Class Calendar Is Tentative and Is Updated Throughout Semester - Last Update 8 January 2008

Course Calendar

Class Date Topic Reading Assignment
1 W 9 Jan Syllabus, Course Overview . .
2 F 11 Jan Switched Mode Inverter Concepts Chapter 8 .
3 M 14 Jan Single Phase Inverter Chapter 8 .
4 W 16 Jan Unipolar and Bipolar PWM . .
5 F 18 Jan Three Phase Inverter . .
. M 21 Jan Martin Luther King Jur's Birthday HOLIDAY No Classes
6 W 23 Jan Square Wave Operation and Neutral Voltages in Three Phase Inverters . .
7 F 25 Jan Selective Harmonic Elimination, Programmed PWM . .
8 M 28 Jan Space Vector PWM . .
9 W 30 Jan Triplen Harmonic Injection . .
10 F 1 Feb Inverter Output Filtering . .
11 M 4 Feb Multilevel Inverters . .
12 W 6 Feb Multilevel PWM . .
13 F 8 Feb Multilevel PWM - Selective Harmonic Elimination . .
14 M 11 Feb Fault identification in Inverters . .
15 W 13 Feb Reconfiguration of multilevel converters . .
16 F 15 Feb Review Homework #2 - Space Vector PWM . .
17 M 18 Feb Uninterruptible Power Supplies Mohan - Chapter 11 .
18 W 20 Feb Uninterruptible Power Supplies . .
19 F 22 Feb Review Homework #1, #3 . .
20 M 25 Feb No Class . .
21 W 27 Feb Exam #1: 8-10 a.m. . .
22 F 29 Feb No Class . .
23 M 3 Mar Exam #1 Review . .
24 W 5 Mar Mechanical Loads for Adjustable Speed Drives . .
25 F 7 Mar Speed-Torque Curves for Different Loads . .
26 M 10 Mar Coupling Mechanisms . .
27 W 12 Mar Electromechanical Energy Conversion, Emf, DC Motor Drives . .
. F 14 Mar Spring Break No Class .
. M 17 Mar Spring Break No Class .
. W 19 Mar Spring Break No Class .
. F 21 Mar Spring Break No Class .
28 M 24 Mar DC Motor Drives . .
29 W 26 Mar Feedback controller for DC Motor Drives . .
30 F 28 Mar Two quadrant dc motor drive . .
31 M 31 Mar Four quadrant dc motor drive . .
32 W 2 Apr PI Controller Design, Torque Loop . .
33 F 4 Apr PI Controller Design, Speed Loop and Position Loop . .
34 M 7 Apr Speed Control of Induction Motor Drive . .
35 W 9 Apr Flux and Torque Control in IMs . .
36 F 11 Apr Brushless DC Motor - PM Motor with Trapezoidal Back EMF . .
37 M 14 Apr Torque in Brushless DC Motors . .
38 W 16 Apr Soft switching inverters . .
39 F 18 Apr Series Resonant and Parallel Resonant Converters . .
40 M 21 Apr Resonant DC Link Inverter . .
41 W 23 Apr Homework Review . .
42 F 25 Apr Homework Review Last Day of Class .
. Monday 5 May FINAL EXAM 8 - 10 a.m. .