My research interests include high-frequency (HF) switched mode power converters (SMPC); digital control, nonlinear control, nonlinear dynamics; mixed-signal power management circuits; GaN-based HF SMPC & applications to dynamic voltage scaling in single/multi-core digital systems, 48V-to-direct PoL converters, LED driving, envelope tracking power and class-D audio amplifiers, cloud computing, data center, 48/380V DC grid, DC/AC/DC systems, and electric vehicle.
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Near Null Response to Large Signal Transients in an Augmented Buck Converter: A Geometric Approach S. Kapat, P. Shenoy, and P. Krein By IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 27 3319 - 3329 (2012)
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Parameter-Insensitive Mixed-Signal Hysteresis-Band Current Control for Point-of-Load Converters with Fixed Frequency and Robust Stability Kapat S. By IEEE Trans Power Electronics 32 5760-5770 (2017)
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A Unified Framework for Analysis and Design of a Digitally Current-Mode Controlled Buck Converter Singha A. K., Kapat S. By IEEE Trans. Cir. Syst. I 63 2098-2107 (2016)
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Unified Digital Current Mode Control Tuning with Near Optimal Recovery in a CCM Buck Converter I. Kumar and S. Kapat By IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 99 - (2016)
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Reconfigurable Periodic Bi-frequency DPWM with Custom Harmonic Reduction in DC-DC Converters S. Kapat By IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 31 3380 - 3388 (2016)
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Voltage-mode Digital Pulse Skipping Control of a DC-DC Converter with Stable Periodic Behavior and Improved Light-load Efficiency Kapat S., Mandi B. , Patra A. By IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 31 3372-3379 (2016)
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Configurable Multi-mode Digital Control for Light Load DC-DC Converters with Improved Spectrum and Smooth Transition S. Kapat By IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 31 2680 - 2688 (2016)
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Nonlinear Analysis of Discretization Effects in a Digital Current Mode Controlled Boost Converter Singha A. K., Kapat S. , Banerjee S. , Pal J. By IEEE J. Emerg. Selected Topics Cir. Systs 5 336-344 (2015)
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Selectively Sampled Sub-harmonic Free Digital Current Mode Control Using Direct Duty Control S. Kapat By IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II 62 311 - 315 (2015)
Principal Investigator
- Design and development of state-of-the-art hardware and firmware solutions for SiC-based
power conversion systems using latest digital control solutions for PFC and LLC converters for emerging applications, battery chargers, DC grid, etc
- GaN-Based 48V Battery Driven High Power Density DC Power Supply Architectures for Advanced Driver Assistance System -ADAS- in Future Hybrid Vehicles
- Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) DC-DC Converter for Normal SOCs
- Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) DC-DC Converter for Normal SOCs
Ph. D. Students
Anirban Nanda
Area of Research: Architectures, Modulation and Digital Control of Multi-Output DC-DC Converters for Electric Vehicles
Arindam Maulik
Area of Research: Digitally Controlled Power Management Integrated Circuit
Calvin Paul Joseph
Area of Research: Digital Control of Bidirectional AC/DC Power Converters
Dipayan Chatterjee
Area of Research: Battery chargers and power management system
Faraz Ahmad
Area of Research: Control of Power Converters for DC Microgrid Applications
Golla Teja
Area of Research: Digital and Nonlinear Control of Multi-phase Switched Mode Power Converters
Mrinmay Bhowmik
Area of Research: Power electronics and energy storage
Prantik Majumder
Area of Research: Digital control in high frequency AC/DC converters
Ruturaj Garnayak
Area of Research: Solar Energy Systems
Somnath Khatua
Area of Research: Power Electronics and Machine Drives
MS Students
Abhijit Keshri
Area of Research: Power Management IC