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ISSCC 2019 - Smart Cable
A 10.9W 93.4%-Efficient (27W 97%-Efficient) Flying-Inductor Hybrid DC-DC Converter Suitable for 1-Cell (2-Cell) Battery Charging Applications
APEC 2019 - Multi-Inductor Hybrid (MIH) Converter Family
Ratul's and Roger's MIH converter boards featured by EPC at APEC 2019 Exhibition
ECCE 2018 - Dual Inductor Hybrid (DIH) Converter
A 95%-Efficient 48V-to-1V/10A VRM Dual Inductor Hybrid (DIH) Converter
The work was covered by EPC's GaNTalk, Medium, and then PowerPulse.net, a site that keeps track of technology advancements in Power Electronics with 50,000+ professional subscribers. Multiple reports of this work on LinkedIn and Facebook also draw a very hot traffic of discussions and views.Ìý
ECCE 2018 - Dual Inductor Hybrid (DIH) Converter
A 120V-to-1.8V 91.5%-Efficient 36-W Dual-Inductor Hybrid (DIH) Converter
APEC, COMPEL, 2017
An S-Hybrid Step-Down DC-DC Converter Architecture for Future Smart Power Cable
ISSCC 2015
A Miniaturized 64-Channel 225µW Wireless Electrocorticographic Neural Sensor
ISSCC 2013
A Sub-ns Response Fully-Integrated Battery-Connected Switched-Capacitor Voltage Regulator Delivering 0.19W/mm2Ìýat 73% Efficiency
A Single-Inductor Switching DC-DC Converter with 5 Outputs and Ordered Power-Distributive Control
ISSCC 2007
A Single Inductor Step-up DC-DC Switching Converter with Bi-polar Outputs for AMOLED Mobile Display Panels
VLSI 2015
A RISC-V Vector Processor with Tightly-Integrated Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converters in 28nm FDSOI
News
11/2019 - For the latest and futureÌýupdates of Prof. Le's iPower3Es research group, please visitÌýÌýat UC San Diego.Ìý
08/2019 - Prof. Le acceptsÌýan offer to go toÌýthe at theÌý. He will be on leave from CU Boulder in 2019-2020 academic year.Ìý
07/2019 - Prof. Le is elevated to IEEE Senior member.ÌýIEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession.
06/2019 - Our paper entitled "Demystifying Capacitor Voltages and Inductor Currents in Hybrid Converters" by Ratul Das, Janko Celikovic, Siamak Abedinpour,ÌýMark Mercer,ÌýDragan Maksimovic, and Hanh-Phuc Le has been awarded aÌýCOMPEL 2019 Best Paper Award! Big congratulations, Ratul!
06/2019 - Our work of Dual Inductor Hybrid (DIH) converter in the Multi-Inductor Hybrid (MIH) converter family is covered in as one of the promising candidates for data center power delivery that has remarkably high efficiencies for large conversion ratios, i.e. 48V to 1V-2V.Ìý
05/2019 - Ratul's paper on demystifying capacitor voltage balancing issues and inductor current fluctuationsÌýin hybrid converters has been accepted to . Congratulations, Ratul!
05/2019 - Ashwini, Hoang, and Quyet joinÌýthe group as a summer internÌýand exchange students from IIT Kharagpur, India and HUST, Hanoi, Vietnam. Welcome to the team!
03/2019 - Prof. Le is elected the chair ofÌýthe IEEE Power Electronics Society Technical Committee on Power Conversion Systems and Components (IEEE PELS TC2).
03/2019 - Ratul's and Roger's converter boards inÌýour Multi-Inductor Hybrid (MIH) converter family are featured at exhibitionÌýbooth at . Congratulations, Ratul and Roger!
Our research mission is to address challenges in co-optimizing efficiency and size with performance in different electronic systems and applications, including:
Our team combines individuals who love what we are doing for future energy-efficient electronics systems. We strongly support diversity in our group, department, and school where creativity is fostered together with strong work ethic. And also very importantly, we have fun.Ìý
We are always looking for good team members.ÌýOutstanding and self-motivated students interested in joining the iPower3Es group are recommended to contact Prof. Le directly.