A design methodology for power electronics

Author

Amaya, Luis E. ; Krein, Philip T. ; Najm, Farid N.

Author_Institution

Coordinated Sci. Lab., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

11-14 Aug 1996

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

57

Abstract

Currently there are no computer-aided-design (CAD) tools dedicated to the design and synthesis of power electronic circuits. The design process has not been formalized, and most of the efforts in computer tools have been oriented towards simulation, neglecting other stages of the design process that can also benefit from their use. This paper presents an outline of the structure of an automated power converter circuit design tool. The different parts of this tool are described along with the problems that make them difficult or interesting. Current progress in the development of some of these parts is also presented

Keywords

circuit CAD; power convertors; software tools; circuit CAD; computer tools; design methodology; development efforts; power convertor topologies; power electronics; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Design automation; Design methodology; Electronic equipment testing; Power electronics; Process design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Power Electronics, 1996., IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

ISSN

1093-5142

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3977-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIPE.1996.612336

Filename

612336