The course provides the basic concepts of analog and digital electronic circuits and power electronics. The main goal is to give the necessary knowledge to understand and analyze complex electronic systems containing power electronic blocks along to their low power electronic circuits for measuring and control.
A key point will be the detailed description of the principal characteristic of active and passive components in power electronics. The principal structures in electric power conversion will be presented in the natural and hard commutation to give a strong basis to easy the design an adoption of such structures in the industrial field. Labs activities will give the student the opportunity to see and apply the main concepts.

Performance of the main structures in power electronic, basis on electric power conversion in simple and complex structures. Improved skill in analysis of advantages and drawback in the adoption of different configuration in power electronics both on power and control side.

Basis of electro-technics, physics and electromagnetism quasi-static.

' Introduction: general introduction to the course: energy and information management(2h)
' Control suppliers: block schemes, diodes and zeners, linear voltage regulation circuits, commutated circuitry for small power suppliers (8h)
' Analog circuits: Bode diagrams, operational amplifiers basis and applications, filters and signal elaboration (20h)
' Digital electronics for signal elaboration: logic ports, flip-flop, microcontrollers, memories (7h)
' Data acquisition systems: AD and DA conversion (7h)
' Notes on electromagnetic compatibility and field bus protocols (6h)
' Passive devices in power electronics (10h)
' Power semiconductor devices (10h)
' Power dissipation: efficiency of the energy conversion (5h)
' Base structures of natural and hard commutated structures AC/DC, DC/DC, AC/AC (15h)
' Base structures for DC supply, drives, AC/AC applications (10h)

Class labs and laboratories experiences.

Suggested Titles are:
' R.C.Jaeger, "Microelectronics", Mcgraw-Hill
' Mohan, Undeland, Robbins, "Power electronics", Edizioni Hoepli
' Rashid, M. H., 'Power electronics', Prentice Hall

Examination will consist of two written tests and one oral dissertation. Only the pass of the written test gives access to the oral and final exam.