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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Brazil
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
64
Citations
14477
World Ranking
1311
National Ranking
1

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
  • 2023 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2020 - IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award For contributions to soft-switching converter technologies and power electronics education.
  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to soft switching converter technology

Overview

Ivo Barbi is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil, contributing extensively to the field of engineering with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Across their career, Barbi has published 57 works in the engineering domain, with a strong emphasis on advanced converter technologies and system controls.

Their research predominantly addresses advanced topics such as:

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

Among frequent publication venues, Barbi has contributed to:

  • Eletrônica de Potência (8 publications)
  • IEEE Access (6 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (4 publications)
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs (2 publications)
  • Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física (1 publication)

Collaborations have included several frequent coauthors:

  • Gabriel de Oliveira Assunção (4 coauthored works)
  • Angélica Paula Caús (3 coauthored works)
  • Leonardo Freire Pacheco (2 coauthored works)
  • Daniel J. Pagano (2 coauthored works)
  • Rogerio Luiz da Silva (1 coauthored work)

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Solid-State Transformer for Power Distribution Grid Based on a Hybrid Switched-Capacitor LLC-SRC Converter: Analysis, Design, and Experimentation," 2020, IEEE Access
  • "Method for Deriving Transformerless Common-Ground Voltage Source Inverter Topologies," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "AC-AC Hybrid Boost Switched-Capacitor Converter," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • "Switched-Capacitor LLC Resonant DC-DC Converter With Switch Peak Voltage of Vin/2," 2020, IEEE Access
  • "Isolated AC/AC Converter With LLC Resonant Converter High-Frequency Link and Four-Quadrant Switches in the Output Stage," 2020, IEEE Access

Barbi's work spans subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, automotive engineering, artificial intelligence, and computer networks and communications.

The researcher has received recognition through awards such as the IEEE Fellow in 2011 for contributions to soft switching converter technology and the IEEE William E. Newell Power Electronics Award in 2020 for contributions to soft-switching converter technologies and power electronics education.

Best Publications

  • A boost DC-AC converter: analysis, design, and experimentation

    R.O. Caceres;I. Barbi

  • Fundamentals of a new diode clamping multilevel inverter

    Xiaoming Yuan;I. Barbi

  • Three-Phase Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Using Power Cells With Two Inverter Legs in Series

    G Waltrich;I Barbi

  • Eletrônica de potência: Projeto de fontes chaveadas

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  • Eletrônica de potência

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  • The three-level ZVS PWM converter-a new concept in high voltage DC-to-DC conversion

    J.R. Pinheiro;I. Barbi

  • Generation of a family of non-isolated DC-DC PWM converters using new three-state switching cells

    G.V.T. Bascope;I. Barbi

  • Buck quasi-resonant converter operating at constant frequency: analysis, design and experimentation

    I. Barbi;J.C.O. Bolacell;D.C. Martins;F.B. Libano

  • The three-level ZVS-PWM DC-to-DC converter

    J.R. Pinheiro;I. Barbi

  • Self-balancing of the clamping-capacitor-voltages in the multilevel capacitor-clamping-inverter under sub-harmonic PWM modulation

    Xiaoming Yuang;H. Stemmler;I. Barbi

  • Conversores CC-CC básicos não isolados

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  • Isolated DC-DC converters with high-output voltage for TWTA telecommunication satellite applications

    I. Barbi;R. Gules

  • A new ZVS-PWM unity power factor rectifier with reduced conduction losses

    A.F. de Souza;I. Barbi

  • An improved family of ZVS-PWM active-clamping DC-to-DC converters

    C.M.C. Duarte;I. Barbi

  • A three-phase ZVS PWM DC/DC converter with asymmetrical duty cycle for high power applications

    D. de Souza Oliveira;I. Barbi

  • A Control Strategy for Parallel Operation of Single-Phase Voltage Source Inverters: Analysis, Design and Experimental Results

    T. B. Lazzarin;G. A. T. Bauer;I. Barbi

  • A comparison between two current-fed push-pull DC-DC converters-analysis, design and experimentation

    W.C.P. De Aragao Filho;I. Barbi

  • Teoria fundamental do motor de indução

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  • A family of ZVS-PWM active-clamping DC-to-DC converters: synthesis, analysis, design, and experimentation

    C.M.C. Duarte;I. Barbi

  • A boost DC-AC converter: operation, analysis, control and experimentation

    R. Caceres;I. Barbi

  • Analysis, designing, and experimentation of a transformer-assisted PWM zero-voltage switching pole inverter

    Xiaoming Yuan;I. Barbi

  • A new family of ZVS-PWM active-clamping DC-to-DC boost converters: analysis, design, and experimentation

    C.M. Duarte;I. Barbi

  • High power factor rectifier with reduced conduction and commutation losses

    A.F. de Souza;I. Barbi

  • Wide load range three-level ZVS-PWM DC-to-DC converter

    J.R. Pinheiro;I. Barbi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfred Rufer
Alfred Rufer École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jose Renes Pinheiro
Jose Renes Pinheiro Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Marcelo L. Heldwein
Marcelo L. Heldwein Technical University of Munich
Jorge L. Duarte
Jorge L. Duarte Eindhoven University of Technology

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