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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
USA
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
105
Citations
73928
World Ranking
138
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2005 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multilevel power converter topology, control, and applications.

Overview

Fang Zheng Peng is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research spans primarily within the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Energy Engineering and Power Technology. Other areas of contribution include Surgery and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • HVDC Systems and Fault Protection
  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression
  • Power Systems and Renewable Energy

Fang Zheng Peng has published extensively, with key frequent venues including:

  • IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics
  • 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Envisioning the Future Renewable and Resilient Energy Grids-A Power Grid Revolution Enabled by Renewables, Energy Storage, and Energy Electronics, 2023, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics
  • Control Development and Fault Current Commutation Test for the EDISON Hybrid Circuit Breaker, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • Effect of Gate-Oxide Degradation on Electrical Parameters of Silicon Carbide MOSFETs, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • An Overview of Converter Topologies and Their Derivations and Interrelationships, 2022, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Survey of Topology Morphing Control Techniques for Performance Enhancement of Galvanically Isolated DC-DC Converters, 2022, IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fang Zheng Peng include:

  • Chen-Ching Liu
  • Narendra Ahuja
  • Frede Blaabjerg
  • Dushan Boroyevich
  • Hsiao-Dong Chiang

In recognition of contributions to the field, Fang Zheng Peng was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2005 for work on multilevel power converter topology, control, and applications.

Best Publications

  • Multilevel inverters: a survey of topologies, controls, and applications

    J. Rodriguez;Jih-Sheng Lai;Fang Zheng Peng

  • Z-source inverter

    Fang Zheng Peng

  • Multilevel converters-a new breed of power converters

    Jih-Sheng Lai;Fang Zheng Peng

  • Z‐Source Inverters

    Fang Z. Peng

  • Z-source inverter

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  • Multilevel converters for large electric drives

    L.M. Tolbert;Fang Zheng Peng;T.G. Habetler

  • Four quasi-Z-Source inverters

    J. Anderson;F.Z. Peng

  • Maximum boost control of the Z-source inverter

    Fang Zheng Peng;Miaosen Shen;Zhaoming Qian

  • A multilevel voltage-source inverter with separate DC sources for static VAr generation

    Fang Zheng Peng;Jih-Sheng Lai;J.W. McKeever;J. VanCoevering

  • Trans-Z-Source Inverters

    Wei Qian;Fang Zheng Peng;Honnyong Cha

  • A new approach to harmonic compensation in power systems-a combined system of shunt passive and series active filters

    F.Z. Peng;H. Akagi;A. Nabae

  • Generalized instantaneous reactive power theory for three-phase power systems

    Fang Zheng Peng;Jih-Sheng Lai

  • A new ZVS bidirectional DC-DC converter for fuel cell and battery application

    F.Z. Peng;Hui Li;Gui-Jia Su;J.S. Lawler

  • A generalized multilevel inverter topology with self voltage balancing

    Fang Zheng Peng

  • Constant boost control of the Z-source inverter to minimize current ripple and voltage stress

    Miaosen Shen;Jin Wang;A. Joseph;Fang Zheng Peng

  • Application issues of active power filters

    Fang Zheng Peng

  • Impedance-Source Networks for Electric Power Conversion Part I: A Topological Review

    Yam P. Siwakoti;Fang Zheng Peng;Frede Blaabjerg;Poh Chiang Loh

  • Control for Grid-Connected and Intentional Islanding Operations of Distributed Power Generation

    Irvin J Balaguer;Qin Lei;Shuitao Yang;Uthane Supatti

  • Comparison of Traditional Inverters and $Z$ -Source Inverter for Fuel Cell Vehicles

    Miaosen Shen;A. Joseph;Jin Wang;F.Z. Peng

  • $Z$ -Source Inverter for Residential Photovoltaic Systems

    Yi Huang;Miaosen Shen;F.Z. Peng;Jin Wang

  • Multilevel converters for large electric drives

    L.M. Tolbert;F.Z. Peng

  • Reactive power and harmonic compensation based on the generalized instantaneous reactive power theory for three-phase power systems

    Fang Zheng Peng;Jih-Sheng Lai

Frequent Co-Authors

Baoming Ge
Baoming Ge Michigan State University
Zhaoming Qian
Zhaoming Qian Zhejiang University
Leon M. Tolbert
Leon M. Tolbert University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Haitham Abu-Rub
Haitham Abu-Rub Hamad bin Khalifa University
Jin Wang
Jin Wang The Ohio State University
Jih-Sheng Lai
Jih-Sheng Lai Virginia Tech
Hirofumi Akagi
Hirofumi Akagi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Xinke Wu
Xinke Wu Zhejiang University
Junming Zhang
Junming Zhang Zhejiang University
Gui-Jia Su
Gui-Jia Su Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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