All the links and files provided in this list are freely available on the web. The rights belong to the respective author(s). In case of copyright violation I will provide to remove such content.
Since GitHub does not allow me to upload files bigger than 25 MB / more than 1 GB I have linked a Google Drive public folder.
- Courses and seminars
- Power electronics and SMPS design
- Vendors resources
- Selected topics
- SPICE
- EMI/EMC
- News
- Tools
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📂 Course and seminars drive - Google Drive folder containg backup of the following material:
[Barry Williams] Power Electronics Devices, Drivers, Applications, and Passive Components.zip [Boulder] Power Electronics-20241017T072637Z-001.zip [CUSP] Adv_PE1_Slides-20241017T072731Z-001.zip [CUSP] Adv_PE2_Slides-20241017T072649Z-001.zip [CUSP] Concept Questions-20241017T072656Z-001.zip [CUSP] Example Problems-20241017T072656Z-001.zip [CUSP] PE Slides-20241017T072645Z-001.zip [Mohan] book solutions.zip [Rosano] DAB Converter Design Using Scaling Laws.zip [Rosano] LLC Converter Design Using Scaling Laws.zip Power Converters for physics\Cern Accelerator School (CAS) 2014 slides.zip Power Converters for physics\UPSAS 2025.pdf Power Converters for physics\[2017] USPASAcceleratorPowerSystems.pdf Power Converters for physics\[2019] USPASAcceleratorPowerSystems.pdf Power Converters for physics\[CAS 2014] Power Converters CERN.pdf Power Converters for physics\[CAS] CERN-2006-010.pdf Power Converters for physics\[CAS] CERN-90-07.pdf Pulsed power converters\PPE Korea.zip Pulsed power converters\PPE UPSAS 2011.zip Pulsed power converters\PPE UPSAS 2019.zip Pulsed power converters\PPE UPSAS 2025.zip [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\PCB Layout for EMC – Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 3-1 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\PCB Layout for EMC, Part 2 – Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 3-2 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\Power Supply Design Tutorial (Part 1-2) - Topologies and Fundamentals, continued - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\Power Supply Design Tutorial - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\Step-by-Step Example for Practical PCB Design - Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 3-3 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\Switching Edge Control for EMC - Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 4-1 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\Switching Edge Control for EMC - Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 4-2 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\The Buck Regulator - Power Supply Design Tutorial Part 2-1 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\The Buck Regulator – Power Supply Design Tutorial Part 2-2 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\The Buck Regulator – Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 2-3 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\The DC-DC Boost Converter, Part 1 – Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 5-1 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\The DC-DC Boost Converter, Part 2 – Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 5-2 - Power Electronics News.pdf [PENews] Power Supply Design Tutorial series\The DC-DC Boost Converter, Part 3 - Power Supply Design Tutorial Section 5-3 - Power Electronics News.pdf
🌐 External links:
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📺 [CU Boulder] Power Electronics Specialization - 4-part course from Colorado University, held by Prof. Erickson
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[CU Boulder] Introduction to Power Electronics - Archived website of Introduction to Power Electronics from Colorado University, by Prof. Erickson
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[CU Boulder] Resonant and Soft-Switching Techniques in Power Electronics - Archived website of Resonant and Soft-Switching Techniques from Colorado University, by Prof. Khurram Afridi
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[University of Strathclyde] Power Electronics: Devices, Drivers, Applications, and Passive Components - This is a free available power electronics book by Prof. Barry Williams, with an impressive amount of theory and practical informations from basic semiconductors to AC/AC, AC/DC, DC/AC, DC/DC and ancillary topics
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📺 Sam Ben-Yaakov - Probably the best lectures available around. Many different aspects of the subject are treated simply and clear, can't recomment enough
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📺 CUSP Website - Curriculum with freely available videocourse (and material) covering Power Electronics (basic, control, advanced topics), Power systems and drives.
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📺 Ozan Keysan's courses - EE463 and EE464 are core course for PE specialization at Middle East Technical University (METU)
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[UPSAS] Accelerator Power Electronics Engineering - US Particle accelerator school provides course for physicists and engineers about power electronics used in accelerator facilities
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[UPSAS] Pulsed Power Engineering - US Particle accelerator school provides course about pulsed power engineering
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📺 🇮🇹 [UniPI] Elettronica di Potenza e Controllo - Lezioni del corso Elettronica di Potenza e Controllo dell'Università di Pisa del Prof. Iannaccone.
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📺 NPTEL (India) power electronics related course:
- High Power Multilevel Converters- Analysis, design and operational issues (Prof. Anand Rup)
- Control and Tuning Methods in Switched Mode Power Converters (Prof. Santanu Kapat)
- Design and Simulation of DC-DC converters using open source tools (Prof. L. Umanand)
- Digital Control in Switched Mode Power Converters and FPGA-based Prototyping (Prof. Santanu Kapat)
- Power Electronics and Distributed Generation (Prof. Vinod John)
- Design of Power Electronic Converters (Prof. Shabari Nath)
- Switched Mode Power Conversion (Prof. V. Ramanarayanan, Prof. L. Umanand)
- Pulse width Modulation for Power Electronic Converters (Prof. G. Narayanan)
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📺 Dr. D. Sreenivasarao's courses:
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📺 Robert Bolanos -
🌐 External links:
- How2Power - Lot of good design guides
- PSMA - Power Sources Manufacturers Association
- Ridley Engineering - Ray Ridley's power supply design center
- SMPS - Switching mode PS guide from Lazar Rozenblat
- Switching-Mode Power Supply Design Problem List - Archived page from SPMPSTech.com by Jerrold Foutz
- Biricha - Good articles and videos by Dr. Ali Shirsavar
- Christophe Basso's home page - Home page of C. Basso, well known for his books on SMPS Spice simulation and converter control
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📂 Boost design:
[PowerInduced] the-essential-boost-power-induced-design
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📂 Buck design:
Benefits of multiphasing buck converters - Part 1 _ EE Times.html Buck regulator part 1.pdf Buck regulator part 2.pdf Buck regulator part 3.pdf Coupled multiphase buck.pdf EETimes - Benefits of multiphasing buck converters - Part 1.pdf EETimes - Benefits of multiphasing buck converters - Part 2.pdf Practical Design of Buck Converter.pdf Pulse-Power-BU-Coupled-Inductors-Improve-Buck-Efficiency.pdf [CERN] LC filter.pdf [Infineon] BuckConverterDesignNote.pdf [OnSemi] LC Selection Guide for the DC-DC Synchronous Buck Converter.PDF [Richtek] Basic Calculation of a Buck Converter’s Power Stage.pdf [Richtek] Reducing EMI in buck converters.pdf [Riktek] Basic Calculation of a Buck Converter’s Power Stage.pdf [tesi] Investigation of Multiphase Coupled-Inductor Buck.pdf [Tesi] MultiphaseBuckDesign.pdf [TI] BasicCalculationof a BuckConverter's PowerStage.pdf [TI] How to select input capacitors for buck converter.pdf [TI] Input Filter Design for Switching Power Supplies.pdf [TI] Multiphase Buck Design From Start to Finish (Part 1).pdf [TI] Optimal design for an interleaved synchronous buck converter.pdf [TI] Understanding Buck Power Stages Mode Power Supplies.pdf
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📂 Control:
APEC_2013_Digital_Control_Seminar.ppsx [Basso] Introduction to Fast Analytical Techniques Application to Small-Signal Modeling.pdf [Ben Yaakov] Control Design of PWM Converters pt 2.pdf [Ben Yaakov] Control Design of PWM Converters.pdf [Microsemi] Voltage-Mode, Current-Mode and Hysteretic Control).pdf [PhD Ridley] A New Small-Signal model for CurrentMode Control.pdf [Slide UniPD] Digital Control in Power Electronics.pdf [TI] Comparison of PWM Voltage and Current Mode Control.pdf [TI] UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING CURRENT-MODE CONTROL THEORY.pdf [Unitrode] Switching Power Supply Topology Voltage Mode vs Current Mode.pdf
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📂 EMI/EMC:
How2Power EMI Anthology.pdf PCB Layout for EMC 1.pdf PCB Layout for EMC 2.pdf PCB Layout for EMC 3.pdf [Archambeault] The good ground myth.pdf [Erickson] EMI and Layout Fundamentals for Switched-Mode Circuits.pdf [Gentex] Reducing Emissions in DC-DC Switched Mode Power Supplies.pdf [Intel] Design For EMI.PDF [Ott] UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING COMMON-MODE EMISSIONS IN HIGH-POWER ELECTRONICS.pdf [RoHM] PCB Layout Techniques of Buck Converter.pdf [tesi] EMC in Power Electronics and PCB Design.pdf -
Academy of EMC - A nice introduction to EMI/EMC
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LearnEMC - Rich site offering paid course and free articles
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Noise Suppression Basic Course from Murata - Noise Suppression Basic Course from Murata
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📺 [TI] Achieving low noise and low EMI performance with DC/DC switching regulators
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📺 Interference Technology - Many videos about EMI/EMC issues and mitigation
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📺 [Keysight] Reducing Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) in Switched-Mode Power Supplies
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📺 [Würth Elektronik] Webinar: How to select the right EMC ferrite?
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📂 ETH Zurich:
[ETH] 3F SiC GaN converter systems.pdf [ETH] General properties, scaling laws and inherent limitations of energy electronics.pdf [ETH] Power electronics 4_0.pdf [ETH] Power electronics design 4_0.pdf [ETH] Power electronics topologies - do we need more.pdf [ETH] Power magnetics at high frequencies.pdf [ETH] Power_Electronics_2_0_complete.pdf [ETH] SiC GaN 3F Variable-Speed Drive PWM Inverter Concepts.pdf [ETH] X-treme Efficiency Power Electronics.pdf [PhD ETH] Advanced Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization of Power Electronic Converter Systems.pdf -
PELS ETH Publications - Publications from the Power Electronics System Laboratory of ETH Zurich. High-quality presentations and thesis available.
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📂 Magnetics:
[CERN] Magnetic Components of power converter.pdf [ETH] From brute force grid search to AI, which algorithms for magnetics optimization.pdf [ETH] Minimum loss operation of HF inductors.pdf [ETH] Optimal Design of Inductive Components Based on Accurate Loss and Thermal Models.pdf [Grover] Inductance-Calculations-Working-formulas-and-tables-.pdf [Kolar - APEC 2017] Power Magnetics at High Frequency State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects.pdf [Maniktala] Demystifying Power Converter Magnetics.ppt [PSMA] Magnetics checklist.xls [Slide TI] Practical Magnetic Design Inductors and Coupled Inductors.pdf [slide] Power Magnetics Design and Measurement of Power Magnetics.pdf [tesi] VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION ALONG REACTOR WINDING UNDER VERY FAST TRANSIENTS.pdf [Unitrode] Magnetics Design Handbook.pdf [Yageo] Designing-Coupled-Inductors.pdf
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Control and Analysis of Magnetic Switch Reset Current.pdf Lecture_05_Marx generators and Marx-like circuits.pdf marx_generator_design_and_performance.pdf Multiplier Design.xls [ETH] Solid_State_Modulators.pdf [Keet] Magnetic switching techniques for high power pulse.pdf [KIT] High Voltage Pulse Generation - Concepts and Implementations.pptx [MagInc] Magnetic_Cores_for_Pulse_Compression.pdf [Nunnaly Los Alamos] Magnetic switch and circuits.pdf [tesi] flexible HV converter for plasma application.pdf [tesi] Study and development of Solid State based Long Pulse Klystron Modulators.pdf
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DC SPICE Model for LLC Conv.PDF [Maniktala] Understanding and using LLC Converters to Great advantage.pdf
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📂 Snubbers:
[ABB] Design of RC Snubbers for Phase Controlled Thyristors Applications.pdf [Ben Yaakov] PASSIVE LOSSLESS SNUBBERS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY PWM CONVERTERS.pdf [Ben Yaakov] Snubber for PWM converters.pdf [EEPower] Snubber Network Choices, Design and Evaluation.pdf [Severns] Design of snubbers for power circuits.pdf [TI] Snubber Circuits Theory, Design and Application.pdf -
📺 Step-by-step Snubber and Clamp Design for Power Supplies Dr. Ali Shirsavar
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📂 Thermal management and losses:
[ABB] Mounting IGBT and applying thermal paste.pdf [ABB] Thermal design and temperature ratings of IGBT modules (2).pdf [ABB] Thermal design and temperature ratings of IGBT modules.pdf [Boyd] Calculating the Thermal Resistance of a Liquid Cold Plate.pdf [Boyd] Consideration for designing custom liquid coolplates.pdf [Dynex] Power Losses in an IGBT Module.pdf [Infineon] IGBT Power Losses Calculation Using the Data-Sheet Parameters.pdf [Nexperia] RC Thermal Models.pdf [OnSEMI] Basic Thermal Properties of Semiconductors.PDF [OnSemi] How To Use Thermal Data Found in Data Sheets.PDF [SEMIKRON] Application-Note_Determining_switching_losses_of_SEMIKRON_IGBT_modules_EN_2014-08-19_Rev-00.pdf [SEMIKRON] Calculating_Junction_Temperature_using_a_Module_Temperature_Sensor_EN_2020-01-29_Rev-02.pdf [Semikron] Thermal resistance of IGBT Modules.pdf -
📺 Thermal model, management and cycling failure of IGBT modules
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📺 Power Electronics - Thermal Management and Heatsink Design
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📺 Sam Ben-Yaakov Thermal impedance of power switching devices
- RoHM - Thermal design, simulations, switching noise, DC/DC converters, ...
- 📺 [TI] Power supply design seminars
- 📺 Frenetic - Interesting webminars about magnetics design for power electronics. Also, they make use of AI for their magnetic design
🌐 External links:
- Lost Secrets of the H-Bridge by Jason Sachs - Series of articles on in-depth analysis of H-bridge, with Python code.
- 📺 Eaton's Experience centers - Hands-on videos about a broad range of topics, even though not directly related to power electronics
🌐 External links:
- [AD] LTSpice Download and information center - Home page of Analog Device LTSpice, with download links and tutorial
- LTSpice unofficial Wiki - Wiki full of tips and undocumented features
- LTSpice tutorial - LTSpice tutorial by Terry Sturtevant
- LTSpice tutorial - LTSpice tutorial by Simon Bramble
- LTSpice tutorial - LTSpice from SPICEMAN
- YouSPICE - A community for electronic design and simulation
🌐 External links:
- http://www.bodospower.com/default.aspx https://www.edn.com/ https://eepower.com/ https://www.eeworldonline.com/ https://www.eetimes.com/ https://www.eeweb.com/ https://www.electronicdesign.com/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/ http://www.powerelectronics.com/ https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/ http://www.powerguru.org/ https://www.powerelectronictips.com/
🌐 External links:
- PowerEsim - Free Switch Mode Power Supply Circuit (SMPS) Design Software & Transformer Calculation / Simulation Tool
- Air flow calculator - 🇮🇹 but straightforward to use. Useful to calculate airflow needed in the cabinet.
- PressureDrop - Useful for liquid cooling pipe sizing
- Okawa Electric design - Several design utilities, including one for filter design
- Precharge calculator - Useful for a quick precharge resistor estimation
- 📺 Python
- Python for Control Engineering
- Mastering Python Libraries - 5 videos playlist about NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, SymPy and Python Image segmentation
- Introduction to Numerical Computing With NumPy