Research & Converters

Our power converter projects — with images and links to published papers.

Our Projects

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Gallium Nitride-Based 48 V-to-1 V Point-of-Load Converter
A Gallium Nitride-based 48V-to-1V Point-of-Load (PoL) Converter for Aerospace Telecommunications and Computing Applications

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A General Analysis of Resonant Switched-Capacitor Converters Using Peak Energy Storage and Switch Stress Including Ripple
A General Analysis of Resonant Switched-Capacitor Converters Using Peak Energy Storage and Switch Stress Including Ripple

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The Symmetric Dual Inductor Hybrid Converter for Direct 48V-to-PoL Conversion
The Symmetric Dual Inductor Hybrid Converter for Direct 48V-to-PoL Conversion

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Large Signal Analysis on Variations of the Hybridized Dickson Switched-Capacitor Converter
Large Signal Analysis on Variations of the Hybridized Dickson Switched-Capacitor Converter

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High-Density Radiation-Hardened Point-of-Load Power Conversion Using Hybrid-Switched-Capacitor Circuit Topologies
High-Density Radiation-Hardened Point-of-Load (PoL) Power Conversion Using Hybrid-Switched-Capacitor Circuit Topologies

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Closed-Loop Split-Phase Control Applied to the Symmetric Dual Inductor Hybrid (SDIH) Converter
Closed-Loop Split-Phase Control Applied to the Symmetric Dual Inductor Hybrid (SDIH) Converter

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An Actively Balanced Distributed Regenerative Snubber with Reduced Part Count in Multi-Level Power Converters
An Actively Balanced Distributed Regenerative Snubber with Reduced Part Count in Multi-Level Power Converters

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Modified Split-Phase Switching with Improved Fly Capacitor Utilization in a 48V-to-POL Dual Inductor Hybrid-Dickson Converter
Modified Split-Phase Switching with Improved Fly Capacitor Utilization in a 48V-to-POL Dual Inductor Hybrid-Dickson Converter

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A Synchronous Boot-strapping Technique with Increased On-time and Improved Efficiency for High-Side Gate-drive Power Delivery
A Synchronous Boot-strapping Technique with Increased On-time and Improved Efficiency for High-Side Gate-drive Power Delivery

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A Resonant Dual Extended LC-tank Dickson Converter with 50% Two-Phase Operation at Odd Conversion Ratios
A Resonant Dual Extended LC-tank Dickson Converter with 50% Two-Phase Operation at Odd Conversion Ratios

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Reducing COSS Switching Loss in a GaN-based Resonant Cockcroft-Walton Converter Using Resonant Charge Redistribution
Reducing COSS Switching Loss in a GaN-based Resonant Cockcroft-Walton Converter Using Resonant Charge Redistribution

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A Resonant Gate Driver with Variable Gain and a Capacitively Decoupled High-Side GaN-FET
A Resonant Gate Driver with Variable Gain and a Capacitively Decoupled High-Side GaN-FET

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A Resonant 1:5 Cockcroft-Walton Converter Utilizing GaN FET Switches with N-Phase and Split-Phase Clocking
A Resonant 1:5 Cockcroft-Walton Converter Utilizing GaN FET Switches with N-Phase and Split-Phase Clocking

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A Resonant Cockcroft-Walton Switched-Capacitor Converter Achieving Full ZCS and >10kW/inch3 Power Density
A Resonant Cockcroft-Walton Switched-Capacitor Converter Achieving Full ZCS and >10kW/inch³ Power Density

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All Publications

Full list of journal and conference papers from the Ellis Power Group.

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