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Sunday November 22, 2009

Selected SPEC Publications

1. Power Management Microsystems

1	A High Performance Integrated Boost DC-DC Converter for Portable Power Supply
2	Design of a monolithic high frequency fast transient buck for portable application
3	Design of a monolithic 2MHz fast transient voltage regulator chip
4	Frequency response analysis for switching converters in SPICE without averaging
5	Low Voltage Power Devices for Future VRM
6	Investigation of Candidate VRM Topologies for Future Microprocessors
7	Design of a 4 MHz, 5V to 1V Monolithic Voltage Regulator Chip
8	The Impact of Sub-threshold Current on Ultra High Density Trench MOSFET for Synchronous Rectifier Application
9	0.35µm, 43 µOcm2, 6mO Power MOSFET to Power Future Microprocessor
10	An 0.35-µm, 6-mO , 43µO-cm2 Lateral Power MOSFET for Low-Voltage,Megahertz Switching Power Applications
11	Impacts of Transient Voltage Clamp on CPU Power Delivery
12	Microprocessor Power Management Integration by VRB-CPU approach
13	A Novel VRM control with direct load current feedback
14	Digital Implementation of Adaptive Voltage Position (AVP) for Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)
15	Impact of Time Delay and Error Amplifier Parameters to High-Bandwidth Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) Controller Design

2. Utility Power Electronics

1	Modeling, analysis and control of cascaded-multilevel converter-based STATCOM
2	A high-frequency 1.5 MVA H-bridge building block for cascaded multilevel converters using emitter turn-off thyrister
3	Power Stage and control design of ETO STATCOM
4	High Frequency Operation of a Megawatt Voltage Source Inverter Equipped with ETOs
5	Power Stage and Control Design for the ETO-Based Cascaded-Multilevel Converter for FACTS Applications

3. Power Semiconductor Devices

1	SPETO: A Superior Power Switch for High Power, High Frequency, Low Cost Converters
2	A New Generation Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) Thyristor to Reduce Harmonics in the High Power PWM Voltage Source Converters
3	The High Power and High Frequency Operation of the Emitter Turn-off (ETO) Thyristor
4	The Built-in Current Sensor and Over-Current Protection of the Emitter Turn-off (ETO) Thyristor
5	Performance of the New Generation Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) Thyristor
6	Analysis of the snubberless operation of the emitter turn-off thyristor (ETO)
7	Series and parallel operation of the emitter turn-off (ETO) thyristor
8	Experimental and numerical study of the emitter turn-off thyristor (ETO)
9	Performance characterization of 1-kA/4.5-kV symmetrical emitter turn-off thyristor (ETO)
10	The uniform turn-on of the emitter turn-off thyristor
11	Experimental demonstration of the forward biased safe operation area of the emitter turn-off thyristor

4. Electric Power Systems

1	DC distribution for industrial systems- opportunities and challenges
2	Extending EMTDC PSCAD for simulating agent-based distributed applications
3	Voltage Variation Analysis for Site-Level PQ Assessment