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EE123 Power Electronics

Department of Electrical Engineering
University of California Riverside

Final Exam
EE 123
Winter 2013

Instructor: Roman Chomko

Final
EXAMINATION

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Date:

March 19, 2013 (Tuesday)

Time:
Location:

7.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.

MSE 113

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This is an OPEN BOOK, OPEN NOTES test

Notes sharing is strictly prohibited
Paper and other supplies WILL NOT be provided
Have calculators available
Cell phones and other communication gadgets must be off

Objectives:
To assess understanding of electrically non-isolated DC-DC converters
(buck, boost, buck-boost) and isolated DC-DC converters (flyback and
forward) operating in CCM or DCM modes; DC-AC inverters.

Material:
Primary*:

Lectures 10-16, Homeworks 4, 5, Lab Manuals 5 - 7

Nothing beyond Lecture Notes and Lab Manuals is required

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EE 123

Winter 2013

Design Problem #1 (20 points)

Design a buck converter that has an output of 12 V from an input of 18 V. The output
power is 10W. The output voltage ripple must be no more than 100 mV peak-to-peak.
1) Specify the duty ratio, switching frequency, and inductor and capacitor values.
Design for continuous inductor current (CCM). Assume ideal components. Provide
the schematic of the buck converter;
2) At what load resistance the converter thus designed will operate at the boundary
between CCM and DCM (discontinuous current) modes?

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Design Problem #2 (20 points)

Design a DC-DC converter to produce a regulated -15 V output from a source that varies
from 12 V to 18 V. What is the range of required duty cycles? The converter must be
designed for the continuous inductor current (CCM). The load is a 15 resistor. Provide
the schematic of this converter and specify its type.

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Design Problem #3 (20 points)

Design a flyback converter for an input of 24 V and an output of 40 W at 40 V. Specify the
transformer turns ratio and magnetizing inductance, switching frequency, and capacitor to
limit the ripple to less than 0.5 %. Provide the schematic of the flyback converter used.

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Problem #4 (20 points)

Figure P4

The forward converter has parameters VS = 100V, N1/N2 = 5, N1/N3 = 1, Lm = 300 mH, Lx =
50 mH, R = 5 , C = 100 F, D = 0.4, and the switching frequency of f = 50 kHz.
a) Determine the output voltage, the maximum and minimum currents in Lx and the
output voltage ripple.
b) Is the magnetizing current ILm is reset to zero during each switching cycle with the
parameters given?.

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Problem #5 (20 points)

Figure P5

The square-wave inverter in Figure P5 has a DC input of 150 V and supplies a series RL
load with R = 20 and L = 40 mH.
a) Determine an expression for steady-state load current;
b) Sketch the output load voltage and current.

Final Exam
EE 123

Winter 2013