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This document contains the solutions to 5 problems related to semiconductor power electronics. Problem 1 calculates the inductance required for a rectifier circuit with a resistive load. Problem 2 uses MATLAB to analyze characteristics of a full-wave rectifier such as power, power factor, and efficiency. Problem 3 determines the output voltage of a buck converter operating in continuous conduction mode. Problem 4 designs a buck converter to meet specific voltage, current, and ripple requirements. Problem 5 calculates the efficiency and power losses of a buck converter implementation using calculations of inductor and capacitor losses and MOSFET power.

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Assignment Jayson

This document contains the solutions to 5 problems related to semiconductor power electronics. Problem 1 calculates the inductance required for a rectifier circuit with a resistive load. Problem 2 uses MATLAB to analyze characteristics of a full-wave rectifier such as power, power factor, and efficiency. Problem 3 determines the output voltage of a buck converter operating in continuous conduction mode. Problem 4 designs a buck converter to meet specific voltage, current, and ripple requirements. Problem 5 calculates the efficiency and power losses of a buck converter implementation using calculations of inductor and capacitor losses and MOSFET power.

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Jayson C.

Loreto Assignment #1

EE 277 Semiconductor Power Electronics

Problem #1:
An FW rectifier with R-L load absorbs 500 W from a 120 Vac, 60 Hz
source. With a load resistance of 10 ohms, determine the inductance
required to limit the average load current to 5 A.

Solution:

Hand Calculation

Given:

Io = 5; R = 10; f = 60 Hz; Vac = 120; P = 500 W

Vm  120 x 2
  arctan((( Iox 2 x xR) / Vm)  1)
q  tan( )
L  (qxR) / (2 x xf )
L  0.0164
Using MATLAB:
Results:

Problem #2
Use MATLAB to compute for the average power, power factor, ripple
voltage, power efficiency and related functions for a full-wave
rectifier with a 600-uF filter capacitor and a load resistance of 100
ohms. The source voltage is 110 Vac and 60 Hz. Plot the output voltage
and charging current Is.
Results:
Problem #3

A buck converter has an inductance of 40μH, a load a resistance of 5Ω, and a source voltage of 24 VDC
and operates with a duty of 0.8. Determine the ouput voltgae if the PWM switching is 50 kHz. Plot the
capacitor current, inductor current and voltage versus time. (20%)

Given:

L  40  H
R 5
Vs  24 Vdc
D  0.8
f  50 kHz

Find:

Vo = ?

Solution:

Lccm 
1  D  R
2f

Lccm 
1  0.8 5
2  50 x103 
Lccm =10 μH

40 > 10 uH

40
  4  CCM
10
Vo
D
Vs
Vo  0.8 x 24
Vo=19.2 V
Problem #4

Design a PWM buck converter with the following spec.

Input voltage: 3-6 Vdc

Output voltage: 2.5 Vdc

Output current: 20-300 mA

Ripple content: 1%

Inductance: 10 uH

If this converter is required to operate in CCM mode, determine the required minimum switching
frequency and capacitance.

Solution:

Determine duty,

Vo 2.5 V
D   0.42
Vs 6V
Vo 2.5 V
D   0.83
Vs 3V
Choose D = 0.43 since it is closer to 1/3.

Determine resistor,

Vo 2.5 V
R1    125 
Io 20 mA
Vo 2.5 V
R2    8.33 
Io 300 mA

Since this design will operate in CCM mode, then λ=1

Determine frequency,

11  0.42  x125


f min   3.625 MHz
2 x10 x106
11  0.42  x8.33
f min   241.57 kHz
2 x10 x106
Finding capacitance,

Using r = 3.625x106

1 D 1  0.42
C   55.17 nF
8rLf 2
8 x.01x10 x106 x(3.625 x106 )2
Using r = 241.57x103

1 D 1  0.42
C   12.42 μF
8rLf 2
8 x.01x10 x106 x(241.57 x103 ) 2

Problem #5

For above converter, assume the converter is implemented with two MOSFETs (pMOS and nMOS)
with on resistance of 0.01 Ohm, an inductor with a series resistance of 0.05 ohm, and a capacitor with
an ESR of 0.08 ohm. Compute the efficiency and power dissipation on each device.

Solution:

Po  IoVo  20 mAx 2.5)  50 mA


 1  1 
PL   2  1 I o 2 Rs    1  20 mA  x0.05  26.67 μW
2

 3  3 

1 1
Pc  Io 2 R ESR    x(20 mA) 2 x0.08  10.67μW
3 2
3

2
I L  Io  2 x 20 mA  40 mA

2 2
 I   40 mA 
I   20 mA  
2
I MOS ( RMS )   L     23.09 mA
2
o ( DC )
2 3  2 3 

PMOS  2  I MOS ( RMS )  RMOS  2  23.09 mA x0.01  20.67μW


2 2

PLOSS  PL  PC  PMOS  26.67W  10.67W  10.67W  48μW

Po 50 mW
 x100%   99.99%
Po  Ploss 50 mW  48W

If Io = 300 mA

Po  IoVo  300 mA x 2.5 V  0.75 W , where   1

 1  1 
PL   2  1 I o 2 Rs    1  300 mA  x0.05  6.0 mW
2

 3  3 

1 1
Pc  Io 2 R ESR    x(300 mA) 2 x 0.08  2.4 mW
3 2
3

2
I L  Io  2 x300 mA  600 mA

2 2
 I   600 mA 
I   300 mA  
2
I MOS ( RMS )   L     346.41 mA
2
o ( DC )
2 3  2 3 

PMOS  2  I MOS ( RMS )  RMOS  2  346.41 mA x0.01  2.40 mW


2 2

PLOSS  PL  PC  PMOS  6 mW  2.4 mW  2.4 mW  10.8 μW

Po 0.75 W
 x100%   98.58 %
Po  Ploss 0.75 W  0.0108W

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