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Final week Homework assignment #7: Ch. 8
Sun 26 Oct 2014 10:59 PM PDT
The week 9 lectures cover the remainder of Chapter
9, controller design. The chapter 9 homework
assignment concerns the feedback control system of
a forward dc-dc converter. An optional extra credit
New Lectures
problem involves a feedback system that controls the 9.1-2 Introduction 21:26
ac current of a grid-tied solar inverter.
9.3 Construction of closed-loop

The upcoming assignment due dates are Nov. 6 for transfer functions 10:53

assignment 8 and Nov. 13 for assignment 9. 9.4.1 Stability 21:16

Certificates will be awarded promptly after the final
hard deadline. 9.4.2 Phase margin vs. closed-loop
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Sat 25 Oct 2014 5:00 AM PDT
9.5 Regulator design 19:25

9.5.4 Design example 18:15

Week 8 Op-amp compensator design 29:07

In this week's lectures, we will complete Chapter 8 9.5.5 Another example 19:01
(frequency response and design-oriented analysis)
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Tue 14 Oct 2014 7:40 AM PDT

Week 7
This week, we will begin Chapter 8, in which we
employ the converter ac models developed in
Chapter 7 to construct small-signal transfer functions.
Along the way, we will employ some methods of
design-oriented analysis. The specific assignments
are:
1. Complete Homework Assignment #6, covering
Chapter 7, and the optional Ch 7 extra credit
assignment.
2. View the posted lectures on Chapter 8
3. Begin Homework Assignment #7

Sat 11 Oct 2014 5:00 AM PDT

Week 6
We are now over half way through the Coursera
course Introduction to Power Electronics.
Congratulations to all of you who are working the
problem sets or watching the videos; the
comprehension exhibited in the assignment and quiz
results appears to be quite good.

This week, we begin the second major topic of the

course: control of switching converters. We will
extend our equivalent circuit modeling of converters
to describe their dynamics and small-signal ac
transfer functions. In upcoming weeks, we will explore
these dynamics and use the models to design control
systems.

This week, the following new materials have been

posted:
New lectures on Chapter 7, relating to ac modeling
and frequency response of power converters
New homework and extra credit assignments on Ch 7
You should complete the Ch 6 homework assignment
this week, and begin work on the Ch 7 assignments.

Sat 4 Oct 2014 5:00 AM PDT

Assignment for Week 5

Chapter 6 covers some of the most well-known
converter circuits and their origins. Transformer-
isolated converters are introduced, including a few of
the most commercially-important circuits and how to
extend our analysis techniques to converters that
incorporate transformers.
1. Complete Homework Assignment #4
2. View the posted lectures on Chapter 6
3. Begin Homework Assignment #5
4. (optional) Participate in the open-ended discussion
forum topic for Chapter 6 (Lectures Ch 6 forum)

Sat 27 Sep 2014 5:00 AM PDT

Assignment for Week 4

1. Complete Homework Assignment #3
2. View the posted lectures on Chapters 4 and 5
3. Begin Homework Assignment #4

Sat 20 Sep 2014 5:00 AM PDT

Honor code
Dear students,

Please be aware that the Coursera honor code

prohibits posting of homework answers in the forums.
You can read the honor code at this link:

Coursera honor code

There have been an unusually large number of forum

postings that include homework answers. Please
adhere to the honor code, and find other ways to ask
your questions.
 Thu 18 Sep 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Assignment for Week 3

Homework assignment #1 is due tomorrow. Please
note that the due time listed on the Coursera
homework #1 page is the first minute when the
homework is considered late; to be on-time, you must
submit your homework at least one minute before this
time.

Week 3 begins tomorrow; the assignments for this

week are:
1. Complete Homework Assignment #2
2. View the posted lectures on sections 4.1 and 4.2.1
3. Begin Homework Assignment #3
4. (optional) Begin the Extra Credit assignment on
Chapter 4.

Sat 13 Sep 2014 5:00 AM PDT

Assignment for Week 2

1. Complete Homework Assignment #1
2. View the lectures on Chapter 3
3. Begin Homework Assignment #2

Sat 6 Sep 2014 5:00 AM PDT

Assignment for the first

week
Welcome to Introduction to Power Electronics! The
course website is now active. The course teaching
staff is:

Instructor: Prof. Robert Erickson

Teaching Assistant: Prasanta Achanta
Community TAs: Darren Snook, Doruk Kutlu,
Chris Wyles, Paul Meyer, and Martti Paalanen
Week 1 of the course begins September 1. The
assignments for this week are:

1. Watch the lectures covering Chapters 1 and 2.

2. Start on Homework Assignment #1 (HW#1). This
assignment covers the material of Chapter 2, and
is due at the end of Week 2.
3. The *starred lecture on Sections 2.4 and 2.5
covers some finer points that go beyond the
knowledge needed to complete HW#1. This
lecture is optional.

Fri 29 Aug 2014 8:36 AM PDT

Hello, and welcome to

Introduction to Power
Electronics!
This course will cover the first nine weeks of power
electronics as taught to Seniors in Electrical
Engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
Coursera students will experience the full course
material, and may choose to work substantial
homework sets to earn a certificate of completion.

This course will officially begin on Monday,

September 1. Each week will include a set of lectures,
with a homework set due one week later. The first
homework assignment will be due on Sept. 14.

The course staff and I look forward to your

participation.

Robert Erickson
Professor
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy
Engineering
University of Colorado-Boulder

Sun 11 May 2014 9:00 AM PDT