Simulink for Power Electronics Design, Simulation & Analysis

Sign into MATLAB or MATLAB online, start the Simulink interface, and create an electronics folder; access course materials and circuit examples on GitHub to begin power electronics projects.

Understand how duty cycle controls power to switching devices by turning them on and off, and see how Simulink generates pulses from a sawtooth waveform and comparator.

Explore building an uncontrolled single phase half wave rectifier in Simulink, from selecting diode and RLC blocks to connecting ac source, meters, and scope, then simulate the rectified output.

Design and simulate a single-phase center-tapped full-wave rectifier in Simulink, using an AC source, diodes, a linear transformer, and a free-wheeling diode to produce a 12-volt output.

Build an uncontrolled single-phase full-wave bridge rectifier in Simulink, using an AC voltage source, diodes, transformer, and a scope to compare input and rectified output, with a free wheeling diode.

Build an uncontrolled three-phase full-wave rectifier in Simulink using three 380-volt, 50 Hz sources with 120-degree phase shifts and six diodes, then observe the rectified output and voltage–current waveforms.

Learn to model a single-phase half-controlled rectifier using SCRs, set firing angle to 45 degrees, include a freewheeling diode and LC filter, and analyze resulting harmonics in simulation.

Design and simulate a single-phase full-wave semi-controlled rectifier in Simulink, using an AC source, diodes, inductance, and two pulse generators to achieve a 45-degree fighting angle with a rectified output.

Learn to build a single-phase full-wave full-control rectifier with paired thyristors, using gate pulses to control firing angles and simulate the output.

Build and simulate a three-phase full-wave controlled rectifier in Simulink, using firing-angle control to produce a six-pulse output with a mean voltage around 465 V.

Explore PWM inverters by comparing a triangular (sawtooth) waveform with a DC reference to generate pulses of variable width, frequency set by triangle and duty cycle by DC amplitude.

Explore the single-phase half-bridge inverter using MOSFETs and diodes to convert DC to AC. Observe the half-input output and square voltage with inductive current in MATLAB simulations.

Explore a single-phase half-bridge inverter using MOSFETs with parallel diodes, delivering half the input DC as a square-wave output across various resistive, inductive, and mixed loads, demonstrated in Simulink.

Explain a three-phase inverter with 180-degree conduction using six MOSFETs in three segments to generate VA, VB, and VC voltages; compare with 120-degree conduction and show MATLAB/Proteus practice.

Design and simulate a three-phase inverter in 120-degree conduction mode in MATLAB Simulink, using six MOSFETs, phase-delayed pulse generators, and a three-phase load to analyze distorted voltages.

Explain the buck converter and its MOSFET, diode, inductor, and capacitor, and how duty cycle sets output from input. Compare continuous and discontinuous conduction modes.

Design and simulate a boost converter in simulink, using inductor, mosfets, diode, and capacitor to achieve a 12 V input and 24 V output at 40 kHz with 0.5% ripple.

Design and simulate buck-boost converters in Simulink, including inverting and non-inverting topologies with mosfet, diode, inductor, and capacitor, and learn how pwm duty cycle drives boost or buck behavior.

Design and simulate a Ćuk converter in Simulink, achieving a 25-volt input to about -30-volt inverted output with a 54.5% duty cycle.

Design a SEPIC converter in Simulink from a 9-V input to a 12-W load at 100 kHz, with a duty cycle near 0.4 and about 5.4 V output.

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