NEW METHODS IN TEACHING OF POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES

Abstract —In this paper the traditional and state-of-the-art educational methods and experience in teaching of power electronic devices for undergraduate students are described. The main attention is dedicated to possibilities how to improve the study using e-learning methods. The interactive screens with animations created for better understanding features of power semiconductor devices are presented. Index Terms —Semiconductor devices, power electronics, power electronic teaching, e-learning. I. I NTRODUCTION OOD understanding of power semiconductor devices performance presents a good starting basis for development of power semiconductor converters, their proper design and dimensioning. The books like [1]-[3] give the students the basic ideas providing the excellent support for laboratory experiments and projects. One of the ways how to support power electronics lecture course and motivate the increase of interest in power electronics is a project-oriented power electronics educational laboratory described in [4]. Another form of learning, which complements and supplements the lecture course is the simulation of power electronics devices using various simulation programs like Saber