Design modern switched-mode power converters; create high-performance control loops around power converters; understand efficiency, power density and cost trade-offs
Power Electronics Specialization
Power Electronics Specialization
Expand your Engineering Excellence. Create modern power electronics systems for our devices, transportation and infrastructure.
Instructor: Dr. Robert Erickson
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Intermediate level
Some related experience required
2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
(3,236 reviews)
Intermediate level
Some related experience required
2 months at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Skills you'll gain
- Electronic Components
- Simulations
- Basic Electrical Systems
- Electronic Systems
- Engineering Design Process
- Electrical Power
- Design Specifications
- Mathematical Modeling
- Control Systems
- Systems Analysis
- Electronics Engineering
- Engineering Documentation
- Electric Power Systems
- Hardware Design
- Semiconductors
- Electronics
- Power Electronics
- Technical Communication
- USB
- Electrical Engineering
What’s included
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Taught in English
16 practice exercises
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- Learn in-demand skills from university and industry experts
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- Develop a deep understanding of key concepts
- Earn a career certificate from University of Colorado Boulder
Specialization - 4 course series
What you'll learn
Understand what a switched-mode converter is and its basic operating principles
Be able to solve for the steady-state voltages and currents of step-down, step-up, inverting, and other power converters
Know how to derive an averaged equivalent circuit model and solve for the converter efficiency
Skills you'll gain
Power Electronics, Simulation and Simulation Software, Electronic Systems, Electrical Engineering, Electric Power Systems, Basic Electrical Systems, Electrical Power, Engineering Analysis, and Electronics
What you'll learn
Understand how to implement the power semiconductor devices in a switching converter
Understand the origins of the discontinuous conduction mode and be able to solve converters operating in DCM
Understand the basic dc-dc converter and dc-ac inverter circuits
Understand how to implement transformer isolation in a dc-dc converter, including the popular forward and flyback converter topologies
Skills you'll gain
Power Electronics, Semiconductors, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Simulation and Simulation Software, Electronics, and Electronic Components
What you'll learn
Be able to design and analyze the feedback systems of switching regulators
Skills you'll gain
Control Systems, Power Electronics, Systems Analysis, Mathematical Modeling, Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Electronics, Graphical Tools, Systems Design, and Electrical Engineering
What you'll learn
Understand the fundamentals of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers
Analyze and model losses in magnetic components, and understand design trade-offs
Design and optimize inductors and transformers for switched-mode power converters
Skills you'll gain
Power Electronics, Engineering Design Process, Electronic Components, Mathematical Modeling, Applied Mathematics, Technical Design, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power, Electronic Systems, Engineering Analysis, and Design Specifications
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Build toward a degree
This Specialization is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Colorado Boulder. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹
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Frequently asked questions
The specialization is designed to be taken over 24 weeks. Each course is 3-5 weeks in length.
The first course of the specialization, Introduction to Power Electronics, will begin every four weeks.
Knowledge of circuits and electrical engineering fundamentals at the level of an undergraduate EE major is assumed.
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