Teaching how to characterize and implement high speed power devices for tomorrow's engineers
Résumé
This paper describes the evolution of a power
electronics class at Master level (second year), to comply with
the new trends of this science. Indeed, the switching speed of
power semiconductor devices –especially wide bandgap devices–
is continually increasing and, the knowledge and comprehension
of switching mechanisms is absolutely necessary to design power
converters. Apart from theoretical lectures, several lab works
have been specifically developed, to use these devices at their
rated operating point. Five different themes are studied: device
characterization (bare dies), switching waveforms, losses
characterization, thermal design, ElectroMagnetic
Compatibility and magnetics design.