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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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A General Method for Analyzing Resonant and Soft-Charging Operation of Switched-Capacitor Converters
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that resonant and soft-charging operations of SC converters are closely related, and a technique will be proposed, which achieves either operation by adding a single inductor to existing SC topologies.
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Merged two-stage power converterarchitecture with softcharging switched-capacitor energy transfer
TL;DR: In this paper, a two-stage architecture that combines a large step-down switched-capacitor transformation stage with a high-bandwidth magnetic regulation stage is presented, which is particularly well suited for an integrated CMOS process, making use of the available on-die device characteristics.
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Toward high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and moderate-temperature chip-scale thermophotovoltaics
Walker R. Chan,Peter Bermel,Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski,Christopher H. Marton,Klavs F. Jensen,Jay J. Senkevich,John D. Joannopoulos,Marin Soljacic,Ivan Celanovic +8 more
TL;DR: The challenging problem of ultra-high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and small-scale portable power generation is addressed here using a distinctive thermophotovoltaic energy conversion mechanism and chip-based system design, which is named the microthermophotvoltaic (μTPV) generator.
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A Distributed Approach to Maximum Power Point Tracking for Photovoltaic Submodule Differential Power Processing
TL;DR: This paper presents the theory and implementation of a distributed algorithm for controlling differential power processing converters in photovoltaic (PV) applications that achieves true maximum power point tracking of series-connected PV submodules by relying only on local voltage measurements and neighbor-to-neighbor communication between the differential power converters.
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Merged Two-Stage Power Converter With Soft Charging Switched-Capacitor Stage in 180 nm CMOS
TL;DR: A merged two-stage dc-dc power converter for low-voltage power delivery is introduced and it is shown how the switched-capacitor stage can operate under soft charging conditions by suitable control and integration of the two stages.