BSIA-IT-PDII-01-O

Power Semiconductor Devices & Switching

Day 1

1

Introduction to Power Electronics and Component-Level Understanding.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 2

2

MOSFETs and IGBTs: Structure, operation, and characteristics.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 3

3

Diodes and thyristors: Operating principles and application domains.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 4

4

Switching Behavior: Turn-on/off transients and loss analysis.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 5

5

Efficiency Optimization: Conduction vs switching losses.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 6

6

Device selection strategies for system efficiency.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 7

7

Simulation of power devices (LTspice/MATLAB).

4

Practice

Day 8

8

Lab: Characterizing MOSFETs and reading datasheets.

4

Practice

Day 9

9

Lab: Characterizing IGBTs and safe operating areas (SOA).

4

Practice

Day 10

10

Review of component-level behavior and efficiency models.

4

Lecture + Practice

BSIA-IT-PDII-02-O

Gate Drive Circuits & Thermal Management

Day 11

11

Gate Drive Circuit Implementation: Isolated vs non-isolated drivers.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 12

12

Bootstrapping techniques and power supply for gate drivers.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 13

13

Gate resistor selection, Miller clamp, and parasitic effects.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 14

14

Dead-time generation and shoot-through protection.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 15

15

Thermal Management Proficiency: Heat dissipation basics.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 16

16

Thermal resistance calculation and heat sink sizing.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 17

17

Thermal interface materials (TIM) and active cooling methods.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 18

18

Thermal protection strategies for high-power components.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 19

19

Thermal simulation and profiling of power modules.

4

Practice

Day 20

20

Lab: Gate driver circuit design and thermal testing.

4

Practice

BSIA-IT-PDII-03-O

Power Conversion System Design

Day 21

21

Power Conversion System Design: Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost DC-DC.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 22

22

Isolated DC-DC converters: Flyback and Forward topologies.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 23

23

DC-AC Inverter fundamentals: Single-phase topologies.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 24

24

Three-phase inverters and Sinusoidal PWM (SPWM) techniques.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 25

25

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system architecture.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 26

26

Inductor and transformer design for power converters.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 27

27

Capacitor selection for input/output filtering and ripple reduction.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 28

28

Closed-loop control implementation for DC-DC converters.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 29

29

System-level simulation of inverter and UPS systems.

4

Practice

Day 30

30

Lab: Prototyping and testing a basic DC-DC converter.

4

Practice

BSIA-IT-PDII-04-O

Control Integration & Renewable Apps

Day 31

31

Control & Automation Integration: Interfacing power stages to MCUs.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 32

32

Motor drive systems: BLDC and Induction motor control basics.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 33

33

Industrial automation and energy management platforms.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 34

34

Battery & Renewable Energy Applications: Charging topologies.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 35

35

Battery Management Systems (BMS) fundamentals and protection.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 36

36

Solar inverter integration and Maximum Power Point Tracking.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 37

37

Grid-tied vs off-grid renewable energy system architectures.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 38

38

Advanced control algorithms for power electronics.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 39

39

Simulation of motor drives and BMS platforms.

4

Practice

Day 40

40

Lab: Implementing a basic MPPT algorithm or motor control loop.

4

Practice

BSIA-IT-PDII-05-O

Practical Circuit Skills & Troubleshooting

Day 41

41

Practical Circuit Skills: Schematic capture for power electronics.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 42

42

PCB design rules for high current and high voltage traces.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 43

43

Component footprinting, creepage, clearance, and 3D modeling.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 44

44

Soldering, hardware assembly, and prototyping techniques.

4

Practice

Day 45

45

Testing & Troubleshooting: Measurement instrument familiarity.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 46

46

Safe probing techniques for high voltage measurement.

4

Practice

Day 47

47

Using oscilloscopes for detailed switching analysis.

4

Practice

Day 48

48

Using multimeters and power analyzers for efficiency testing.

4

Practice

Day 49

49

Diagnosing and fixing faults in power electronics systems.

4

Practice

Day 50

50

EMI/EMC basics and mitigation in power electronics.

4

Lecture + Practice

BSIA-IT-PDII-06-O

Value Chain & Capstone Project

Day 51

51

Semiconductor Value Chain: Packaging and module assembly.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 52

52

Testing/reliability of semiconductor manufacturing practices.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 53

53

Capstone project kick-off: Spec review and architecture design.

4

Practice

Day 54

54

Capstone project: Power stage schematic and component selection.

4

Practice

Day 55

55

Capstone project: PCB layout, thermal considerations.

4

Practice

Day 56

56

Capstone project: Hardware assembly and initial bring-up.

4

Practice

Day 57

57

Capstone project: System testing, troubleshooting, and optimization.

4

Practice

Day 58

58

Industry Readiness: Best practices, resumes, mock interviews.

4

Lecture + Practice

Day 59

59

Final Project Presentation & Review.

4

Report Submission

Day 60

60

Final Assessment / Exam.

4

Report Submission