Course EA3107 · Year III · Autumn 2025-2026

POWER ELECTRONICS

Compulsory course in Applied Electronics, taught by Adrian Alexandru Tulbure.

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Overview

Lecturer
Adrian Alexandru Tulbure
Seminar tutor
Calin Petrascu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English, German
Erasmus language
English, German
Domain
Electronic engineering and telecommunications
Field of study
Applied Electronics
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Technical presentation and experimental works
Entry requirements
Fundamentals of electronic circuits; Measurement in electronics and telecom; Electrotechnics

Aims

C5.1 Define the specific elements for power electronic devices and circuits: power ecomponents, automatic systems, electricity management, medical electronics, automotive, consumer electronics

C5.2 Qualitative and quantitative interpretation of the operation modes for: power electronics, automatic systems, electricity management, medical electronics, auto electronics, consumer goods;

C5.3 Design of technical specifications, installation and operation of equipment in the fields of applied electronics.

C5.5 Designing and using some subsystems with reduced complexity, from the fields of applied electronics.

- Behaviour simulation of complex/average power electronic systems

Course contents

• I. Modern systems for electricity conversion (Structures and concepts of the converters, Technical characteristics of power modules, Energy consumption, Application areas) • II. Power modules from open loop ac-ac converters (Power and control dedicated circuits, Open loop power converter architecture, The u / f operating mode, Design aspects, Selection and commissioning) • III. Power modules from closed loop ac-ac converters (Power and control circuits, Closed loop power converter architecture, The SVC (sensorless) and FIRE (sensor) operating mode, Design aspects, Selection and commissioning) • IV. Power modules from dc-ac converters ( Inverters architecture, Operation and programming procedure, Design aspects, Selection and commissioning) • V. Intelligent power modules IPM (Technical and functional characteristics, Configuration and design environment; Safety and reliability in operation) • VI. Accessories for power converters (Control panels, Connections and communication ports, Active and passive filters, Braking and dispersal resistors) • VII. Programming environments of converters (IndraWork Platform Engineering, IndraWork Operation Platform, Open core flexible interface, Industrial Standards specific to modern electrical drives

Learning outcomes

- Understand international terminology in the field of power electronics; - Know relevant power electronics and control topologies for industrial use, - Know the modern concepts of modeling-simulation with self-developed or imported models. - Design of the protection circuits relative to power switching - Operations modes of the PE components and systems

Assessment

Theoretical – 60%; experimental – 40%.

Recommended reading

Fundamentals of power electronics
R.W.Erickson,
Kluver, Masstricht, 2001 · xx
Practical computer analysis of switch mode power
J.C.Bennet
CRC Press, London, 2006 · xx
Electronica de putere
Ghe. Palaghita
ediamira, cluj, 2002 · xy
Electronica de putere. Principii si aplicatii
. D.Suciu
Matrixrom, Buc., 2010 · 300
ElectroProbleme
A.Tulbure si colab
Aeternitas, ALBA IULIA, 2015 · 220