Teaching with MATLAB Simulation in the Power Electronics Technology Course

The Power Electronics Technology course is a professional basic course of Electrical Engineering and Automation, in which complex circuit structure and complicated working procedure of converter technology bring difficulties into teaching process. In this paper, by taking PWM inverse circuit as an example, a teaching mode is introduced with MATLAB simulation tool. By the application of this mode, a circuit simulation model is built. As a consequence, the simulation graphs are obtained and the problems appearing in the experiment are analyzed easily. It is shown in the comparison test of teaching effect that students can quickly comprehend the theoretical knowledge about circuits by using the simulation tool. So the teaching goal is achieved well because the problems of the traditional teaching mode are overcome. KeywordsPower Electronics Technology; PWM; MATLAB; Teaching Mode; Comparison Test