Eastern Mediterranean University

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

EE 442 MIDTERM EXAM II

Date : 31 May 1999 ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

Duration : 90 min. Q1=Q2=Q3 = 35 PTS.

1-) The step-down chopper shown below is operated at the switching frequency f = 10 kHz
and with duty cycle k = 0.7 .

(a) Determine whether conduction is continuous or not.

(b) Find the average load voltage V0 and the average load current I0 .
(c) Sketch the voltage vL across the inductor L and find its average value .

S io
+ +
R vo Vs = 80 V
Vs D + R=5Ω
vL L L = 5 mH
_ E = 10 V
_ E _

2-) The step-up converter shown below is operated at the switching frequency f = 10 kHz .

(a) Determine the duty ratio of the transistor Q so that the average load voltage is
V0 = 80 V .
(b) With k = 0.6 find the load resistance R so that the maximum value of the source
current is is I2 = 15 A .

L D
+ +
is vo
Vs = 20 V
Vs Q C = 50 µF
C R L = 200 µH

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3-) Consider the resonant-pulse commutation circuit shown below. The thyristor is fired at
t = 0 . Assume that the load current I0 is constant and vc (0) = Vs .
 (a) Find and sketch waveforms of vc (t) and i(t) until the end of linear
charging of the capacitor.

(b) Find the duration toff for which the thyristor is reverse-biased .

T Io
+
C L Vs = 200 V
L = 500 µH
Vs
Load C = 10 µF
+ vc - i Io = 10 A
D
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USEFUL INFORMATION :

1-)
S t= 0
i
+ vc (t) = Vo cos ω t
vc C
_ C
i(t) = Vo sin ωt
L
L 1
ω=
2-) In a step-down chopper the minimum value of load LC
current :

V e-( -k a −1e-a) E T
s
I=1  - a− ; a =
R  1- e  R τ