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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
56
Citations
11934
World Ranking
2075
National Ranking
812

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development and deployment of power electronics for medical, transportation, and industrial applications.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Electrical engineering
  • Voltage
  • Capacitor

Robert Louis Steigerwald mainly focuses on Electronic engineering, Electrical engineering, Boost converter, Ćuk converter and Forward converter. His studies deal with areas such as Power factor, Converters, High voltage, Pulse-width modulation and Maximum power point tracking as well as Electronic engineering. His research integrates issues of Electric power system and Energy storage in his study of Electrical engineering.

Boost converter and Switched-mode power supply are frequently intertwined in his study. His Ćuk converter research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Negative impedance converter and Control theory. The study incorporates disciplines such as Transformer, Flyback converter, Buck–boost converter and Buck converter in addition to Forward converter.

His most cited work include:

  • A comparison of half-bridge resonant converter topologies (1577 citations)
  • High-Frequency Resonant Transistor DC-DC Converters (316 citations)
  • Microcomputer Control of a Residential Photovoltaic Power Conditioning System (299 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Robert Louis Steigerwald mainly investigates Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Voltage, Boost converter and Transformer. As part of one scientific family, Robert Louis Steigerwald deals mainly with the area of Electrical engineering, narrowing it down to issues related to the Energy storage, and often Power electronics, Electric potential energy and Voltage converter. His research in Electronic engineering focuses on subjects like Power factor, which are connected to AC power.

His study in the fields of Inverter, Pulse-width modulation, Rectifier and RLC circuit under the domain of Voltage overlaps with other disciplines such as Controller. His Boost converter research includes themes of Buck converter and Control theory. In the subject of general Transformer, his work in Leakage inductance is often linked to High density, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Electrical engineering (55.14%)
  • Electronic engineering (43.46%)
  • Voltage (31.78%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2004-2020)?

  • Electrical engineering (55.14%)
  • Voltage (31.78%)
  • Electronic engineering (43.46%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Robert Louis Steigerwald spends much of his time researching Electrical engineering, Voltage, Electronic engineering, Energy storage and Boost converter. His work in the fields of DC-BUS, Pulse-width modulation, AC/AC converter and High voltage overlaps with other areas such as Optical fiber cable. His research investigates the connection between Electronic engineering and topics such as Photovoltaic system that intersect with problems in Topology.

His Energy storage research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Electric vehicle, Electric power system, Voltage converter and Electric potential energy. His Boost converter research focuses on Ćuk converter in particular. His work is dedicated to discovering how Ćuk converter, Forward converter are connected with Flyback converter and other disciplines.

Between 2004 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Apparatus for energy transfer using converter and method of manufacturing same (105 citations)
  • Apparatus for transferring energy using onboard power electronics and method of manufacturing same (97 citations)
  • System and method for charging an energy storage system for an electric or hybrid-electric vehicle (91 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Electrical engineering
  • Voltage
  • Capacitor

His scientific interests lie mostly in Electrical engineering, Energy storage, Electronic engineering, Voltage and Power electronics. His Electrical engineering study incorporates themes from Battery and Electric power system. His Electronic engineering research incorporates themes from Ćuk converter, Boost converter, Converters, Inverter and Photovoltaic system.

The concepts of his Ćuk converter study are interwoven with issues in Flyback converter, Charge pump, Power optimizer and Forward converter. His Buck converter research extends to the thematically linked field of Boost converter. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Voltage, focusing on Current and, on occasion, Polarity, Pulse-width modulation and Reversing.

Best Publications

  • A comparison of half-bridge resonant converter topologies

    R.L. Steigerwald

  • High-Frequency Resonant Transistor DC-DC Converters

    Robert L. Steigerwald

  • Microcomputer Control of a Residential Photovoltaic Power Conditioning System

    Bimal K. Bose;Paul M. Szczesny;Robert L. Steigerwald

  • An AC-to-DC Converter with High Quality Input Waveforms

    Mark J. Kocher;Robert L. Steigerwald

  • A comparison of high power DC-to-DC soft-switched converter topologies

    R.L. Steigerwald;R.W. De Doncker;H. Kheraluwala

  • Characteristics of load resonant converters operated in a high-power factor mode

    M.J. Schutten;R.L. Steigerwald;M.H. Kheraluwala

  • Maximum power control for a solar array connected to a load

    Robert L. Steigerwald

  • Multiple energy-source power converter system

    Michael De Rooij;Robert Steigerwald

  • Development of a Unipolar Converter for Variable Reluctance Motor Drives

    Mehrdad Ehsani;James T. Bass;Timothy J. E. Miller;Robert L. Steigerwald

  • ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM

    King Robert Dean;Steigerwald Robert L

  • A comparative evaluation of new silicon carbide diodes and state-of-the-art silicon diodes for power electronic applications

    A. Elasser;M. Kheraluwala;M. Ghezzo;R. Steigerwald

  • Full-bridge lossless switching converter

    Robert L. Steigerwald;Khai D. T. Ngo

  • Solid state chopper ballast for gaseous discharge lamps

    John N. Park;Robert L. Steigerwald;Steven C. Peak

  • An Efficient Partial Power Processing DC/DC Converter for Distributed PV Architectures

    Mohammed S. Agamy;Maja Harfman-Todorovic;Ahmed Elasser;Song Chi

  • Full load to no-load control for a voltage fed resonant inverter

    John Norton Park;Robert Louis Steigerwald

  • Apparatus for transferring energy using onboard power electronics and method of manufacturing same

    Robert Dean King;Robert Louis Steigerwald

  • Charging system and method of energy storage system for electric vehicle or hybrid electric vehicle

    John Erik Hershey;Michael James Hertman;Robert D King;Robert Louis Steigerwald

  • Tandem photovoltaic cell stacks

    John Gui;Robert Steigerwald;Donald Castleberry

  • Inverter for interfacing advanced energy sources to a utility grid

    Robert L. Steigerwald

  • Integrated circuit for controlling power converter by frequency modulation and pulse width modulation

    Robert L. Steigerwald;Keku M. Mistry

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Dean King
Robert Dean King General Electric (United States)
Khai D. T. Ngo
Khai D. T. Ngo Virginia Tech
Bantval J. Baliga
Bantval J. Baliga North Carolina State University
Bimal K. Bose
Bimal K. Bose University of Tennessee at Knoxville
T.P. Chow
T.P. Chow Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Thomas A. Lipo
Thomas A. Lipo University of Wisconsin–Madison
R.W. De Doncker
R.W. De Doncker RWTH Aachen University
Mehrdad Ehsani
Mehrdad Ehsani Texas A&M University
John Erik Hershey
John Erik Hershey General Electric (United States)

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