Innovative Technologies in Power Converters

Dear Colleagues,

 Power electronics is rapidly growing into one of the most important research fields in today’s society. The emergence of multiple applications has led to a drastic increase in interest from both industry and academia in researching new topologies, controls, semiconductor devices, and passive components. Among other applications, the following can be cited as an example of tracking lines of this evolution: electric mobility, biomedical applications, energy harvesting, smart grids and microgrids, renewable energies, energy storage systems or IoT, and power management. The relationship between those applications and research interest can be seen as a cycling loop: New applications lead to new studies on power electronics, and vice versa, innovative studies on power electronics lead to new applications. In this sense, the emerging technologies in power electronics can be classified into four different categories: innovative control techniques, new topologies for power converters, the use of wide band-gap semiconductor devices (SiC and GaN), and progress in passive components (capacitors and magnetic elements). 

The main aim of this Special Issue is to seek high-quality submissions that highlight these innovative technologies in power converters and address recent breakthroughs in power electronics application-oriented design.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Emerging trends in digital control for power electronics:
• Adaptive and predictive controllers;
• Preventing aging and failure controllers;
• Neural network-based and Artificial Intelligence controllers;
• Internet of Things applied to power management;
• New emerging topologies:
• Modular arrangements (IPOS, ISOP, IPOP, multilevel power converters, composite power converters);
• Partial power processing converters;
• Multiple input–multiple output (MIMO) power converters;
• Resonant-based power converters and PWM-resonant converters;
• Use of Wide Band-Gap semiconductor devices:
• High switching frequency applications of GaN and SiC;
• High power density switching converters using GaN or SiC;
• Unique applications of SiC or GaN devices;
• Passive elements:
• New ferromagnetic materials for magnetic elements;
• Emerging dielectric materials and metamaterials for capacitors;
• Superconductivity and cryogen applications.

Prof. Dr. Diego Gonzalez Lamar
Dr. Aitor Vázquez Ardura
Guest Editors

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