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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Brazil
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
45
Citations
9533
World Ranking
3501
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Cursino B. Jacobina is affiliated with the Federal University of Campina Grande in Brazil and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research covers various subfields, including control and systems engineering, automotive engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and mechanical engineering.

Their research topics are concentrated around areas such as:

  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • Power Quality and Harmonics
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • Wind Turbine Control Systems

Cursino B. Jacobina has contributed significantly to numerous publications, particularly in the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, with 33 papers published in this venue. Other frequent publication venues include the 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and Eletrônica de Potência.

Recent papers include:

  • Grid Harmonic Current Correction Based on Parallel Three-Phase Shunt Active Power Filter, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • A Single-Phase ac-dc-ac Unidirectional Three-Leg Converter, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • Asymmetric 49-Levels Cascaded MPUC Multilevel Inverter Fed by a Single DC Source, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Vienna Rectifiers for WECS Applications With Open-End Winding PMSM, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Six-Leg Single-Phase AC-DC-AC Multilevel Converter With Transformers for UPS and UPQC Applications, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

This scientist has collaborated frequently with various researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Nady Rocha
  • Alan S. Felinto
  • Edgard L. L. Fabrício
  • Nayara B. de Freitas
  • Jean T. Cardoso

Their scholarly output reflects extensive engagement with advanced power electronics, converters, and control systems, often addressing practical applications such as grid harmonic correction, power quality, and converter designs for renewable energy systems.

Best Publications

  • Fault detection of open-switch damage in voltage-fed PWM motor drive systems

    R.L. de Araujo Ribeiro;C.B. Jacobina;E.R.C. da Silva;A.M.N. Lima

  • Fault-tolerant voltage-fed PWM inverter AC motor drive systems

    R.L. de Araujo Ribeiro;C.B. Jacobina;E.R.C. da Silva;A.M.N. Lima

  • A General PWM Strategy for Four-Switch Three-Phase Inverters

    M. Beltrao de Rossiter Correa;C.B. Jacobina;E.R.C. da Silva;A.M.N. Lima

  • Digital scalar pulse-width modulation: a simple approach to introduce nonsinusoidal modulating waveforms

    C.B. Jacobina;A.M. Nogueira Lima;E.R.C. da Silva;R.N.C. Alves

  • An induction motor drive system with improved fault tolerance

    Unknown

  • Current control of unbalanced electrical systems

    C.B. Jacobina;M.B.deR. Correa;T.M. Oliveiro;A.M.N. Lima

  • Improved Dead-Time Compensation for Sinusoidal PWM Inverters Operating at High Switching Frequencies

    A.C. Oliveira;C.B. Jacobina;A.M.N. Lima

  • Pulsewidth Modulation Strategies

    Unknown

  • Vector control strategies for single-phase induction motor drive systems

    M.B. de Rossiter Correa;C.B. Jacobina;E.R.C. da Silva;A.M.N. Lima

  • Vector modeling and control of unbalanced electrical systems

    C.B. Jacobina;M.B.R. Correa;T.M. Oliveira;A.M.N. Lima

  • Rotor-flux-oriented control of a single-phase induction motor drive

    M.B. de Rossiter Correa;C.B. Jacobina;A.M.N. Lima;E.R.C. da Silva

  • A three-leg voltage source inverter for two-phase AC motor drive systems

    M.B. de Rossiter Correa;C.B. Jacobina;A.M.N. Lima;E.R.C. da Silva

  • Vector and scalar control of a four switch three phase inverter

    C.B. Jacobina;E.R.C. da Silva;A.M.N. Lima;R.L.A. Ribeiro

  • An Effective Induction Motor Control for Photovoltaic Pumping

    M A Vitorino;M B de Rossiter Correa;C B Jacobina;A M N Lima

  • Induction motor drive system for low power applications

    C.B. Jacobina;M.B. de Rossiter Correa;E.R.C. da Silva;A.M.N. Lima

  • Control of the single-phase three-leg AC/AC converter

    C.B. Jacobina;T.M. Oliveira;E.R.C. da Silva

  • Single-Phase to Three-Phase Power Converters: State of the Art

    Euzeli Cipriano;C. B. Jacobina;E. R. C. da Silva;N. Rocha

  • A feasible loss model for IGBT in soft-switching inverters

    M.C. Cavalcanti;E.R. da Silva;D. Boroyevich;W. Dong

  • AC motor drive systems with a reduced switch count converter

    Unknown

  • Reduced Switch Count DC-Link AC–AC Five-Leg Converter

    C.B. Jacobina;I.S. de Freitas;E.R.C. da Silva;A.M.N. Lima

  • Modeling and control of unbalanced three-phase systems containing PWM converters

    C.B. Jacobina;M.B. de Rossiter Correa;R.F. Pinheiro;E.R.C. da Silva

  • The Transformerless Single-Phase Universal Active Power Filter for Harmonic and Reactive Power Compensation

    Welflen Ricardo Nogueira Santos;Edison Roberto Cabral da Silva;Cursino Brandao Jacobina;Eisenhawer de Moura Fernandes

  • Single-Phase to Single-Phase Full-Bridge Converter Operating With Reduced AC Power in the DC-Link Capacitor

    I.S. de Freitas;C.B. Jacobina;E. Cipriano dos Santos

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Marcus Nogueira Lima
Antonio Marcus Nogueira Lima Federal University of Campina Grande
E.R.C. da Silva
E.R.C. da Silva Federal University of Paraíba
Francesco Profumo
Francesco Profumo Polytechnic University of Turin
Hamid A. Toliyat
Hamid A. Toliyat Texas A&M University
Robert D. Lorenz
Robert D. Lorenz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dushan Boroyevich
Dushan Boroyevich Virginia Tech
Thomas A. Lipo
Thomas A. Lipo University of Wisconsin–Madison
Andrzej M. Trzynadlowski
Andrzej M. Trzynadlowski University of Nevada Reno

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