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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
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2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
148
Citations
82283
World Ranking
19
National Ranking
10

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
  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2015 - IEEE Medal in Power Engineering “For contributions to power electronics, especially high-frequency power conversion.
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to high-frequency power conversion and systems integration technologies, education, industry alliances, and technology transfer.
  • 1990 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to high-frequency quasi-resonant and multiresonant converters and for the development of a program of engineering education in power electronics.

Overview

Fred C. Lee is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering. They have contributed extensively to power electronics through numerous publications and collaborations.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Advanced DC-DC Converters
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies
  • Multilevel Inverters and Converters
  • Wireless Power Transfer Systems
  • Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression
  • Induction Heating and Inverter Technology
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Qiang Li
  • Ahmed Nabih
  • Yi-Hsun Hsieh
  • Cheng Lu
  • Wenfei Hu

They have often published research in the following venues:

  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC)
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • IECON 2022 - 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Recent papers include:

  • High Frequency Resonant Converters: An Overview on the Magnetic Design and Control Methods, 2020, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Two-Stage 48-V VRM With Intermediate Bus Voltage Optimization for Data Centers, 2020, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
  • Equivalent Circuit Modeling of LLC Resonant Converter, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • LCCL-LC Resonant Converter and Its Soft Switching Realization for Omnidirectional Wireless Power Transfer Systems, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • High-Frequency Transformer Design With Medium-Voltage Insulation for Resonant Converter in Solid-State Transformer, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Fred C. Lee's contributions to the field have been recognized with several awards and honors:

  • IEEE Fellow (1990) for contributions to high-frequency quasi-resonant and multiresonant converters and for the development of a program of engineering education in power electronics
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2011) for contributions to high-frequency power conversion and systems integration technologies, education, industry alliances, and technology transfer
  • IEEE Medal in Power Engineering (2015) for contributions to power electronics, especially high-frequency power conversion
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2017)

Best Publications

  • Zero-voltage switching technique in DC/DC converters

    K.-H. Liu;F.C.Y. Lee

  • LLC resonant converter for front end DC/DC conversion

    Bo Yang;F.C. Lee;A.J. Zhang;Guisong Huang

  • High-efficiency, high step-up DC-DC converters

    Qun Zhao;F.C. Lee

  • Novel zero-voltage-transition PWM converters

    Guichao Hua;Ching-Shan Leu;Yimin Jiang;F.C.Y. Lee

  • Design considerations for high-voltage high-power full-bridge zero-voltage-switched PWM converter

    J.A. Sabate;V. Vlatkovic;R.B. Ridley;F.C. Lee

  • Optimal design methodology for LLC resonant converter

    Bing Lu;Wenduo Liu;Yan Liang;F.C. Lee

  • Performance improvements of interleaving VRMs with coupling inductors

    Pit-Leong Wong;Peng Xu;P. Yang;F.C. Lee

  • Future electronic power distribution systems a contemplative view

    Dushan Boroyevich;Igor Cvetkovic;Dong Dong;Rolando Burgos

  • Investigation of candidate VRM topologies for future microprocessors

    Xunwei Zhou;Pit-Leong Wong;Peng Xu;F.C. Lee

  • Impedance specifications for stable DC distributed power systems

    Xiaogang Feng;Jinjun Liu;F.C. Lee

  • A method of defining the load impedance specification for a stable distributed power system

    C.M. Wildrick;F.C. Lee;B.H. Cho;B. Choi

  • Three-dimensional space vector modulation for four-leg voltage-source converters

    R. Zhang;V.H. Prasad;D. Boroyevich;F.C. Lee

  • Analytical loss model of power MOSFET

    Yuancheng Ren;Ming Xu;Jinghai Zhou;F.C. Lee

  • Novel zero-current-transition PWM converters

    Guichao Hua;E.X. Yang;Yimin Jiang;F.C. Lee

  • Small-signal modeling of average current-mode control

    W. Tang;F.C. Lee;R.B. Ridley

  • A classification and evaluation of paralleling methods for power supply modules

    Shiguo Luo;Zhihong Ye;Ray-Lee Lin;F.C. Lee

  • Control of circulating current in two parallel three-phase boost rectifiers

    Zhihong Ye;D. Boroyevich;Jae-Young Choi;F.C. Lee

  • Utilization of an active-clamp circuit to achieve soft switching in flyback converters

    R. Watson;F.C. Lee;G.C. Hua

  • Evaluation and Application of 600 V GaN HEMT in Cascode Structure

    Xiucheng Huang;Zhengyang Liu;Qiang Li;Fred C. Lee

  • A zero-voltage and zero-current switching three-level DC/DC converter

    F. Canales;P. Barbosa;F.C. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Li
Qiang Li Virginia Tech
Ming Xu
Ming Xu FSP-Powerland Technology
Shuo Wang
Shuo Wang University of Florida
Dushan Boroyevich
Dushan Boroyevich Virginia Tech
Paolo Mattavelli
Paolo Mattavelli University of Padua
J.D. van Wyk
J.D. van Wyk University of Johannesburg
Dan Chen
Dan Chen National Taiwan University
Milan M. Jovanovic
Milan M. Jovanovic Delta Electronics (Americas) Ltd.
Bo-Hyung Cho
Bo-Hyung Cho Seoul National University
Jih-Sheng Lai
Jih-Sheng Lai Virginia Tech

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