Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications

Zhichun Wang and P. Fang, ”A Two-stage Power Conversion Structure for E-VTOL Aircraft with both Fuel cell and Battery Energy Sources,” 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Expo (ECCE), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023 (Accepted)

Zhichun Wang, P. Fang ”Modular Series Capacitor Buck Topology for Point of Load Applications with Duty Cycle Freer Circuit,” IEEE 24th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Ann Arbor MI, USA, 2023 (Accepted)

P. Fang and R. Rice, ”A Reconfigurable Modular Switched Capacitor Structure for High Efficiency Over a Wide Input Voltage Range ,” 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023

P. Fang and R. Rice, ”Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation Resonant Converter with Excellent Efficiency Under a Wide Input Voltage Range,” 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023

R. Rice and P. Fang, ”Hybrid Switched-Capacitor LLC Converter with Ultra Wide Input Voltage Range and High Efficiency,” 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Houston, TX, USA, 2022, pp. 2044-2050

P. Fang, ”A Method of Reconfiguring Flying Capacitor Multilevel Input Stage for Wide Input Voltage Range Converter Design,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1905-1925, Feb. 2022

Y. Zhang, Y. Huang, P. Fang, X. Gao, Y. Yang and J. Liu, ”Capacitors Voltage Ripple Complementary Control on Three-Level Boost Fed Single-Phase VSI With Enhanced Power Decoupling Capability,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 14220-14236, Dec. 2021

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Journal Papers

P. Fang, ”A Method of Reconfiguring Flying Capacitor Multilevel Input Stage for Wide Input Voltage Range Converter Design,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 1905-1925, Feb. 2022

Y. Zhang, Y. Huang, P. Fang, X. Gao, Y. Yang and J. Liu, ”Capacitors Voltage Ripple Complementary Control on Three-Level Boost Fed Single-Phase VSI With Enhanced Power Decoupling Capability,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 14220-14236, Dec. 2021

P. Fang, S. Webb, Y. Chen, Y. -F. Liu and P. C. Sen, ”A Multiplexing Ripple Cancellation LED Driver With True Single-Stage Power Conversion and Flicker-Free Operation,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 10, pp. 10105-10120, Oct. 2019

P. Fang, B. Sheng, S.Webb, Y. Zhang and Y. -F. Liu, ”LED Driver Achieves Electrolytic Capacitor-Less and Flicker-Free Operation With an Energy Buffer Unit,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 6777-6793, July 2019

P. Fang, S. Webb, Y. -F. Liu and P. C. Sen, ”Single-Stage LED Driver Achieves Electrolytic Capacitor-Less and Flicker-Free Operation With Unidirectional Current Compensator,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 6760-6776, July 2019

H.Wang; Y. Chen; Y. Qiu; P. Fang; Y. Zhang; L. Wang; Y. Liu; J. Afsharian; Z. Yang., ”Common Capacitor Multiphase LLC Converter With Passive Current Sharing Ability,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 370-387, Jan. 2018

H. Wang, Y. Chen, P. Fang, Y. -F. Liu, J. Afsharian and Z. Yang, ”An LLC Converter Family With Auxiliary Switch for Hold-Up Mode Operation,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 4291-4306, June 2017

P. Fang, Y. -j. Qiu, H. Wang and Y. -F. Liu, ”A Single-Stage Primary-Side-Controlled Off-line Flyback LED Driver With Ripple Cancellation,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 4700-4715, June 2017.

P. Fang, Y. -F. Liu and P. C. Sen, ”A Flicker-Free Single-Stage Offline LED Driver With High Power Factor,” in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 654-665, Sept. 2015


Conference Proceedings

Zhichun Wang and P. Fang, ”A Two-stage Power Conversion Structure for E-VTOL Aircraft with both Fuel cell and Battery Energy Sources,” 2023 IEEE Energy Conversion Conference and Expo (ECCE), Nashville, TN, USA, 2023 (Accepted)

P. Fang, Zhichun Wang, ”Modular Series Capacitor Buck Topology for Point of Load Applications with Duty Cycle Freer Circuit,” IEEE 24th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Ann Arbor MI, USA, 2023 (Accepted)

P. Fang and R. Rice, ”A Reconfigurable Modular Switched Capacitor Structure for High Efficiency Over a Wide Input Voltage Range ,” 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023 (in press)

P. Fang and R. Rice, ”Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation Resonant Converter with Excellent Efficiency Under a Wide Input Voltage Range,” 2023 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023 (in press)

R. Rice and P. Fang, ”Hybrid Switched-Capacitor LLC Converter with Ultra Wide Input Voltage Range and High Efficiency,” 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Houston, TX, USA, 2022, pp. 2044-2050

P. Fang, Y. -F. Liu and P. C. Sen, ”A Multiplexing Off-Line LED Driver Achieves High Power Factor and Flicker-Free Operation,” 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019, pp. 1148-1154

X. Li, Y. Zhang, P. Fang and J. Liu, ”Comprehensive Comparison of Three Typical Bridge Structure Isolated Soft Switching DC-DC Topologies in the Application of Locomotive Traction,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 2019, pp. 1533-1540

P. Fang, Y. -F. Liu and P. C. Sen, ”A Multiplexing Ripple Cancellation LED Driver with True Single-Stage Power Conversion and Flicker-free Operation,” 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Anaheim, CA, USA, 2019, pp. 3414-3420.

P. Fang, B. Sheng,W. -B. Liu, Y. -F. Liu and P. C. Sen, ”Parallel Energy Buffering LED Driver Achieves Electrolytic Capacitor-Less and Flicker-Free Operation,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, USA, 2018, pp. 5117-5124

P. Fang, B. Sheng, Y. -F. Liu and Y. Zhang, ”LED Driver Achieves Electrolytic Capacitor-Less and Flicker-Free Operation with an Energy Buffer Unit,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, USA, 2018, pp. 5109-5116

Y. Huang, Y. Zhang, X. Li, J. Liu and P. Fang, ”A Novel Double-Line-Frequency Ripple Suppression Method for Single Phase DC-AC Converter Based on Three-Level Topology,” 2018 9th IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG), Charlotte, NC, USA, 2018, pp. 1-7

Y. Qiu,W. Liu, P. Fang, Y. Liu and P. C. Sen, ”A mathematical guideline for designing an AC-DC LLC converter with PFC,” 2018 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), San Antonio, TX, USA, 2018, pp. 2001-2008

P. Fang, Z. Y. Hu and Y. -F. Liu, ”An energy channelling LED driver technology to achieve flicker-free operation with true single stage power factor correction,” 2015 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Charlotte, NC, USA, 2015, pp. 3353-3358

P. Fang and Y. F. Liu, ”Single stage primary side controlled offline flyback LED driver with ripple cancellation,” 2014 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC 2014, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 2014, pp. 3323-3328

P. Fang and Y. F. Liu, ”An electrolytic capacitor-free single stage Buck-Boost LED driver and its integrated solution,” 2014 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC 2014, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 2014, pp. 1394-1401

P. Fang, B. White, C. Fiorentino and Y. -F. Liu, ”Zero ripple single stage AC-DC LED driver with unity power factor,” 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Denver, CO, USA, 2013, pp. 3452-3458

P. Fang and Y. -F. Liu, ”An innovative current sensor-less continuous conduction mode PFC control,” 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Denver, CO, USA, 2013, pp. 2155-2161