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246
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to digital control of high-frequency switched-mode power converters
  • 2012 - IEEE PELS Modeling and Control Technical Achievement Award For his contribution in digital control of high switching frequency power supplies

Overview

Dragan Maksimovic is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. They specialize in engineering, with a strong focus on electrical and electronic engineering alongside contributions in nuclear and high energy physics, control and systems engineering, automotive engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research portfolio is concentrated in advanced power electronics and related technologies. Key topics of their work include:

  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • Wireless Power Transfer Systems
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Neutrino Physics Research

Maksimovic has published extensively in several venues, with most of their contributions appearing in power electronics journals and conferences. The frequent publication venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IET Conference Proceedings
  • IEEE Transactions on Components Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Examples of recent published papers are:

  • "Reduction of AC Winding Losses Due to Fringing-Field Effects in High-Frequency Inductors With Orthogonal Air Gaps" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "High-Performance Megahertz-Frequency Resonant DC-DC Converter for Automotive LED Driver Applications" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "A Two-Stage Automotive LED Driver With Multiple Outputs" (2021) in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "State-of-Charge Balancing With Parallel and Series Output Connected Battery Power Modules" (2022) in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "High-Frequency Wide-Range Resonant Converter Operating as an Automotive LED Driver" (2020) in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Maksimovic has collaborated frequently with a select group of coauthors, which include:

  • Satyaki Mukherjee
  • Branko Majmunović
  • Yucheng Gao
  • Vivek Sankaranarayanan
  • Regan Zane

Their research exhibits a particular emphasis on high-frequency switched-mode power supplies and digital control techniques. Maksimovic has received recognition such as the IEEE Fellow distinction awarded in 2015 for contributions to digital control of high-frequency switched-mode power converters. In 2012, they were presented with the IEEE PELS Modeling and Control Technical Achievement Award for contributions to digital control of high switching frequency power supplies.

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of Power Electronics

    Robert Warren Erickson;Dragan Maksimovic

  • High-frequency digital PWM controller IC for DC-DC converters

    B.J. Patella;A. Prodic;A. Zirger;D. Maksimovic

  • Switching converters with wide DC conversion range

    D. Maksimovic;S. Cuk

  • Predictive digital current programmed control

    Jingquan Chen;A. Prodic;R.W. Erickson;D. Maksimovic

  • Modeling and simulation of power electronic converters

    D. Maksimovic;A.M. Stankovic;V.J. Thottuvelil;G.C. Verghese

  • Nonlinear-carrier control for high-power-factor boost rectifiers

    D. Maksimovic;Yungtaek Jang;R.W. Erickson

  • Performance limits of switched-capacitor DC-DC converters

    M.S. Makowski;D. Maksimovic

  • Modeling of Quantization Effects in Digitally Controlled DC–DC Converters

    Hao Peng;A. Prodic;E. Alarcon;D. Maksimovic

  • Design and implementation of a digital PWM controller for a high-frequency switching DC-DC power converter

    A. Prodic;D. Maksimovic;R.W. Erickson

  • Impact of digital control in power electronics

    Unknown

  • Small-Signal Discrete-Time Modeling of Digitally Controlled PWM Converters

    D. Maksimovic;R. Zane

  • Architectures and Control of Submodule Integrated DC–DC Converters for Photovoltaic Applications

    C. Olalla;D. Clement;M. Rodriguez;D. Maksimovic

  • DC-DC converter design for battery-operated systems

    B. Arbetter;R. Erickson;D. Maksimovic

  • Sensorless optimization of dead times in dc–dc converters with synchronous rectifiers

    Vahid Yousefzadeh;Dragan Maksimovic

  • Digital pulse width modulator architectures

    A. Syed;E. Ahmed;D. Maksimovic;E. Alarcon

  • System identification of power converters with digital control through cross-correlation methods

    B. Miao;R. Zane;D. Maksimovic

  • Three-level buck converter for envelope tracking applications

    V. Yousefzadeh;E. Alarcon;D. Maksimovic

  • Analysis and design of a low-stress buck-boost converter in universal-input PFC applications

    Jingquan Chen;D. Maksimovic;R.W. Erickson

  • A unified analysis of PWM converters in discontinuous modes

    D. Maksimovic;S. Cuk

  • Pass-transistor adiabatic logic using single power-clock supply

    V.G. Oklobdzija;D. Maksimovic;Fengcheng Lin

  • Modeling of quantization effects in digitally controlled DC-DC converters

    Hao Peng;D. Maksimovic;A. Prodic;E. Alarcon

Frequent Co-Authors

Regan Zane
Regan Zane Utah State University
Robert W. Erickson
Robert W. Erickson University of Colorado Boulder
Aleksandar Prodic
Aleksandar Prodic University of Toronto
Zoya Popovic
Zoya Popovic University of Colorado Boulder
Eduard Alarcon
Eduard Alarcon Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Daniel Costinett
Daniel Costinett University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Paolo Mattavelli
Paolo Mattavelli University of Padua
Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson University of Washington
Kandler Smith
Kandler Smith National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Vojin G. Oklobdzija
Vojin G. Oklobdzija University of California, Davis

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