Project work in Power Electronics
Each group will receive their own project work assignment at the project presentation during the lecture on 21st September. The project work is done in groups consisting of 2 students. For late-comers, it is also possible to be registered by the project assistants.
A report (2 pages excluding figures) on the project is to be submitted no later than 16th October.
Below, additional information referenced in the project assignment can be found.
PSpice, used for verification of the design, is available on the computers in the student room at Teknikringen 33.
Questions
Any questions regarding the project can be directed to the project assistant.
The project assistants is:
Dimosthenis Peftitsis is situated at Teknikringen 33.
Examination
After handing in the report, each group must book a time for oral defense of the report.
Downloads
These PSpice templates are to be used with PSpice version 9 ONLY! OrCAD 10.x demo releases, available from Cadence and distributed on the KTHCD, are not compatible with these files due to restricted number of nodes in the demo licence. The correct release is installed on the computers in the student room.
Datasheets
The switching devices used should be selected from the tables below.
Diodes
| Part Number | ![]() |
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SPICE implementation |
|---|---|---|---|
| APT30D60B | 600 | 30 | 30D60B |
| APT60D60B | 600 | 60 | 60D60B |
| APT2X100D60J | 600 | 100 | 2X10XD60J |
| APT30D120B | 1200 | 30 | 30D120B |
| APT60D120B | 1200 | 60 | 60D120B |
| APT2X100D120J | 1200 | 100 | 101D120J |
IGBTs
| Part Number | ![]() |
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SPICE implementation |
|---|---|---|---|
| APT12GT60BR | 600 | 25 | 12GT60BR |
| APT40GT60BR | 600 | 80 | 40GT60BR |
| APT20GF120BR | 1200 | 32 | 20GF120BR |
| APT40GF120JRD | 1200 | 60 | 40GF120JRD |
| APT60GF120JRD | 1200 | 115 | APT60GF120JRD |




