Dec 14, 2025  
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ECE 636 - Dynamics and Controls of Voltage-Source Converters


Course Career Graduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Engineering
Department Electrical & Computer Engg
Typically Offered either term

Description
Power circuit topologies and energy conversion principles, Large/small-signal and harmonic models, Current and voltage controls (PI, resonant, predictive, sliding mode, etc.), Energy/power control and management, Grid-synchronization and fault-ride-through techniques, Observer-theory applications, Robust and adaptive control techniques, applications in Distributed Generation (DG), Micro-grids, DSTATCOM, Active Power Filter (APF), HVDC-light, etc.