Bio-Sketch

Debanjan Chatterjee was born in Kolkata, India, on 15th November, 1991. He received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University , India in 2015. He is working on his PhD degree in Power Electronics at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) from 2015. He works on "Switching sequence and switching transition control of wide band gap power electronic converters" under Prof. Sudip K Mazumder.

Debanjan has:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with real-time hardware implementation of advanced linear and non-linear control systems, hardware debugging and testing of GaN and SiC based power electronic systems.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Real-time hardware implementation of control algorithms, control platform development for power converters

Hardware development, debugging and validation of GaN and SiC-based power converters

EMC/EMI testing of GaN and SiC-based WBG power converters

Conducted EMI filter design for meeting industrial EMI targets (CISPR/EN 55022/32 Class A and Class B)

Inter-converter communication (SPI and XINTF)

HF GaN/ SiC-based multi-layer layered PCB design

Analog and mixed-signal circuit design

Active and passive gate driver design for WBG power converters

TECHNICAL TOOLS:

Programming language: MATLAB, C

DSP controller: ezdsp-TMS320F28335, Launchxl-TMS320F28379D using CCS V3.3, V7.4, V8.3.1

FPGA controller: Mimas low-cost Spartan 6 FPGA board

Circuit Design: Synopsys Saber, LTspice, MATLAB Simulink

PCB Design Tool: Altium Designer

Lab instruments: Oscilloscope, Spectrum analyzer, Power analyzer, DC / AC electronic loads & power supplies, PCB prototyping, Impedance analyzer, Chiller, Battery emulator