Objective

This course is designed for students to gain an understanding of power-management electronics. Through this course, students will learn the essentials of different types of voltage regulators.

Syllabus

• Introduction to power conversion, apparent power, power factor and power management
• Zener-diode voltage reference and bandgap voltage reference
• Shunt and series linear regulators
• Charge pump
• Switching-mode power converter

Learning Outcome

By the end of the course, students should be able to

• Have an overall picture of the history, progress, and importance of power-management circuits.
• Understand the principle of operation of typical voltage regulators
• Perform circuit designs of voltage reference, linear regulator, charge pump and switching-mode power converter.
• Understand the design tradeoffs of the specifications.

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