Variable-frequency (VF) techniques have been widely applied in the fields of power
electronics and motor drives. Based on the categories of frequency variables, the VF …

High-efficiency and compact single-phase inverters are desirable in many applications such
as solar energy harvesting and electric vehicle chargers. This paper presents a 2-kW, 60-Hz …

The Little Box Challenge (LBC) was a competition sponsored by Google and the IEEE
Power Electronics Society in 2014-2015, where participants were challenged to design a …

Power density, efficiency, cost, and reliability are the major challenges when designing a
power electronic system. Latest advancements in power semiconductor devices (eg, silicon …

This paper presents a novel 400 to 12 V isolated bidirectional dc-dc converter based on a
phase-shift-controlled-modified dual-active-bridge power stage. The proposed converter …

Due to their extremely high energy demand, data centers are directly supplied from a
medium-voltage (MV) grid. However, a significant part of this energy is dissipated in the …

This paper investigates the use of multilevel conversion in dc-dc applications that require a
large voltage conversion ratio. A quantitative method that can serve as a guide to compare …

The unprecedented performance potential of gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) high
electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) is seen as the key enabler for the design of power …

The characterization of soft-switching losses (SSL) of modern high-voltage SiC MOSFETS is
a difficult but necessary task in order to provide a sound basis for the accurate modeling of …

In order to expedite the development of power electronic systems towards higher power
density and efficiency at a lower cost of implementation, Google and IEEE initiated the …