SPE 321 covers 27 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study
sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked
answers for each one.
Switching device characteristics and specifications
Power electronic semiconductor devices
Power and intelligent modules
Power diodes
Operating principles and characteristics of power diodes
Types of power diodes
Series and parallel operation of power diodes
Switched RLC circuits
Power electronic circuit calculations
Diode rectifier simulation
Diode rectifier performance evaluation
Fourier analysis of rectifier outputs
Rectifier performance parameters
Diode rectifier circuit design
Effects of load inductance
Output filter design for rectifiers
Effects of source inductance
Gate drive characteristics of BJTs, MOSFETs and IGBTs
Gate drive calculations and requirements
di/dt protection circuits
DC-DC converter simulation and measurement
DC-DC converter design
Inverter simulation and measurement
A sample from this course
One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.
Introduction to power electronics
Power electronics deals with the conversion and control of electrical power using semiconductor devices. Mastering the basic concepts of voltage, current, power, and the role of rectifiers and inverters is essential for understanding how electronic circuits manage energy in modern systems.
What you get for SPE 321
Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.