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Overview

Javier Calvente is affiliated with Rovira i Virgili University in Spain and works primarily within the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research covers several subfields including automotive engineering, control and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research focuses significantly on advanced DC-DC converters and advanced battery technologies, with additional work related to multilevel inverters and converters. Their studies also address electric and hybrid vehicle technologies, advancements in battery materials, wireless power transfer systems, and microgrid control and optimization.

Calvente has contributed to multiple papers published across various respected venues. Some recent publications include:

  • A Bidirectional Versatile Buck-Boost Converter Driver for Electric Vehicle Applications (2021) in Sensors
  • Coupled inductors design of the bidirectional non-inverting buck-boost converter for high-voltage applications (2020) in IET Power Electronics
  • Small Signal Modelling for Variable Frequency Control With Maximum Efficiency Point Tracking of DAB Converter (2021) in IEEE Access
  • Analysis of Non-Minimum Phase System for AC/DC Battery Charger Power Factor Correction Converter (2022) in Applied Sciences
  • Step-Up and Step-Down Converter Integrated With Motor Inverter for Powertrain Applications (2021) in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Calvente include:

  • Enric Vidal-Idiarte (8 joint publications)
  • Carlos Restrepo (4 joint publications)
  • Catalina González-Castaño (3 joint publications)
  • Roberto Giral (3 joint publications)
  • Mahmoud Nassary (3 joint publications)

Their work is regularly published in several academic venues such as Applied Sciences, Sensors, IET Power Electronics, IEEE Access, and the IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics.

Best Publications

  • A Fast Current-Based MPPT Technique Employing Sliding Mode Control

    E. Bianconi;J. Calvente;R. Giral;E. Mamarelis

  • Perturb and Observe MPPT algorithm with a current controller based on the sliding mode

    Enrico Bianconi;Javier Calvente;Roberto Giral;Emilio Mamarelis

  • A Noninverting Buck–Boost DC–DC Switching Converter With High Efficiency and Wide Bandwidth

    C. Restrepo;J. Calvente;A. Cid-Pastor;A. E. Aroudi

  • Sliding and fuzzy control of a boost converter using an 8-bit microcontroller

    E. Vidal-Idiarte;L. Martinez-Salamero;F. Guinjoan;J. Calvente

  • Current-Mode Control of a Coupled-Inductor Buck–Boost DC–DC Switching Converter

    C. Restrepo;J. Calvente;A. Romero;E. Vidal-Idiarte

  • Two-Loop Digital Sliding Mode Control of DC–DC Power Converters Based on Predictive Interpolation

    E Vidal-Idiarte;C E Carrejo;J Calvente;Luis Martínez-Salamero

  • Analysis of a bidirectional coupled-inductor Cuk converter operating in sliding mode

    L. Martinez-Salamero;J. Calvente;R. Giral;A. Poveda

  • Using magnetic coupling to eliminate right half-plane zeros in boost converters

    J. Calvente;L. Martinez-Salamero;H. Valderrama;E. Vidal-Idiarte

  • Synthesis of loss-free resistors based on sliding-mode control and its applications in power processing

    A. Cid-Pastor;L. Martinez-Salamero;A. El Aroudi;R. Giral

  • Identification of a Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell’s Model Parameters by Means of an Evolution Strategy

    Carlos Restrepo;Tine Konjedic;Alejandro Garces;Javier Calvente

  • Hysteretic Transition Method for Avoiding the Dead-Zone Effect and Subharmonics in a Noninverting Buck–Boost Converter

    Carlos Restrepo;Tine Konjedic;Javier Calvente;Roberto Giral

  • Large-signal modeling and simulation of switching DC-DC converters

    F. Guinjoan;J. Calvente;A. Poveda;L. Martinez

  • Dynamics and Stability Issues of a Single-Inductor Dual-Switching DC–DC Converter

    V. Moreno-Font;A. El Aroudi;J. Calvente;R. Giral

  • Minimizing the effects of shadowing in a PV module by means of active voltage sharing

    Roberto Giral;Carlos Andres Ramos-Paja;Daniel Gonzalez;Javier Calvente

  • Zero dynamics-based design of damping networks for switching converters

    J. Calvente;L. Martinez-Salamero;P. Garces;A. Romero

  • An $H_infty $ Control Strategy for Switching Converters in Sliding-Mode Current Control

    E. Vidal-Idiarte;L. Martinez-Salamero;J. Calvente;A. Romero

  • Why is sliding mode control methodology needed for power converters

    L. Martinez-Salamero;A. Cid-Pastor;R. Giral;J. Calvente

  • An Efficiency Comparison of Fuel-Cell Hybrid Systems Based on the Versatile Buck–Boost Converter

    Harrynson Ramirez-Murillo;Carlos Restrepo;Tine Konjedic;Javier Calvente

  • Interleaved Converters Based on Sliding-Mode Control in a Ring Configuration

    A. Cid-Pastor;R. Giral;J. Calvente;V. I. Utkin

  • Fast Transitions Between Current Control Loops of the Coupled-Inductor Buck–Boost DC–DC Switching Converter

    C. Restrepo;T. Konjedic;J. Calvente;M. Milanovic

  • Mathematical analysis of hybrid topologies efficiency for PEM fuel cell power systems design

    C.A. Ramos-Paja;C.A. Ramos-Paja;A. Romero;R. Giral;J. Calvente

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Giral
Roberto Giral Rovira i Virgili University
Luis Martinez-Salamero
Luis Martinez-Salamero Rovira i Virgili University
Carlos Andrés Ramos-Paja
Carlos Andrés Ramos-Paja National University of Colombia
Massimo Vitelli
Massimo Vitelli University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Giovanni Spagnuolo
Giovanni Spagnuolo University of Salerno
Giovanni Petrone
Giovanni Petrone University of Salerno
Vadim I. Utkin
Vadim I. Utkin The Ohio State University
Samir Kouro
Samir Kouro Federico Santa María Technical University
Marco Rivera
Marco Rivera University of Nottingham
Eduard Alarcon
Eduard Alarcon Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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