2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Aug 31, 2024  
2023-2024 Yavapai College Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]

ELT 102 - Power Electronic Fundamentals


Description: A survey of electronics fundamentals to include active device circuits, power supplies, sensors and variable frequency drives.

Prerequisites: ELT 101

Credits: 3
Lecture: 2
Lab: 3

Course Content:
  1. Electrical measuring instruments and safety
  2. Semiconductor theory and operation
  3. Diode circuits and power supplies
  4. Bipolar and field effect transistor biasing, operation, amplifiers and circuits
  5. Thyristor and op amp biasing, operation and circuits
  6. Discrete and analog sensors
  7. Variable frequency drives

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Measure DC and AC circuit parameters using safe practices for electronic test equipment. (1)
  2. Describe semiconductor doping, diode construction, biasing and operation. (2)
  3. Analyze diode circuits, specialty diode circuits and power supplies. (3)
  4. Analyze bipolar and field effect transistor circuits and amplifiers. (4)
  5. Analyze thyristor and op amp circuits. (5)
  6. Test solid-state relays. (5)
  7. Test discrete and analog sensors. (6)
  8. Operate a variable frequency drive (VFD) motor drive system. (7)