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Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 218
Citations - 7502
Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Capacitor & Converters. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 178 publications receiving 5456 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Urbana University.
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Field measurements of transient effects in photovoltaic panels and its importance in the design of maximum power point trackers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the implementation of an experimental setup to capture the dynamic behavior of photovoltaic (PV) modules at significantly higher sample rates than what has previously been done.
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Jumping droplets electronics cooling: Promise versus reality
Thomas Foulkes,Junho Oh,Peter Sokalski,Longnan Li,Soumyadip Sett,Jesus Sotelo,Xiao Yan,Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski,Adam Castaneda,Matthew Steinlauf,Nenad Miljkovic +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, Zhao et al. show that flooding is the key obstacle limiting jumping droplet mass flux to hot spots, limiting heat transfer to less than 15'W/cm2.
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Low-power maximum power point tracker with digital control for thermophotovoltaic generators
TL;DR: In this paper, the design, optimization, and evaluation of the power electronics circuitry for a low-power portable thermophotovotaic (TPV) generator system is described.
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A series-stacked architecture for high-efficiency data center power delivery
TL;DR: A series-connected power distribution architecture for data center server clusters is proposed, which decouples conversion losses from the total power delivered - allowing for conversion losses to remain relatively fixed, even as server power requirements increase.
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Experimental evaluation of a 1 kW, single-phase, 3-level gallium nitride inverter in extreme cold environment
Christopher Barth,Juan Colmenares,Thomas Foulkes,Keith Coulson,Jesus Sotelo,Tomas Modeer,Nenad Miljkovic,Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the potential for high power density, high efficiency power conversion at extreme cold temperatures, for hybrid electric aircraft applications using a 1 kW GaN-based 3-level power converter.