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conduction modes

Why an open loop control works with DCM based flyback inverter ?

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Co simulation

How to perform co-simulation between PSIM and Simulink ?

Note : If you are using a variable step size in simulink, then add a zero order hold before each input of sim coupler and insert the sample time same as of PSIM. If you are using fixed step size in simulink then  ...

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Harmonics

Symmetric and asymmtetric PWM

A symmetric PWM has symmetric waveform when referred from its center. However an asymmetric PWM is the one with no symmetry in the waveform when measured from the center as shown in figure below. In Figure below the Ts represents the switching cycle. In Symmetric PWM the harmonics are low compared with the asymmetric. Click to zoom  ...

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LaTeX

Writing a document in Latex

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LaTeX

Latex installation procedure

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Computational Electromagnetic Theory

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Computational Electromagnetic Theory

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Computational Electromagnetic Theory | Chapter 3 numericals

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Computational Electromagnetic Theory

Computational Electromagnetic Theory | Assignment # 1

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Basic electric circuits notes

The basic elements and Phasors

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Efficiency table of Solar cell

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Controlled rectifier

Video Tutorial | Half wave rectification using PSIM

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Matlab plotting

Matlab plotting

The matlab code for plotting multiple figures in one main boxed frame is given below. Consider that we want to plot 9 graphs in one figure similar to figure 1 below. This blog post will be updated when required. Figure 1: M x N matrix  figure ; subplot(3,3,1)  % makes a three into three metrix and place the graph in position 1  plot...

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Permanent magnet motors | Construction, theory and classification

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Stepper motor | Construction, theory and classification

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Control IC

Stepper motor control IC

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Diptrace

PCB design | From circuit diagram to PCB fabrication

Often wonder why PCB are used in electronic devices instead of verobaord like stuff we used to do in our college laboratories ? Well the reason is simple, PCB offer reliability and ease in fabricating a circuit. Although the process seems tedious if we compare it with traditional breadboard or veroboard method, but it removes all the clutter of wires and brings neatness...

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Why papers are rejected from IEEE transactions ? | Some typical complaints of reviewers

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Gate driver

Gate driver IC

In power electronics gate driver ic are required to compensate the junction capacitance of power electronic switches. Usually high current capability ic are required. In this blog post the gate driver ic are classified in terms of their driving current, ...

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Azad Ghaffari

High fidelity Photovoltaic Array Modeling by Azad Ghaffari

This document is prepared by Azad Ghaffari and is taken from his website. The intention of uploading this document is for my personal archive. Kindly cite the document accordingly. PV Modeling by Azad Ghaffari ...

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Matlab LaTeX Figures by Azad Ghaffari

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Flyback inverter

Troubleshooting flyback inverter | Secondary mosfet switching

I burnt almost dozen mosfet while trying to test the switching of secondary mosfet of my flyback inverter. It was in fact something trivial because i thought to switch one mosfet at a time to get a half wave waveform at a time. I discussed it with my supervisor and he pointed me towards the solution. "Operate both the secondary mosfet instead of...

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Circuit diagram

Experimental work | Working with PS 9505

PS9505 is an optocoupler with the capability to produce large output current up to 2.5 A. It can be used to replace a traditional tag team of optocoupler and a gate driver. Its salient features are as follows. Pin configuration (click to zoom) VCC-VEE can be supplied up to 30 V max. The output follows the input hence it is non inverting. Max operating...

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IV curve

How to plot I-V and P-V curve in simulink under all weather condition ?

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Mosfet protection

Why we need snubber in flyback inverter ?

Flyback inverter has primary switch connected in series with the transformer winding. A snubber circuit is required to damp the high voltage spike that occur as a result of resonance that occur because of the transformer leakage inductance and the mosfet capacitance. Without a snubber circuit the mosfet on primary side can burn out. An RCD snubber is commonly used in flyback configurations...

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Design example

Video Tutorial | Device selection for flyback inverter

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Fractional open circuit voltage MPPT

Video tutorial | Understanding the offline MPPT

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MPPT

Video tutorial | Understanding the flowchart of P&O MPPT

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Power Electronic Inverter

Video tutorial | Simulation of 3 phase SPWM inverter

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Lecture notes

Power Electronic Inverter | Lecture III

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Power Electronic Inverter | Lecture II

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Lecture notes

Power Electronic Inverter | Lecture 1

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Lecture notes

Power Electronic Converter | Lecture 2 3 and 4

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Lecture notes

Power electronic converter | Switching devices

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6N60

Experimental work | Why low turn on resistance matters in flyback converter?

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Flyback inverter

Can we consider unfolding stage of flyback inverter as a half bridge ?

The flyback inverter secondary winding acts as an unfolding stage in a grid connected scnario. The switches associated with them needs gate driver circuits. The question here is that can we consider them as a half bridge circuit so that it is possible to use a half bridge driver ic with it. To answer this consider the Fig. 1 that depicts two different...

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7805 regulator

Experimental work | Circuit for LTS 25 NP current sensor

During my Ph.D. work, it was a requirement to sense the dc current on the PV side and ac current on the grid side. To sense the current I used a hall effect current sensor LTS25NP. This hall effect sensor is a bit costly however, it is excellent in working and easy to setup. Figure 1 shows this sensor. This sensor has three...

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Circuit diagram

Experimental work | Circuit for IR2111

IR2111 is a half bridge driver that is extensively used in power electronics.  It is an eight pin ic that works only with half bridge configuration. It can not be used individually for low side or high side driver.  Here is the schematic that i designed during my term project. ...

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4N26

Experimental work | Circuit for 4N26/37

4N26 and 4N37 are cheap optocoupler that are good for most of the power electronics applications. They are six pin ic with optical isolation. The output is inverted because the output transistor works as a switch. The frequency limit of this ic is explained in this post. The following is the working circuit of optocoupler 4N26 and 4N37. ...

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Circuit diagram

Experimental work | Circuit for TC4424 gate driver IC

The gate driver is essential in power electronics because of two basic reasons. First, at high frequency switching applications the switching time is less which means that in order to charge/discharge the mosfet capacitance fast, more current is required. The output current of most optocouplers is not enough to drive the mosfet properly. Secondly, most of the optocoupler output is limited to under...

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Efficiency chart

Solar cell efficiency chart

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Gating mosfet

Experimental work | Troubleshooting ICL 7667 mosfet driver

Recently while i was having work with mofet driver ic ICL7667 i noticed that it gets hot  with the output open circuited (not connected to MOSFET). I posted my question in a linkedin group and got the following answers. ...

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Flyback inverter

Experimental Work | Troubleshooting the Flyback inverter

Problem : While experimenting the flyback inverter i observed a visible spark on the output of the flyback transformer. Reason: One of the secondary winding was open possibly because of a dry solder. Solution: Hunt for the open circuit and solder it properly. ...

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Biasing and characteristics of BJT

Electronics | Biasing techniques of BJT

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Bipolar Junction Transistor

Electronics | Physics of BJT

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AC-DC converter

Electronics | Linear Power Supplies

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Clipper and clampers

Electronics | Application of diode

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Diode

Electronics | Characteristics of Diodes

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Electronics | Physics of semiconductor

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 30 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 29 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 28 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 27 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 26 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 25 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 24 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 23 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 22 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 20 &21 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 19 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 17 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 16 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 13 &14 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 12 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 11 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 10 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 9 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 8 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 7 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 6 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 5 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 4 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 3 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 2 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Electric Drives

Power Electronics and Electric Drives | Lecture 1 of Prof. P Gopakumar

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Switch mode power supplies | Isolated Converter

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Switch mode power supplies | Fundamental Switching Regulators

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Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter

Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter | Three Phase Half Wave Rectifier

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Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter

Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter | Switched Trigged DC Model

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Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter

Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter | Half Wave Rectifier

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Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter

Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter | Full Wave Rectifier

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AC Voltage Controllers

Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter | AC Voltage Controllers

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Controlled rectifier

Digital simulation of Power Electronic Converter | Controlled rectifier

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Digital Logic Design Notes

Offside topic | My notes on logic design (additional notes)

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Combinational Logic

Offside topic | My notes on Combinational Logic

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Counter

Offside topic | My notes on counters

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Digital Logic Design Notes

Offside topic | My notes on MUX and Decoder

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Digital Logic Design Notes

Offside topic | My notes on Numbering system

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Digital Logic Design Notes

Offside topic | My notes on Register

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This blog is about my PhD work and an archive to my engineering education. However, additional study material for the courses i teach and that i have studied is also archived here.
All the circuits in this blog are tested by myself under specific conditions. BE CAREFUL if you are experimenting them, the blogger and this blog are not responsible to any harm and or damage to yourself and your equipment.


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