuit theory, or electronics. Participation in Transform Methods (spec. Fourier series), or the course can be taken in parallel. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
- Application deadline
- 15 April 2025
- Application code
- UU-14437
Admitted or on the waiting list?
- Registration period
- 25 July 2025–1 September 2025
- Information on registration from the department
About the course
Overview of power semiconductor devices: Diodes, Thyristors, transistors such as BJT, MOSFET, IGBT. Rectifiers: Single-phase and three-phase diode rectifiers with different types of loads, Average power output, Performance parameters, Harmonic analysis. Switch-mode DC-DC converters: Design, analysis and control of Step-down (Buck), Step-Up (Boost), Buck-Boost and Full-bridge topologies, Pulse-width modulation (PWM) scheme, characteristics of controllable switches, continuous and discontinuous current mode. Switch-mode DC-AC converters: Basic inverter concept, Sinusoidal PWM.