6.334  Power Electronics

HW5 Solution Corrected, Summer Intern Position Available at IBM

Wish you had a nice spring break!

A typo is found in HW5 solution for problem 5.4, the second term for the final average power should have an additional "9" in the denominator. It is now corrected and sorry for the inconvenience.

A summer internship position is available at IBM Research, detailed job description is posted below:

IBM Research is designing DC-DC power converters with industry leading power density and efficiency. We seek a highly qualified candidate to work with our power design specialists to design, model and test DC-DC power converters and gate driver chips for high performance computing systems. The successful candidate should have chip or circuit board design experience with switch mode power converters, as well as lab testing skills. Candidates currently enrolled in graduate programs are encouraged to apply.
Preferred experience/skills:
- Analog IC design, custom layout, and verification.
- Power converter IC/circuit board design.
- Switch mode power converter IC/circuit board design.
- Basic knowledge of lab equipment: function generator, oscilloscope, multi-meters, etc.
- GaN driver IC design.

If interested, please contact Dr. Xin Zhang (xzhang@us.ibm.com) directly with your resume.

Announced on 01 April 2019  3:34  p.m. by Haoquan Zhang

Optional Review Session Today, No Class on Friday

Reminder that an optional review session will be held today, starting from 7:30pm in room 32-155.
Quiz 1 will be held Thursday, starting from 7:30 pm in 35-225. (Those with conflict exam requests should have received notifications already.)
There will be no class on Friday.
HW3 and HW4 are graded and will be ready for pick up in class tomorrow.
Solution for HW5 is already online in Stellar.
Good luck for the quiz and wish you have a nice spring break in advance!

Announced on 19 March 2019  2:06  p.m. by Haoquan Zhang

Quiz 1, Thu. 7:30pm in 35-225, Optional review Tue. 7:30pm in 32-155

Quiz 1 will be held next Thursday, Mar 21st starting from 7:30pm in 35-225. The covered content is up to isolated DC-DC converters. Calculators are allowed but no cheat-sheet.

An optional quiz review session will be held next Tuesday, Mar 19th starting from 7:30pm in 32-155.

No homework is released this week. HW2 is graded and please pick up in class.

Have a nice weekend and good luck on the quiz!

Announced on 15 March 2019  7:25  p.m. by Haoquan Zhang

Talk on Electric Vehicles by Prof. Kassakian: Friday 2-3pm in Rm. 4-231

Announced on 14 March 2019  1:24  p.m. by David J Perreault

HW5 Posted, HW4 Solution Available Now, Practice Set for Quiz 1 also Online

HW5 Posted last week and due this Friday, Mar 15th in class.
Solution for HW4 available now on Stellar.
A practice set for Quiz 1 including problems from past years is also available online.

Wish you all a nice and productive week ahead!

Announced on 11 March 2019  5:21  p.m. by Haoquan Zhang