{"id":9295,"date":"2026-05-14T16:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ee.iitb.ac.in\/web\/?post_type=course_lists&#038;p=9295"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T10:31:08","slug":"ee7003-power-electronic-converter-hardware-design","status":"publish","type":"course_lists","link":"https:\/\/www.ee.iitb.ac.in\/web\/course_lists\/ee7003-power-electronic-converter-hardware-design\/","title":{"rendered":"EE 7004 &#8211; Power Electronic Converter Hardware Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"v1pre\">\n<ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Review of MOSFET operation, parasitic components, hard- and soft-switched half-bridge operation, switching loss mechanisms, diode reverse recovery, first-order ZVS and dead-time estimation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Interpretation of datasheet parameters (static, dynamic, thermal, SOA), capacitance nonlinearity, gate charge and switching loss estimation, cross-talk due to Miller effect, and overview of discrete, chip-scale, Kelvin-source, module, and IPM packages.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Origin and modeling of parasitic inductances (package, layout, busbar), impact on overshoot and ringing, crosstalk mechanisms, experimental extraction, and mitigation using gate resistance, snubbers, clamps, component selection, and high-frequency layout fundamentals (loop minimization and flux cancellation).<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Low-side and high-side driver circuits (bootstrap, DC restorer, isolator-based), CMTI considerations, driver IC selection, gate resistance design, power supply generation, and advanced features such as Miller clamp and short-circuit protection.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Current sensing (shunt, CVR, toroidal, Hall-effect), voltage sensing techniques, isolation methods, signal conditioning, ADC interfacing, filtering, and layout considerations.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Capacitor technologies (electrolytic, film, ceramic), ESR\/ESL effects, impedance modeling, ripple current rating, lifetime estimation, and DC-link and decoupling capacitor design criteria.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Double Pulse Test design, switching loss measurement accuracy, probe selection, bandwidth requirements, probe parasitics, and differential and isolated measurement techniques for WBG devices.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Heat transfer fundamentals (conduction, convection, radiation), thermal resistance modeling, heat flow in packages, natural convection heat sink design, and forced air cooling concepts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Reference layout analysis for through-hole devices (e.g., TO-247), chip-scale and GaN devices, and SiC module packages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Text\/References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Power MOSFETs: Theory and Applications, 2nd Ed., B. J. Baliga, Academic Press.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Characterization of Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices, Fei Wang, Zheyu Zhang, Edward A. Jones, IET Energy Engineering.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">GaN Power Devices for Efficient Power Conversion, 4th Ed., Alex Lidow et al., EPC.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Gallium Nitride-Enabled High-Frequency and High-Efficiency Power Conversion, G. Meneghesso, M. Meneghini, E. Zanoni, Springer.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Thermal Design of Electronic Equipment, Ralph Remsburg, CRC Press.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">Relevant application notes from Wolfspeed, Texas Instruments, Infineon, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EE 7004 - Power Electronic Converter Hardware Design &ndash; EE IIT Bombay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ee.iitb.ac.in\/web\/course_lists\/ee7003-power-electronic-converter-hardware-design\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EE 7004 - Power Electronic Converter Hardware Design &ndash; EE IIT Bombay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Review of MOSFET operation, parasitic components, hard- and soft-switched half-bridge operation, switching loss mechanisms, diode reverse recovery, first-order ZVS and dead-time estimation. 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