ECE5155 Power electronic converters
Faculty of Engineering
ECE5155 Power electronic converters is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- Exam 50%
- and 5 other tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ECE5155
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ECE5155
No unit lists ECE5155 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be currently enrolled in a master’s course in engineering or related STEM and in a related discipline. The unit assumes that you have the necessary foundational knowledge.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
The unit presents a structured treatment of the design of switched-mode power electronic converters. The unit starts with passive diode rectifiers followed by thyristor rectifiers. Introducing various semi-conductor active switches, commutation cells, and pulse width modulation techniques, various active power electronic converters including DC/DC buck and boost converters, flyback converters, resonant converters, two-level DC/AC converters, and three-level DC/AC converters will be studied in detail. Finally, a few real-world applications such as variable speed drives and power filters are presented as examples.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Pre-lab knowledge checkDemonstrationThreshold hurdle5%
- Experimental lab reviewDemonstrationThreshold hurdle10%
- Lab reportWrittenThreshold hurdle10%
- PSCAD reviewDemonstrationThreshold hurdle10%
- Mid-semester testQuiz / TestThreshold hurdle15%
- Final assessmentExaminationThreshold hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Appraise different power semiconductor devices and use them to implement power electronic converters.
- 2
Analyse two-level/three-level DC/AC converters and isolated/non-isolated DC/DC converters.
- 3
Generate simulations of two-level/three-level DC/AC and isolated/non-isolated DC/DC power converters.
- 4
Implement two-level DC/AC and non-isolated DC/DC power converters.
- 5
Demonstrate the use of power electronic converters in a wide range of applications.
- 6
Assess pulse width modulation techniques and use them in DC/AC and DC/DC power converters.
Workload and teaching
- Laboratories36 hours
- Practical activities24 hours
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Behrooz Bahrani
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Behrooz Bahrani
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECE5155?
ECE5155 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ECE5155 offered?
In 2025, ECE5155 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is ECE5155?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ECE5155 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 50% of the final mark, alongside 5 other tasks.