Course-PM

EEN195 EEN195 Applied design of power electronics on printed circuit boards lp2 HT24 (7.5 hp) CourseSyllabus_EEN195_2025_V3.pdf

Course is offered by the department of Electrical Engineering

Contact details

Function	Name	Email	Contact info
Examiner	Stefan Lundberg	stefan.lundberg@chalmers.se	Contact info.
Lecturers	Linhua Lai	linhua@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Fredrik Larsson	frlar@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Stefan Lundberg	stefan.lundberg@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Artem Rodionov	artem@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Vaishnavi Ravi	raviv@chalmers.se	Contact info.
Tutorial assistants	Linhua Lai	linhua@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Lakshmi Priya Gandla	gandla@student.chalmers.se lakshmi.priya.gandla@ri.se
Laboratory and Project assistants	Linhua Lai	linhua@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Artem Rodionov	artem@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Vaishnavi Ravi	raviv@chalmers.se	Contact info.
	Lakshmi Priya Gandla	gandla@student.chalmers.se lakshmi.priya.gandla@ri.se

Course purpose

The purpose with the course is to develop competence for the complete design process for a system of power electronics, a board power system, with advanced and complex loads in a limited product. The design process starts from the requirements/product knowledge and ends with a final assembled product, a physical product with a design that is based on the life cycle requirements of the product. This includes protective circuits/components, EMI filter, how primary and secondary converters form a board power system in a DC supplied system, how different optimizations influence the performance of the final product while still fulfilling the requirements, how different blocks works together as a highly efficient board power system and how different stage and design constraints forms the final product.

 

Schedule

TimeEdit

Course literature

Lecture notes and handouts will be available on Canvas.

Course design

The prerequisite for this course is the course ENM061 - Power electronic converters or equivalent together with either ENM071 - Applied power electronics: Devices and implementations or DAT096 - Embedded system design project. This means that the course is continuing to build on the theory covered in these courses and it will be assumed that the students have followed the courses or have equivalent knowledge.

 

The course is designed around the practical design project where the student groups will go through the entire design process of a power electronic converter, from idea to verification measurements on the assemble design. The design process is supported by lectures for each step and each step should be documented in a written report that is submitted for assessment after each step in the process. The project is evaluated continuously both technically and according to time plan. In the end of the course the student groups should present the experiences with the other students in the course.

 

The students will perform the complete design process of a power electronic converter, from idea to verification measurements on the assemble design. The design process includes block design with different purpose and to perform thermal calculations, practical EMI (electromagnetic interference) design and transient protection design. The electric design will be a part of the course as a project task, but the complete design flow will be discussed and analysed. Process includes how to split requirement into relevant parts to be able to do correct complete design, simulation, electronic design, layout design, producibility and testability. Also, important aspects as practical fundamental understanding of how technical lifetime and MTBF have influence of design.

 

As can be seen in the teaching plan below there are:

18 lectures                          = 36 h

1 tutorials                           =   2 h

6 computer labs                 = 12 h

8 practical labs                   = 16 h

6 online help session          =   2h

1 presentation                    =   4 h

1 oral exam                         =   1h

TOTAL:                                73 h

 

This leaves 127 h for own work time, which means that you need to work on your own outside scheduled hours.

 

 

 

Teaching plan:

Linhua Lai                          LL in the teaching plan      Contact info.

Fredrik Larsson                 FL in the teaching plan      Contact info.

Stefan Lundberg               SL in the teaching plan      Contact info.

Lakshmi Priya Gandla        LP in the teaching plan

Vaishnavi Ravi                    VR in the teaching plan      Contact info.

Artem Rodionov                AR in the teaching plan      Contact info.

Study week, Date, Time	Description / Material	Teacher
1 (45) Tue 4/11 13-15	Lecture 1: Course and project introduction	SL
1 (45) Tue 4/11 15-17	Lecture 2: Setting the requirements and specifications of a design.	FL
1 (45) Wed 5/11	Online help session on Zoom with getting the programs up and running, each group book times in the course Canvas calendar, 15 min/group
1 (45) Thu 6/11 13-15	Lecture 3: Requirements and specifications	FL
1 (45) Thu 6/11 15-17	Lecture 4: Tools used for designing a converter on PCB	FL
1 (45) Fri 7/11 13-15	Computer lab 1: Introduction of the tools for the project	LP/LL
2 (46) Mon 10/11 17:00	Deadline hand in 1, Project requirements and specifications and Writing quiz	AR/LL
2 (46) Tue 11/11 13-15	Lecture 5: Electronic design, schematic and components	FL
2 (46) Tue 11/11 15-17	Lecture 6: Electronic design, dimensioning and tolerances	FL
2 (46) Wed 12/11	Online help session on Zoom for drawing schematics, each group book times in the course Canvas calendar, 15 min/group
2 (46) Thu 13/11 13-15	Tutorial 1: Dimensioning components for a design	LL/VR
2 (46) Thu 13/11 15-17	Lecture 7: Simulations to aid the design (in computer room)	FL/VR/LL
2 (46) Fri 14/11 13-15	Computer lab 2: Help with drawing schematics and starting on layout	LP/AR
3 (47) Mon 17/11 17:00	Deadline hand in 2, Schematics version 1. Schematic with all components, correct package/footprint by not necessarily final values	AR/LL/LP/VR
3 (47) Tue 18/11 13-15	Lecture 8: Electronic design, PCB	FL
3 (47) Tue 18/11 15-17	Lecture 9: Electronic design, PCB/EMC	FL
3 (47) Wed 19/11	Online help session on Zoom for schematics and layout, each group book times in the course Canvas calendar, 15 min/group
3 (47) Thu 20/11 13-15	Lecture 10: Ansys guest lecture, simulating PCB	FL/Ansys
3 (47) Thu 20/11 15-17	Lecture 11: Ansys guest lecture, simulating PCB	FL/Ansys
3 (47) Fri 21/11 13-15	Computer lab 3: Support with PCB layout	LP/AR/LL/VR
4 (48) during week 4	COMPULSORY round tour of the CASE lab. OBS, bring photo ID and you must have passed the quiz for the CASE lab BEFORE this.
4 (48) Mon 24/11 17:00	Deadline hand in 3, PCB layout version 1, layout with all components, correct package/footprint and test points, by not necessarily final values	LP/AR/LL/VR
4 (48) Tue 25/11 13-15	Lecture 12: General feedback of PCB layouts, producibility and production of PCB	FL
4 (48) Tue 25/11 15-17	Lecture 13: Product verification	FL
4 (48) Wed 26/11	Online help session on Zoom for layout, each group book times in the course Canvas calendar, 15 min/group
4 (48) Thu 27/11 13-15	Computer lab 4: Help with PCB layout	LP/AR/LL/VR
4 (48) Thu 27/11 15-17	Computer lab 5: Help with PCB layout	LP/LL/VR/AR
4 (48) Fri 28/11 13-15	Lecture 14: Production of PCB, soldering, chemical products for soldering, etc.	SL
4 (48) Sun 30/11 12 23:59	Deadline hand in 4, PCB layout version 2, this is what will be ordered
5 (49) Tue 2/12 13-15	Lecture 15: Product lifetime.	FL/SL/AR
5 (49) Tue 2/12 15-17	Computer lab 6: Support with component selection	LP/AR
5 (49) Wen 3/12	Online help session on Zoom for component selection and BOM, each group book times in the course Canvas calendar, 20 min/group
5 (49) Wed 3/12 13:00	Deadline hand in 5, BOM, these are the components what will be ordered
5 (49) Thu 4/12 13-15	Study visit Aros Electronics, production line for PCB
5 (49) Thu 4/12 15-17	Study visit Aros Electronics, production line for PCB
5 (49) Fri 5/12 13-15	Lecture 16: Product lifetime.	FL/SL/AR
6 (50) Tue 9/12 13-15	Lecture 17, Guest lecture Würth Elektronik: Electronic design EMC	FL/ Würth
6 (50) Tue 9/12 15-17	Lecture 18, Guest lecture Würth Elektronik:  Electronic design derating	FL/ Würth
6 (50) Wed 10/12 23:59	Deadline hand in 6, Simulation results with final component values
6 (50) Thu 11/12 13-15	Mounting of the PCB at CASE lab
6 (50) Thu 11/12 15-17	Mounting of the PCB at CASE lab
6 (50) Fri 12/12 13-15	Mounting of the PCB at CASE lab
6 (50) Fri 12/12 15-17	Mounting of the PCB at CASE lab, optional for the ones that can
7 (51) Mon 15/12	Online help session on Zoom for lifetime calculations, each group book times in the course Canvas calendar, 15 min/group	AR
7 (51) Tue 16/12 13-15	Test and verification of the PCB at CASE lab
7 (51) Tue 16/12 15-17	Test and verification of the PCB at CASE lab
7 (51) Thu 18/12 13-15	Test and verification of the PCB at CASE lab
7 (51) Thu 18/12 15-17	Test and verification of the PCB at CASE lab
7 (51) Fri 19/12 13-15	Test and verification of the PCB at CASE lab
7 (51) Fri 19/12 15-17	Test and verification of the PCB at CASE lab, optional for the ones that can
7 (51) Fri 19/12 17:00	Deadline hand in 7, Lifetime calculation
8 (2) Wed 7/1 23:59	Deadline hand in 8, Final report, all chapters
8 (2) Friday 9/1 13:00	Deadline hand in 9, Presentation slides
9 (3) Mon 12/1 08-12	Presentations, all groups present for each other. This is compulsory for all	SL/FL
9 (3) Thu 15/1  8-17	Individual oral examination, each person books a 30 min time slot on canvas.	SL/FL
9 (3) Fri 16/1  8-17	Individual oral examination, each person books a 30 min time slot on canvas.	SL/FL

Changes made since the last occasion

• Highlight the project specific information during the lectures.
• Each group will be able to book time in the CASE lab on their own, on the free sports in study week 6 to 8.
• General course components will be available in a common locker.
• Basic equipment available for all groups.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

 

1. Create and evaluate different steps in a design process from idea to a finished product
2. Design a product, with focus on the power electronic parts, from a base of requirements and system knowledge, with respect to the system context and environmental conditions the board is intended to operate in.
3. Separate a complex system into fractions to simplify simulations in a practical engineering way
4. Analyse and dimension parts of a design to comply with system boundaries
5. Interpret and draw electronic schematics, including fundamental understanding and usage of electronic symbols and their connection to the physical layout of the board
6. Construct a board layout based on an electronic schematic
7. Adapt the product design to environmental condition requirements as well as applicable standards and regulations
8. Analyse and compare different types of fault and transient protections.
9. Analyse and evaluate a design from an EMI perspective, i.e. how radiated and conducted disturbances propagate and interact with different parts on the PCB and its surrounding.
10. Apply producibility and testability in the design
11. Discuss how thermal considerations impact different design choices as size/volume, humidity, indoor, outdoor, cooling, price etc.
12. Reflect over the value creation made for others
13. Plane the project, write a report to document the project and share the experiences with the other students in the course.
14. Show an ability to within the project make judgements considering sustainable developments and ethical aspects through:

• Reflection and critical judgement of relevant dimensions of sustainable development
• Handle scientific writing in an ethically defendable way, for instance related to plagiarism and authorship.
• Utilise ethical principles for data acquisition, analysis and result presentation.

 

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/find-course-and-programme-syllabi/course-syllabus/EEN195/?acYear=2024/2025

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

The course consists of two parts:

• Part A, Design exercise + laboratory, 4.0 credits, gradings scale Pass or Fail
• Part B, Oral examination, 3.5 credits, gradings scale Pass or Fail

 

For part A, the practical design exercise + laboratory, the students need to be presence and contribute to the project work and to each hand in of the report. The student also needs to pass the writing quiz on Canvas. For each hand in a small contribution report should be filled in. When all submissions are approved, and the experiences are shared with the other groups during the presentation session, the project work is approved, with grade Pass.

 

The individual oral examination is based on the design project, lectures and discussions during the course. The grading of the is Pass or Fail.

 

The final grade on the course is Pass or Fail. When both the practical design project and the oral examination are graded pass the final grade pass is given for the course.

 

All deadlines and compulsory things in the course are (these are also shown in the Teaching plan above):

Study week, Date, Time	Description
2 (46) Mon 10/11 23:59	Deadline hand in 1, Project requirements and specifications and Writing quiz
3 (47) Mon 17/11 23:59	Deadline hand in 2, Schematics version 1. Schematic with all components, correct package/footprint by not necessarily final values
4 (48) Mon 24/11 23:59	Deadline hand in 3, PCB layout version 1, layout with all components, correct package/footprint and test points, by not necessarily final values
4 (48) during week 4	COMPULSORY round tour of the CASE lab. OBS, bring photo ID and you must have passed the quiz for the CASE lab BEFORE this.
4 (48) Sun 30/11 23:59	Deadline hand in 4, PCB layout version 2, this is what will be ordered
5 (49) Wen 3/12 13:00	Deadline hand in 5, BOM, this is the components what will be ordered
6 (50) Wed 10/12 23:59	Deadline hand in 6, Simulation results with final component values
7 (51) Fri 19/12 17:00	Deadline hand in 7, Lifetime calculation
8 (2) Wed 7/1 23:59	Deadline hand in 8, Final report, all chapters
8 (2) Friday 9/1 13:00	Deadline hand in 9, Presentation slides
9 (3) Mon 12/1 08-12	Presentations, all groups present for each other. This is compulsory for all
9 (3) Thu 15/1  8-17	Individual oral examination, each person books a 30 min time slot on canvas.
9 (3) Fri 16/1  8-17	Individual oral examination, each person books a 30 min time slot on canvas.