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About the Course

This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5703, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. This course covers the analysis and design of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers, used in power electronic converters. The course starts with an introduction to physical principles behind inductors and transformers, including the concepts of inductance, core material saturation, airgap and energy storage in inductors, reluctance and magnetic circuit modeling, transformer equivalent circuits, magnetizing and leakage inductance. Multi-winding transformer models are also developed, including inductance matrix representation, for series and parallel structures. Modeling of losses in magnetic components covers core and winding losses, including skin and proximity effects. Finally, a complete procedure is developed for design optimization of inductors in switched-mode power converters.   After completing this course, you will: - Understand the fundamentals of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers - Be able to analyze and model losses in magnetic components, and understand design trade-offs  - Know how to design and optimize inductors and transformers for switched-mode power converters This course assumes prior completion of courses 1 and 2: Introduction to Power Electronics, and Converter Circuits....

Top reviews

CJ

Dec 17, 2020

Straightforward presentation of magnetic concepts and development of a systematic approach that can be iterated to produce any manner of magnetic devices used in dc switching converters.

FD

Dec 6, 2023

Very interesting and challenging course. Recommended if you want to learn how to design your own custom inductors or transformers.

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By kaliyappan k

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May 23, 2021

Great

By Abdulhamid A

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May 16, 2023

good

By Dhirajkumar S

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Jun 8, 2022

good

By Christopher A

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Dec 23, 2022

It helped refresh my knowledge of basic electromagnetics while also improving upon what I learn in the previous courses in this specialization. Also, like the previous courses, the balance between theory and application was good. I think I've learned a great deal and fell more confident in my understanding of power electronics and circuit analysis in general.

By Carina E

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Mar 9, 2023

Nicely paced with a foundation in the physics of electromagnetics leading to practical knowledge of transformer and inductor design.

By Andrew W

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Apr 4, 2021

Interesting subject, but would have preferred more time on converter controls rather than design of magnetic components.

By Sundararaman P

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Jun 13, 2023

Super, the great work done by Dr.P.Sundararaman, problems are difficult