Prerequisites: graduate standing; or consent of instructor

Description: Covers the study of power semiconductor devices. Includes magnetic circuits and components; switch mode converters and power supplies; and single, three-phase, pulse width modulation, and resonant pulse inverters. Addresses voltage controllers; direct current and induction motor drives; and design of motion control drive circuits for robotic and industrial automation systems.

Credit: May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Credit is awarded for one of the following EE 286C or EE 123.