Powerful Knowledge 13 - Simulation in power electronics

Simulation is a very powerful tool to help de-risk the development of power electronic systems. However, the value of simulation output depends on the quality of the models used and the ability of the user to understand how simulation tools can be used to best effect.
In this episode of 'Power Knowledge,' we outline some of the tools used in power electronics development with examples of #pspice and PLECs. PLEC's is our most used tool for power electronics design and in this video we show some details of using it to model a 50W flyback converter including thermal and magnetic domains.
#stemeducation #simulation #pspice #mathcad #matlab

[@Plexim]

Great webinar Iain! 1:04:10 Yes, PLECS Thermal domain simulation can account for thermal impedances. The semiconductor device’s junction-to-case thermal impedance is defined as Cauer/Foster thermal chain data inside each device thermal description, which is usually provided directly by manufacturers. And the cooling system heatsink-to-ambient thermal impedance can be modeled using PLECS library > Thermal > Components > Thermal Chain, or Thermal Resistor with Thermal Capacitor connected to a Heat Sink component.

[@ElectronicmindsUK]

Thanks for your great feedback. Indeed, the device thermal description models inside PLECs are very useful indeed and something we use to examine transient thermal behaviour during peak load conditions. It is so useful to have this sort of advanced modelling capability available to us.

[@Janamejaya.Channegowda]

Thank you for sharing.

[@TopicsInControlSystems]

The University of Berkeley, not Barkley ;)

[@ElectronicmindsUK]

Thanks Brian, I have been experimenting with auto captions for these videos and results aren’t that great…