Graduate Course

Instructor: Dr Mahdi Alavi

Department of Electrical Engineering

Shahid Bebeshti University

In-person Course: Fall 2018

E-Learning Course: Fall 2018

Syllabus:

  1. Review of dynamical models 
  2. Analysis of models in time and frequency domains (Bode diagram, Nyquist plot, Nichols chart)
  3. Stability analysis by using Bode, Nyquist and Lyapunov theorems
  4. Power electronics modeling methods and analysis 
  5. Review of control problems and mathematical formulation 
  6. Lead-lag controllers in power electronics
  7. PID control tuning in power electronics
  8. Controllability and Observability
  9. Observer design for power electronics
  10. State and output feedback controllers in power electronics
  11. Robust control in power electronics (H-infinity, linear matrix inequality LMI, quantitative feedback theory QFT)
  12. Decentralized control in power electronics

Evaluation Policy:​

  • Exam 1 (subjects 1 to 4): 25%
  • Exam 2 (subjects 5 to 8): 25%
  • Project: 30% (20% design and simulation results + 10% implementation)  
  • Final exam (take home): 30% 

References:

  • K. Ogata, Modern control engineering, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010. 
  • W.L. Brogan, Modern Control Theory, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1991. 
  • C.-T. Chen, Linear System Theory and Design, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland, W.P. Robbins, Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2003.
  • O. Yaniv,  Quantitative Feedback Design of Linear and Nonlinear Control Systems, Springer, 1999.
  • M. Garcia-Sanz, Robust Control Engineering: Practical QFT Solutions, CRC Press, 2018
  • S. Boyd, L. El Ghaoui, E. Feron, and V. Balakrishnan, Linear Matrix Inequalities in System and Control Theory, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), 1994.
  • J. Doyle, B. Francis, A. Tannenbaum, Feedback Control Theory, MacMillan, 1992.
  • T. Soderstrom, P. Stoica, System Identification, Prentice Hall, 1989.
  • L. Ljung, System Identification Theory for the User, Prentice Hall, 1999.

Projects:

  • (In-person Course, Fall 2018) Design and implementation of robust current or voltage mode control system for a buck converter.