Technology has improved by lips and bounds
making the power devices more closely to an ideal switch. Power electronics has
already found an important place in modern technology and has revolutionized
control of power and energy. As the voltage and current ratings and switching
characteristics of power semiconductor devices keep improving, the range of
applications continues to expand in areas such as lamp controls, power supplies
to motion control, factory automation, transportation, energy storage, megawatt
industrial drives, photovoltaic system and electric power transmission and
distribution. The curriculum of Power Electronic deals with constructional and
operational characteristic of power semiconductor devices, ac to dc , dc to ac
converters, choppers and ac to ac converters.
- Teacher: Prof. Nilesh Mahajan