ECE 6560

Advanced Power Electronics

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Advanced topics in analysis and design of power electronics. Topics covered include advanced topologies for power conversion, including soft-switching, quasi-resonant, resonant, switched-capacitor and hybrid-switched-capacitor converters, advanced steady-state analysis methods, including state plane analysis and fundamental frequency analysis, zero-current and zero-voltage switching techniques, coupled magnetics, planar magnetics, matching networks, advanced dynamic modeling and control methods. Applications emphasized include high-power-density high-efficiency converters for emerging applications such as electric vehicles, data centers, robotics and wireless power transfer. Students should have knowledge of power electronics at the level of ECE 4560/5560 but no course is a prerequisite.

Last 4 Terms Offered (None)

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an understanding of accurate steady state analysis techniques and loss modeling for power converters
• Demonstrate an understanding of different topological and control approaches to increase power density and efficiency of power converters
• Ability to design compact and efficient high-frequency power converters
• Ability to design controllers for high-frequency power converters.

View Enrollment Information