These two volumes contain the proceedings of the 15th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2000. Issues addressed include: marketing strategies; high power DC-DC converters; induction motor drives; three-phase design techniques; and more.
Session 1, Plenary Session International Ballroom R. Mark Nelms Automotive Electrical Systems - The Power Electronics Market of the Future 3(7) J.G. Kassakian Where Are Power Supplies Headed? 10(8) R.J. Huljak V.J. Thottuvelil A.J. Marsh B.A. Miller AC Adjustable-Speed Drives at the Millennium: How Did We Get Here? 18(9) T.M. Jahns E.L. Owen Implementing the Whole Product Concept in Strategic Sector Marketing 27(4) A.N. Alderman Optimally Selecting Packaging Technologies and Circuit Partitions Based on Cost and Performance 31(8) J.B. Jacobsen D.C. Hopkins Design Considerations for 12-V/1.5-V, 50-A Voltage Regulator Modules 39(10) Y. Panov M.M. Jovanovic Session 2, Marketing Strategies For Today Meeting Room: Bayou II & IV Connie Heath Kubasti Larry Gilbert An Analysis of Dual-Source Strategies for Custom Power Supplies 49(6) F.M. Miles Critical Trends in Communications and Their Implications for Power Supply Makers 55(4) L. Brush A Structured Approach to Determining User Requirements for Power Electronics Packaging D.C. Hopkins J.P. Hustad US Merchant Markets and Applications for Internal AC/DC Switching Power Supplies and DC/DC Converters 59(5) M.T. Gaboriault Are You Ready for Contract Manufacturing? 64(6) T.L. Ulvinen Marketing Lessons Learned from a Complementary Power Industry 70(3) B. Papermaster Marketing/Selling Through the Web 73(6) M. Mankikar Session 3, High Power DC-DC Converters I Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom Anton Sommer A PWM Full-Bridge Converter with Load Independent Soft-Switching Capability 79(7) G. Moschopoulos P. Jain A 3kW Soft Switching DC-DC Converter 86(7) I.D. Jitaru A Novel Partial Series Resonant DC/DC Converter with Zero-Voltage/Zero-Current Switching 93(6) E.S. Kim D.Y. Lee D.S. Hyun High Power High Frequency Half-Wave-Mode ZCT-PWM Full Bridge DC/DC Converter 99(5) D.M. Xu X.H. Wu J.M. Zhang Z. Qian Zero-Voltage and Zero-Current Hybrid Soft-Switching Phase-Shifted PWM DC-DC Power Converter for High Power Applications 104(7) T. Morimoto S. Shirakawa O. Koudriavtsev M. Nakaoka Operation Principles of Bi-Directional Full-Bridge DC/DC Converter with Unified Soft-Switching Scheme and Soft-Starting Capability 111(8) K. Wang F.C. Lee J. Lai An Improved ZVZCS PWM FB DC/DC Converter Using the Modified Energy Recovery Snubber 119(8) E.S. Kim K.Y. Joe S.G. park Y.H. Kim Session 4, Induction Motor Drives I Meeting Room: Bayou I & III Youqing Xiang Speed Adaptive Observer for Sensorless IM Drive using Combined Reference Frames 127(6) F. Yusivar K. Uchida H. Haratsu S. Wakao T. Onuki Speed and Flux Sensorless Field Oriented Control of Induction Motors for Electric Vehicles 133(7) F.Z. Peng Induction Motor Speed Detection by Applying Goertzels Algorithm to Current Harmonics 140(4) T. Zho D.S. Zinger Sensorless Vector Control of Induction Motor Based on a Flux Compensation with Application to Hoist Crane 144(4) J. Kim K. Nam J. Chung H. Sunwoo Speed Sensorless Control of Induction Motor Considering the Flux Saturation 148(6) J.S. Choi W.M. Kim Y.S. Kim Reduced Torque Ripple and Constant Torque Switching Frequency Strategy for Direct Torque Control of Induction Machine 154(8) N. Idris A.H.M. Yatim A Novel Direct Torque Control (DTC) Method for Five-Phase Induction Machines 162(9) H.A. Toliyat H. Xu Session 5A, Boost Converter Design & Analysis Meeting Room: Emerald Ballroom Arthur E. Brockschmidt A Comparative Study of Soft-Switched CCM Boost Rectifiers and an Interleaved Variable-Frequency DCM Boost Rectifier 171(7) B.T. Irving Y. Jang M.M. Jovanovic Novel Boost PFC with Low Common Mode EMI: Modeling and Design 178(4) W. Xin M.H. Pong Z.Y. Lu Z.M. Qian A New Single Phase Power Factor Corrector Converter 182(6) B. Vieira Borges V. Anunciada A Step-Down Converter with Low Ripple Input Current for Power Factor Correction 188(9) V. Grigore J. Kyyra Session 5B Three-Phase Design Techniques Meeting Room: Emerald Ballroom Richard Redl Analysis of Three-Phase/Three-Level Rectifiers at Low Load and Discontinuous Conduction Mode 197(8) P. Ide N. Froehleke H. Grotstollen W. Korb B. Margaritis Three-Phase Voltage Source Soft-Switching Active Power Filter 205(6) M. Kurokawa C.Y. Inaba Y. Konishi M. Nakaoka Analysis and Design Harmonic Subtractors for Three Phase Rectifier Equipment to Meet Harmonic Compliance 211(10) J. Hahn M. Kang P. N. Enjeti I.J. Pitel Session 6, Modeling and Control I Meeting Room: University Room Seshadri Sivakumar Small Signal Model and Control of an Independently Regulated Multiple Output Forward Converter Topology 221(7) Y. Xi P.K. Jain Study of System Instability in Current-Mode Converter Power Systems Operating in Solar Array Voltage Regulation Mode 228(7) K. Siri Analysis, Design and Performance Evaluation of Droop Current-Sharing Method 235(7) B.T. Irving M.M. Jovanovic Prediction of Switching Loss Variations by Averaged Switch Modeling 242(7) O. Al-Naseem R.W. Erikson P. Carlin Unified Averaged Switch Models for Stability Analysis of Large Distributed Power Systems 249(7) J. Sun Modeling Average Current Mode Control 256(7) P. Cooke A Novel Unified Average Model for Single Switch DC-DC Converter 263(8) Y. Ren W. Wu Z. Qian K. Ruan Session 7A, Power Electronics Packaging Meeting Room: Bayou II & IV Douglas C. Hopkins Evaluation of the Metal Post Interconnected Parallel Plate Structure for Power Electronic Building Blocks 271(6) K. Siddabattula Z. Chen D. Boroyevich High Power Density DC/DC Converter using Thick-Film Hybrid Technology 277(7) A.M. Pernia M.J. Prieto J.M. Lopera J. Reilly S. Linton C. Quinones R. Madsen Current Handling and Thermal Considerations in a High Current Semiconductor Switch Package 284(6) P. Dugdale A. Woodworth Packaging of Integrated Power Electronics Modules Using Flip-Chip Technology 290(9) X. Liu S. Haque J. Wang G.Q. Lu Session 7B, Thermal Management Of Power Modules Meeting Room: Bayou II & IV Jeff Fishbein Active Cooling for High Power Density Board Mounted Power Modules S.S. Chen F. Lin R.E. Radke R.J. Hooey Thermal Management of Power Electronics Modules via Acoustic Micrography Imaging 299(10) S. Haque X. Liu G.Q. Lu J. Goings The Limit of Power Density and the Heat Dissipation of Air-Cooled Encapsulated Power Modules S.S. Chen K.E. Wolf G.K. Lee Session 8, High Power DC-DC Converters II Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom Gerry Moschopoulos New Start-up Schemes for Isolated Full-Bridge Boost Converters 309(5) L. Zhu K. Wang F.C. Lee J. Lai A Zero Voltage and Zero Current Switching Three Level DC/DC Converter 314(7) F. Canales P.M. Barbosa F.C. Lee Modeling, Analysis and Design of 10kW Parallel Module Zero-Voltage Zero-Current Switched Full Bridge PWM Converter 321(6) H. Choi J.W. Kim J.H. Lee B.H. Cho Leading-edge Modulation Voltage-mode Control with Flux Unbalance Correction for Push-pull Converter 327(7) X. Zhou D. Chen C. Jamerson A Lossless Commutation PWM Two Level Forward Converter Operating Like a Full-Bridge 334(6) D.S. Oliveira C.A. Bissochi, Jr. J.B. Vieira, Jr. V.J. Farias L.C. de Freitas A Novel Full-Bridge DC-DC Converter for Battery Charging Using Secondary-Side Control Combines Soft-Switching over the Full Load Range and Low Magnetics Requirement 340(7) R. Ayyanar N. Mohan Feedforward Ripple Cancellation for a Full-Bridge Converter 347(8) D.K. Jackson S.B. Leeb Session 9, Synchronous Motor Drives Meeting Room: Bayou I & III Peter Carruthers A Bi-directional Induction Motor Drive with High Power Quality 355(7) S.C. Yip H. Chung S. Y. R. Hui Y.K.E. Ho Optimal Excitation of a High Speed Switched Reluctance Generator 362(7) E. Mese Y. Sozer J.M. Kokernak D.A. Torrey Accurate Rotor Position Detection for Sensorless Control of SRM for Super-High Speed Operation 369(7) L. Xu C. Wang Voltage Feedback Signal Conditioning in Switched Reluctance Generation Systems 376(5) D.B. Wicklund D.S. Zinger Sensorless Vector Control of Synchronous Reluctance Motors with Disturbance Torque Observer 381(6) T. Senjyu T. Shingaki K. Uezato An Accurate Modeling for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives 387(6) N. Urasaki T. Senjyu K. Uezato A Vector Control Scheme for a PMLSM Considering a Non-uniform Flux Distribution 393(6) B.G. Gu K. Nam Session 10, Digital and Analog Control of Harmonic Filters Meeting Room: University Room Jaime Arau A Closed-Loop Selective Harmonic Compensation for Active Filters 399(7) P. Mattavelli S. Fasolo Unified Constant-Frequency Integration Control of Active Power Filters 406(7) L. Zhou K.M. Smedley A Novel Control Method for Input Output Harmonic Elimination of the PWM Boost Type Rectifier Under Unbalanced Operating Conditions 413(7) A.V. Stankovic T.A. Lipo Control Strategies for Active Power Filter in Three-Phase Four-Wire Systems 420(7) S.S. Kim P.N. Enjeti DSP Based Control Method of Active Filter: Elimination of Switching Ripples 427(7) B.N. Singh A. Chandra P. Rastgoufard K. Al-Haddad A Novel DSP Controlled 2kW PFC Converter with a Simple Sampling Algorithm 434(4) J. Zhou Z. Lu Z. Lin Y. Ren Z. Qian Y. Wang Implementation of a DSP Based Active Power Filter for Electric Power Distribution Systems Supplying Nonlinear Loads 438(7) W. Shireen L. Tao M.S. Arefeen Session 11, Single-Phase Power Factor Correction Meeting Room: Emerald Ballroom Laszlo Huber A Novel Single-Stage Off-Line Converter with PFC and Fast Output Voltage Regulation 445(7) D. O Sullivan M.G. Egan M. Willers A Simplified Controller for a Half-bridge Boost Rectifier 452(4) D. Schmilovitz D. Czarkowski Z. Zabar S. Zou A Novel Single-Phase Active-Clamped ZVT-PWM PFC Converter 456(4) D.M. Xu J.M. Zhang X.H. Wu Y.C. Ren Z. Qian A Topology Survey of Single-Stage Power Factor Corrector with a Boost Type Input-Current-Shaper 460(8) C. Qiao K.M. Smedley A New Active Input Current Shaper for Converters with Symmetrically Driven Transformer 468(7) J. Sebastian A. Fernandez P. Villegas M. Hernando S. Ollero Skynet Power Factor Correction Cell 475(5) J.H. Liang W.S. Chien C. Leu A Constant Power Battery Charger Circuit with Inherent Soft Switching and PFC 480(7) F.N.K. Poon M.H. Pong Session 12, AC-DC Converters Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom Michael A.E. Andersen Simple AC/DC Converters to Meet IEC 1000-3-2 487(7) O. Garcia J.A. Cobos R. Prieto P. Alou J. Uceda Complementary Half Controlled Three Phase PWM Boost Rectifier for Multi-DC-Link Applications 494(7) J. Kikuchi M.D. Manjrekar T.A. Lipo New Control Scheme for 3-Phase PWM AC/DC Converter without Phase Angle Detection under Unbalanced Input Voltage Conditions 501(5) K.S. Park S.C. Ahn D.S. Hyun S.Y. Choe Control of Circulating Current in Parallel Three-Phase Boost Rectifiers 506(7) Z. Ye D. Boroyevich J.Y. Choi F.C. Lee Three-Phase AC/DC Regulated Power Supplies: A Comparative Evaluation of Different Topologies 513(6) B.N. Singh P. Jain G. Joos A New Concept for Minimizing High-Frequency Common-Mode EMI of Three-Phase PWM Rectifier Systems Keeping High Utilization of the Output Voltage 519(9) J.W. Kolar H. Ertl U. Drofenik J. Minibock H. Ertl An Improved Topology of Boost Converter with Ripple Free Input Current 528(7) Z. Lu H. Chen Z. Qian T.C. Green Session 13, PWM Techniques Meeting Room: Bayou I & III Fang Zheng Peng An Improved DC-Link Voltage for Four-Level Inverter at Low Modulation Index R.Y. Kim D.H. Kim D.S. Hyun C.H. Choi Multilevel Space Vector PWM Technique Based on Phase-Shift Harmonic Suppression 535(7) L. Li D. Czarkowski Y. Liu P. Pillay An Improved Carrierwave-based SVPWM Method Using Phase Voltage Redundancies for Generalized Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Topology 542(7) D.W. Kang Y.H. Lee D.S. Hyun B.S. Suh C.H. Choi A Space Vector PWM Method for Three-Level Voltage Source Inverters 549(7) P.F. Seixas M.A. Severo-Mendes P. Donoso-Garcia A.M.N. Lima A Novel Wide Range Pulse Width Overmodulation Method 556(6) A. Diaz E.G. Strangas Four-Legged Converter 3-D SVM Scheme Over-modulation Study 562(7) C. Liu D. Peng R. Zhang G. Lai F.C. Lee D. Boroyevich Optimized Selection of the Random PWM Switching Frequencies in a Limited Pool 569(8) K.A. Almarri J.C. Balda K. Carr Session 14, Lamp Ballasts Meeting Room: Bayou II & IV Dan Savage An Electronic Ballast for Operating Fluorescent Lamps in Wide Temperature Range 577(7) C.S. Moo T.F. Lin Y.C. Chuang Kung-Shan A New Family of One-Switch Topologies for Low Input Voltage Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts: Tapped-Inductor-Inverters Selection Criteria and Design Methodology 584(7) E.L. Corominas J.M. Alonso A.J. Calleja J. Ribas M. Rico-Secades Analysis of the Class E Amplifier with Two Current Sources used as a High-Power-Factor Electronic Ballast for Fluorescent Lamps 591(6) M. Ponce J. Arau J.M. Alonso Low-Cost High-Power-Factor Electronic Ballast based on the Self-Oscillating Buck-Boost Inverter 597(6) J. Ribas J.M. Alonso A.J. Calleja E.L. Corominas M. Rico-Secades A Critical-Conduction-Mode Single-Stage Power-Factor-Correction Electronic Ballast 603(7) F. Tao F.C. Lee Evaluation of a Novel Single-Stage High-Power-Factor Electronic Ballast Based on Integrated Buck Half-Bridge Resonant Inverter 610(7) J.M. Alonso A.J. Calleja J. Ribas E. Corominas M. Rico-Secades An Interleaved Single-Stage Power-Factor-Correction Electronic Ballast 617(10) F. Tao F.C. Lee Session 15, Passive Components Meeting Room: University Ballroom Mark Wojcicki Planar Integrated Magnetics Assembly for High Voltage Converters 627(6) B. Jacobson M. Barnett R. DiPerna J. McGinty An Improved Calorimeter for Measuring the Core Loss of Magnetic Materials 633(7) R. Linkous A.W. Kelley K.C. Armstrong Analysis of Buck-Boost Converter Inductor Loss Using a Simple Online B-H Curve Tracer 640(7) H.Y. Chung F.N.K. Poon C.P. Liu M.H. Pong Modeling and Accurate Determination of Winding Losses of High Frequency Transformers in Various Power Electronics Applications 647(7) L. Heinemann J. Helfrich High-Frequency Behavior of Laminated Iron-Core Inductors for Filtering Applications 654(7) U. Reggiani G. Grandi G. Sancineto M.K. Kazimierczuk A. Massarini Conductive Polymer Cathodes - The Latest Step in Declining ESR in Tantalum Capacitors 661(7) J.D. Prynack Integrated Capacitor and Converter Package 668(7) B.A. Jordan R.L. Spyker Session 16, Techniques for Improving Converter Performance Meeting Room: Emerald Ballroom Andy Marsh Optimizing Transister Performance in Synchronous Rectifier, Buck Converters 675(4) S. Deuty Efficiency Improvement of Synchronous Rectifier in a ZVS-PWM Controlled Series-Resonant Converter with Active Clamp 679(7) H. Tanaka T. Ninomya Y. Okabe T. Zaitzu Low Output Voltage AC/DC Converter with a New Scheme of Synchronous Rectification that Complies with IEC 1000-3-2 Regulations 686(6) A. Fernandez J. Sebastian P. Alou J.A. Cobos M. Rascon A Self-Driven Active Reset Converter for Low-Voltage High-Current Applications 692(7) P. Kumar An Improved Energy Recovery Soft-Switching Turn-on/Turn-off Passive Boost Snubber with Peak Voltage Clamp 699(8) J. He Mixed-Mode EMI Noise and Its Implications to Filter Design in Offline Switching Power Supplies 707(7) S. Qu D.Y. Chen High Frequency Resistance in Flyback Type Transformers 714(9) R. Preito J.A. Cobos O. Garcia P. Alou J. Uceda Session 17, DC-DC Converters I Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom Ionel Dan Jitaru An Improved Boost PWM Soft-Single-Switched Converter with Low Voltage and Current Stresses 723(6) L. dos R. Barbosa J. Batista Vieira, Jr. L.C. de Freitas V.J. Farias Application of the ZCS Auxiliary Commutation Circuits in an Interleaved Boost Converter Operating in Critical Conduction Mode 729(6) C.M. de O. Stein J.R. Pinheiro H.L. Hey A Novel Integrated Current Doubler Rectifier 735(6) P. Xu Q. Wu P.L. Wong F.C. Lee A Novel Zero-Voltage and Zero-Current Soft-Switching PWM DC-DC Converter with Reduced Conduction Losses 741(7) S. Hamada L. Gamage T. Morimoto M. Nakaoka PWM-PD Multiple Output DC/DC Converters Without Transformer 748(6) A. Barrado E. Olias A. Lazaro J. Pleite A Novel ZVT Circuit for Interleaving Two-transistor Forward Converter 754(6) F. Han X. Dehong M. Matsui A Modified ZVZCS Commutation Cell for All Active Switches in PWM Converters 760(9) S.H. Ryu D. Y. Lee S.B. Yoo D.S. Hyun Session 18, Components in Circuit Applications Meeting Room: University Room Carl Blake Design of a Contactless Battery Charger for Cellular Phone 769(5) C.G. Kim D.H. Seo J.S. You J.H. Park B.H. Cho Load Leveling Using EDLCs under PLL Control 774(7) G. Ariyoshi K. Harada K. Yamasaki K. Murata An Improved Method for Controlling an EDLC-Battery Hybrid Stand-alone Photovoltaic Power System 781(6) Y. Nozaki K. Akiyama H. Kawaguchi K. Kurokawa A Manufacturing Method for Multilayer Tube-winding with Interleaved Primary and Secondary Windings 787(4) M. Sippola R. Sepponen A PWM Controller for Extended Temperature Applications 791(5) F. Shi Electric Vehicle Charger with Printed Circuit Board Magnetic Components 796(7) C.P. Henze Effects of Powering Low-Voltage, High-Current Load on Components from Power Design Perspective 803(8) N. Dai Session 19, Modeling and Control II Meeting Room: Emerald Ballroom Russ Spyker Envelope Simulation by SPICE Compatible Models of Electric Circuits Driven by Modulated Signals 811(7) S. Ben-Yaakov S. Glozman R. Rabinovici Ripple Effects on Small Signal Models in Average Current Mode Control 818(6) C. Sun B. Lehman J. Sun Charge Control of Three-Phase Buck PWM Rectifiers 824(8) K. Wang D. Boroyevich F.C. Lee Sensorless Control Strategies for PWM Rectifier 832(7) S. Hansen M. Malinowski F. Blaabjerg M.P. Kazmierkowski Wideband Circuit Model for Bus Bar Impedance 839(7) M. Jones A.W. Kelley PSPICE-Compatible Electrical Equivalent Circuit for Busbars 846(6) M. Besacier J.L. Schanen J. Roudet P. Suau J.C. Crebier Design Verification and Testing of Power Supply System by using Virtual Prototype 852(9) Q. Li F.C. Lee T.G. Wilson Jr. Session 20A, AC-AC Converters Meeting Room: Bayou I & III Bill Peterson Application of Power Electronics to the Distribution Transformer 861(7) E.R. Ronan, Jr. S.D. Sudhoff S.F. Glover D.L. Galloway Two AC/AC Regulators Studied in a Comparative Way: The Serial AC Link Regulator and the Boost/Inverter Converter 868(7) J.C. de Oliveira E.A. Soares da Silva V.J. Farias L.C. de Freitas J.B. Vieira, Jr. A Proposal of an AC/AC Serial Regulator using a Capacitor as the Serial Component 875(5) J.C. de Oliveira C.A. Bissochi, Jr. F. Vincenzi R.S. V.J. Farias Luiz C. de Freitas J.B. Vieira, Jr. Transformerless 4-Leg Current Conditioner with Voltage Restoring Capability 880(9) F. Carocci H. Stemmler Session 20B, Inverter Control Meeting Room: Bayou I & III Bill Peterson A New Distributed Digital Controller for Next Generation Power Electronics Building Blocks 889(6) I. Celanovic I. Milosavljevic D. Boroyevich R. Cooley J. Guo A New Space Vector Based Control Method for UPS Systems Powering Nonlinear and Unbalanced Loads 895(7) U. Borup Jensen P. Enjeti F. Blaabjerg A New Integrated Controller Based 100kVA Mobile Engine Generator for Single/Three Phase Distribution Line Backup 902(9) C.Y. Jeong J.G. Cho W. Baek D.W. Yoo Session 21, Induction Motor Drives II Meeting Room: Bayou II & IV James M. Kokernak New Inverter Output Filter Topology for PWM Motor Drives 911(7) Y. Sozer D.A. Torrey S. Reva A New Space Vector Pulsewidth Modulation Strategy for Reducing Ground to Stator-Neutral Voltage in Inverter-Fed AC Motor Drives 918(6) H.D. Lee Y.C. Son S.K. Sul Field-Oriented Control of an Induction Motor using Random Pulse Width Modulation 924(8) M.M. Bech J.K. Pedersen F. Blaabjerg A New Hybrid Random Pulse Width Modulator for Industrial Drives 932(7) V. Blasko M.M. Bech F. Blaabjerg J.K. Pedersen A Flexible High Performance Advanced Controller for Electric Machines 939(5) H.U. Rehman R.J. Hampo Analysis of Parallel Operation Methods of PWM Inverter Sets in an Ultra-High Speed Elevator 944(7) T. Yoshikawa H. Inaba T. Mine Hybrid Rectifier Using Thyristors and IGBTs for Low Cost Regenerative Drives 951(8) G. Oriti A.L. Julian Session 22, DC-DC Converters II Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom John Bassett Clamp Voltage Analysis for RCD Forward Converters 959(7) C.D. Bridge Design Consideration of the Active-Clamp Forward Converter with Current Mode Control during Large-Signal Transient 966(7) Q. Li F.C. Lee Investigating Coupling Inductors in Interleaving QSW VRM 973(6) P.L. Wong Q. Wu P. Xu B. Yang F.C. Lee A ZCS Bi-Directional Flyback DC/DC Converter Using the Leakage Inductance of the Coupled Inductor 979(7) H.S.H. Chung S.Y.R. Hui K.M. Chan C.T. Chung A Precisely Regulated Multiple Output Forward Converter Topology 986(7) Y. Xi P. Jain Y.F. Liu Two Methods to Drive Synchronous Rectifiers During Dead Time in Forward Topologies 993(7) X. Xuefei J.C.P. Liu F.N.K. Poon B.M.H. Pong Influence of Windings Coupling in Low-voltage DC/DC Converters with Single Winding Self-Driven Synchronous Rectification 1000(9) P. Alou J.A. Cobos R. Prieto J. Uceda M. Rascon Session 23, Soft-Switched Inverters Meeting Room: Bayou I & III David Torrey Characterization of EMI Performance for Hard and Soft-Switched Inverters 1009(6) J. Shao Ray L. Lin F.C. Lee D.Y. Chen Investigation of a High Power Three-Level Quasi-Resonant DC-Link Voltage Source Inverter 1015(8) T. Bruckner S. Bernet Improved ZVT Three-Phase Inverter with Two Auxiliary Switches 1023(7) J.Y. Choi D. Boroyevich F.C. Lee A Novel Three-Phase Zero-Count-Transition and Quasi-Zero-Voltage-Transition (ZCT-QZVT) Inverter/Rectifier with Reduced Stresses on Devices and Components 1030(7) Y. Li F.C. Lee J. Lai D. Boroyevich A Resonant Driver for a Piezoelectric Motor with Single Transistor Direction Switches 1037(7) S. Ben-Yaakov E. Rozanov T. Wasserman T. Rafaeli L. Shiv G. Ivensky Comparison Between a Novel Zero-Switching-Loss Topology and Two Existing Zero-Current-Transition Topologies 1044(5) X. Jing D. Borojevich Efficiency Considerations of Load Side Soft-Switching Inverters for Electric Vehicle Applications 1049(10) W. Dong J.Y. Choi Y. Li H. Yu J. Lai D. Boroyevich F.C. Lee Session 24A, Unique Utility Interfaces Meeting Room: Emerald Ballroom Herb Hess An Improved Approach to Reduce Harmonics in the Utility Interface of Wind, Photovoltaic and Fuel Cell Power Systems 1059(7) A.M. El-Tamaly P.N. Enjeti H.H. El-Tamaly Thyristor Controlled Two-Stage Magnetic-Valve Reactor for Dynamic Var-Compensation in Electric Railway Power Supply Systems 1066(7) B. Chen J.M. Kokernak A Family of Single-Stage Power Factor Correctors with Regenerative Clamping C. Qiao K.M. Smedley F. Maddaleno A Harmonic Reference Frame Based Current Controller for Active Filter 1073(8) S.J. Lee S.K. Sul Session 24B, Modeling and Control III Meeting Room: Emerald Ballroom Jian Sun Analysis and Modeling of a Piezoelectric Transformer in High Output Voltage Applications 1081(7) G. Ivensky M. Shvartsas S. Ben-Yaakov A Novel Power PIN Diode Behavioral Spice Macromodel Including the Forward and Reverse Recoveries and the Self-Heating Process 1088(7) A. Maxim G. Maxim Analysis of the Class AD Audio Amplifier Including Hysteresis Effects 1095(8) A. Ginart W.M. Leach, Jr. R.M. Bass T. Habetler K. Gray Session 25, Power Semiconductors Meeting Room: Bayou II & IV Alexander H. Craig IGBT Ghost Failures in Boost Topology Circuits Explained Through Third Quadrant Operation 1103(6) A.H. Craig Cuba, NY R.H. Randall J. Yedinak Impact of Switching Sequence on Zero Current Switching Performance of Power Bipolar Semiconductor Devices 1109(6) R. Vijayalakshmi M. Trivedi K. Shenai Analysis by Measurements and Circuit Simulations of the PT - and NPT-IGBT under Different Short-Circuit Conditions 1115(7) M. Cotorogea A. Claudio J. Aguayo Parastic Extraction Methodology for Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors 1122(7) M. Trivedi K. Shenai Comparison of the State-of-the Art High Power IGBTs, GCTs and ETOs 1129(8) K. Motto Y. Li A.Q. Huang Resonant Gate Commutated Thyristor (RGCT) - A New Snubberless Turn-Off GTO 1137(7) Y. Li A.Q. Huang K. Motto Experimental Demonstration of the MOS Controlled Diode (MCD) 1144(7) Z. Xu B. Zhang A.Q. Huang Session 26, Power Electronics Gumbo Meeting Room: University Room Lars Thorsell A RISC-Microcontroller based Photovoltaic System for Illumination Applications 1151(6) M. Godoy Simoes N.N. Franceschetti A Non-Contact Power-Supply Card Powered by Solar Cells for Mobile Communications 1157(6) Y. Kanai M. Mino T. Sakai T. Yachi A Design Approach for Server Power Supplies for Networking Applications 1163(7) L. Huber M.M. Jovanovic Characterizing the Generation & Coupling Mechanisms of Electromagnetic Interference Noise from an Electric Vehicle Traction Drive up to Microwave Frequencies 1170(7) C. Chen Low Power AC/DC On-Board Converters for Rectified AC Power Distribution Demonstrator for Telecommunication 1177(6) L. Alvarez Barcia A. Fontan A. Huertas A. Fernandez J. Gonzalez J. Ara Processor Power Subsystem Architectures 1183(7) R. Kollman D. Chamberlin On-Line Measurement on Stability Margin of DC Distributed Power System 1190 X. Feng F.C. Lee Authors Index for Volume I Authors Index for Volume II