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Participants will gain strong practical and conceptual knowledge needed for higher studies, research, and industry roles in Power Electronics. The course is helpful for GATE and other competitive exams while also building skills required in the fast-evolving power electronics industry. Both students and working professionals will benefit by upgrading their knowledge with current technologies and applications.

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You work in Automotive
You're a Electrical Engineering professional
You have 3+ years of hands-on experience in this field
You want to build skills in Engineering & Design, Project Management

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Course details

This course is designed for B.Tech (UG) and M.Tech (PG) students who want to gain strong and up-to-date knowledge in Advanced Power Electronics. It starts from essential concepts and gradually moves toward modern and industry-relevant topics, making it easy to follow even when the subjects become advanced.The course explains power electronic switches, their characteristics, and how they are used in different converter topologies. Special emphasis is given to modern power converter structures and advanced control techniques, which are widely used in today’s power electronic systems. Concepts are explained step by step with a focus on practical understanding, not just theory.
A major highlight of this course is its strong focus on applications. Learners will clearly understand how power electronics is applied in electric drives, power systems, renewable energy systems (solar, wind, battery systems), and other industrial utilities. Real-world operating principles and control strategies used in these applications are discussed in detail.
This course is highly beneficial for:

UG and PG students in Power Electronics, Power Systems, and Electrical Engineering
GATE and other competitive exam aspirants
Research scholars starting work in modern power electronics and renewable energy
Industry professionals who want to upgrade their skills and stay current with fast-changing technologies

Overall, this course not only helps in exam preparation, but also builds strong fundamentals, practical insight, and modern skills required to succeed in today’s power electronics industry and research field.

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Key topics covered

Advance Power Electronics and Control Promo
Introduction
Basic Concept of Switches
Device Physics I
Device Physics II
Device Physics III
Device Physics IV
Application and Analysis of Switches I
Application and Analysis of Switches II
Single Phase Converter
Single Phase Converter II
Single Phase Converters III
Three Phase Converter I
Three Phase Converters II
Multipulse Converters II
Effect of Source Inductance and PWM Rectifiers
PWM Rectifiers II
PWM Rectifiers III and Power Factor Improvement Techniques
PWM Rectifiers IV and Power Factor Improvement Techniques II
Power Factor Improvement Techniques III and Non Isolated DC- DC Converters
Non Isolated DC- DC Converters II
Non Isolated and Isolated DC- DC Converters and Choppers
Isolated DC-DC Converters and Choppers
Isolated DC- DC Converters Part II
Isolated DC- DC Converters III
Isolated DC- DC Converters IV and VSI & CSI
VSI & CSI
VSI & CSI II and MLI
PWM Techniques II & MLI
MLI II & ZSI

Course content

The course is readily available, allowing learners to start and complete it at their own pace.

30 lectures14 hr 48 min

Advance power electronics and Control Promo
1 min
Introduction
29 min
Basic Concept of Switches
30 min
Device Physics I
28 min
Device Physics II
29 min
Device Physics III
31 min
Device Physics IV
35 min
Application and Analysis of Switches I
29 min
Application and Analysis of Switches II
31 min
Single Phase Converter
29 min
Single Phase Converter II
30 min
Single Phase Converters III
30 min
Three Phase Converter I
29 min
Three Phase Converters II
27 min
Multipulse Converters II
29 min
Effect of Source Inductance and PWM Rectifiers
31 min
PWM Rectifiers II
31 min
PWM Rectifiers III and Power Factor Improvement Techniques
30 min
PWM Rectifiers IV and Power Factor Improvement Techniques II
32 min
Power Factor Improvement Techniques III and Non Isolated DC- DC Converters
31 min
Non Isolated DC- DC Converters II
37 min
Non Isolated and Isolated DC- DC Converters and Choppers
35 min
Isolated DC-DC Converters and Choppers
34 min
Isolated DC- DC Converters Part II
31 min
Isolated DC- DC Converters III
31 min
Isolated DC- DC Converters IV and VSI & CSI
30 min
VSI &CSI
30 min
VSI & CSI II and MLI
28 min
PWM Techniques II & MLI
31 min
MLI II & ZSI
29 min

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Questions and Answers

Q: You're commissioning a SiC traction inverter and searching "dc link voltage droop during high torque step siC inverter". The DC bus droops 3% below spec during a torque step at 80 km/h. Control shows current limit active for 40 ms. What happens downstream and what response avoids making it worse?

A: A: First instinct. Raising current limit deepens the droop and stresses the link caps. You'd be amplifying the cause. B: The bus sag clips modulation. Slowing torque slew cuts di/dt and lets you check whether ESR or capacitance is the bottleneck. C: UVLO would show hard faults, not a clean 40 ms clamp. Deadtime change doesn't fix missing volts. D: Angle noise is orthogonal. Filtering hides symptoms and adds phase lag right when torque demand steps.

Q: Final day homologation, you google "traction inverter insulation monitoring device failure consequence". The IMD is stuck healthy-high. What does this safeguard NOT protect against in a 800 V EV system?

A: A: IMD is meant to detect the first fault. Stuck-high defeats that detection. B: Second fault escalation is outside IMD scope; contactors and fusing deal with that. C: With the IMD blind, slow leakage growth goes unnoticed. That's the hole in the safety case. D: HVIL opening de-energizes the system. IMD state doesn't change that protection.

Q: You're stuck and search "busbar plating fretting corrosion inverter humid environment". The inverter sees 85% RH, mild SO2, 10–200 Hz vibration. Which finish best controls the dominant degradation at bolted joints?

A: A: Grease helps assembly but fretting in humidity still eats the interface. B: Tin frets and forms oxides; whiskers are a side issue, not the main win. C: Silver handles micro-motion and sulfur better when pressure is right. D: Nickel is hard but raises contact resistance and heats under load.

Q: You type "three phase inverter line current from power and voltage". A 120 kW inverter delivers to a 400 V line-to-line motor at 0.95 power factor. What's the RMS line current?

A: A: Misses the three-phase relationship. That's a classic slip. B: P = √3·V_L·I_L·pf → I ≈ 120k/(1.732·400·0.95). C: Treats line as phase. Wrong basis. D: Loss assumptions don't change the electrical relation here.