Publications

Journal Articles

1. T. D. Duong, M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, J. H. Choi, and M. Vilathgamuwa “SiC-based active quasi-Z-source inverter with improved PWM control strategy,” IET Power Electronics, 2019, in press. [PDF]
2. M. K. Nguyen, T. T. Tran, and F. Zare, “An active impedance-source three-level T-type inverter with reduced device count,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2927727, in press. [PDF]
3. D. T. Do, M. K. Nguyen, T. H. Quach, V. T. Tran, F. Blaabjerg, and M. Vilathgamuwa, “A PWM scheme for a fault-tolerant three-level quasi-switched boost T-type inverter,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2019.2922687, in press. [PDF]
4. T. T. Tran, M. K. Nguyen, T. D. Duong, J. H. Choi, Y. C. Lim, and F. Zare, “A Switched-Capacitor-Voltage-Doubler Based Boost Inverter for Common-Mode Voltage Reduction,” IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 98618 – 98629, Jul. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2930122.
5. M. K. Nguyen, T. D. Duong, Y. C. Lim and J. H. Choi, “High voltage gain quasi-switched boost inverters with low input current ripple,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 15, No. 9, pp. 4857 - 4866, Sep. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TII.2018.2806933.
6. T. H. Quach, D. T. Do, and M. K. Nguyen, “A PWM Scheme for Five-Level H-Bridge T-Type Inverter with Switching Loss Reduction,” Electronics 2019, 8(6), 702; DOI: 10.3390/electronics8060702.
7. M. K. Nguyen, T. T. Tran, and Y. C. Lim, “A family of PWM control strategies for single-phase quasi-switched boost inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 1458-1469, Feb. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2018.2831674.
8. X. Guo, N. Wang, J. Zhang, B. Wang, and M. K. Nguyen, “A novel transformerless current source inverter for leakage current reduction,” IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 50681 – 50690, Apr. 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2908287
9. V.Q.B Ngo, M. K. Nguyen, T. T. Tran, Y. C. Lim, and J. H. Choi, “A simplified model predictive control for T-type inverter with output LC filter,” Energies, 12 (1), 31, 2019, DOI:10.3390/en1201003.
10. M. K. Nguyen and Y.O. Choi, “Voltage multiplier cell-based quasi-switched boost inverter with low input current ripple,” Electronics, 8 (2), 227, 2019, DOI:10.3390/electronics8020227.
11. V.Q.B. Ngo, M. K. Nguyen, T.T. Tran, J.H. Choi, and Y.C. Lim, “A modified model predictive power control for grid-connected T-type inverter with reduced computational complexity,” Electronics, 8 (2), 217, 2019, DOI:10.3390/electronics8020217.
12. V.T. Tran, M.K. Nguyen, C.C. Ngo, Y.O. Choi, “Three-phase five-level cascade quasi-switched boost inverter,” Electronics, 8 (3), 296, 2019, DOI:10.3390/electronics8030296.
13. D.V. Vo, M. K. Nguyen, D.T. Do, Y.O. Choi, “A single-phase nine-level boost inverter,” Energies 12 (3), 394, 2019, DOI:10.3390/en12030394.
14. H. T. Luong, M. K. Nguyen, and T. T. Tran, “Single-phase five-level Z-source T-type inverter,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 11, No. 14, pp. 2367-2376, 2019, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2018.5025.
15. B. B. Ngo, M. K. Nguyen, J. H. Kim, and F. Zare, “Single-phase multilevel inverter based on switched-capacitor structure,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 1858 - 1865, 2018, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2017.0857.
16. M. K. Nguyen, T. D. Duong, Y. C. Lim and J. H. Choi, “An active CDS-clamped L-type current-fed isolated dc-dc converter,” Journal of Power Electronics, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 955-964, Jul. 2018.
17. D. T. Do and M. K. Nguyen, “Three-level quasi-switched boost T-type inverter: analysis, PWM control, and verification,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 65, No. 10, pp. 8320 - 8329, Oct. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2018.2795564.
18. M. K. Nguyen, and T. T. Tran, “A single-phase single-stage switched-boost inverter with four switches,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 6769 - 6781, Aug. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2754547.
19. M. K. Nguyen, T. D. Duong, Y. C. Lim and Y. G. Kim, “Switched capacitor quasi-switched boost inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 65, No. 6, pp. 5105-5113, Jun. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2772179.
20. M. K. Nguyen, and Y. O. Choi, “PWM control scheme for quasi-switched-boost inverter to improve modulation index,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 4037-4044, May 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2717487.
21. M. K. Nguyen, T. D. Duong, and Y. C. Lim, “Switched-capacitor-based dual-switch high-boost dc-dc converter,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 4181-4189, May 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2719040.
22. M. K. Nguyen, Y. O. Choi, G. B. Cho and Y. C. Lim, “Two-switch non-isolated step-up dc-dc converter,” Journal of Power Electronics, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 651-661, May 2018.
23. V. T. Tran, M. K. Nguyen, Y. O. Choi, and G. B. Cho, “Switched-capacitor-based high boost dc-dc converter,” Energies, Vol. 11, No. 4: 987, pp. 1-15, Apr. 2018, DOI:10.3390/en11040987.
24. M. K. Nguyen, T. D. Duong, Y. C. Lim and Y. J. Kim, “Isolated boost dc-dc converter with three switches,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 1389-1398, Feb. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2017.2679029.
25. M. K. Nguyen, and T. T. Tran, “Quasi cascaded H-bridge five-level boost inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 64, No. 11, pp. 8525-8533, Nov. 2017, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2017.2701770.
26. T. T. Tran, and M. K. Nguyen, “Cascaded five-level quasi-switched-boost inverter for single-phase grid-connected system,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 10, Iss. 14, pp. 1896–1903, Nov. 2017, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0823.
27. M. K. Nguyen, and Y. O. Choi, “Maximum boost control method for single-phase quasi-switched-boost and quasi-Z-source inverters,” Energies, Vol. 10, No. 4: 553, Apr. 2017, DOI:10.3390/en10040553.
28. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, J. H. Choi, and G. B. Cho, “Isolated high step-up dc–dc converter based on quasi-switched-boost network,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 63, No. 12, pp. 7553-7562, Dec. 2016, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2016.2586679.
29. M. K. Nguyen, G. B. Cho, and Y. C. Lim, “Switched-boost network-based single-phase boost DC–AC converter,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 14, pp. 2723-2730, Dec. 2016, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2016.0243.
30. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, J. H. Choi, and Y. O. Choi, “Trans-switched boost inverters,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 1065-1073, May 2016, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2015.0202.
31. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and S. J. Park, “A comparison between single-phase quasi-Z-source and quasi-switched-boost inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 62, No. 10, pp. 6336-6344, Oct. 2015, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2015.2424201.
32. M. K. Nguyen, T. V. Le, S. J. Park, Y. C. Lim, and J. Y. Yoo, “Class of high boost inverters based on switched-inductor structure,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 8, Iss. 5, pp. 750–759, 2015, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2014.0471.
33. M. K. Nguyen, T. V. Le, S. J. Park, and Y. C. Lim, “A class of quasi-switched boost inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 1526-1536, Mar. 2015, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2014.2341564.
34. M. K. Nguyen, Young-Cheol Lim, S. J. Park, and Young-Gook Jung, “Cascaded TZ-source inverter,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 7, No. 8, pp. 2068-2080, Aug. 2014, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2013.0706.
35. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and Y. G. Kim, “TZ-source inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 60, No. 12, pp. 5686 - 5695, Dec. 2013, DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2229678.
36. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and S. J. Park, “Improved trans-Z-source inverter with continuous input current and boost inversion capability,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 4500-4510, Oct. 2013, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2233758.
37. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, S. J. Park, and D. S. Shin, “Family of high-boost Z-source inverters with combined switched-inductor and transformer cells,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 1175-1187, Jul. 2013, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2013.0033.
38. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, Y. H. Chang, and C. J. Moon, “Embedded switched-inductor Z-source inverters,” Journal of Power Electronics, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 9-19, Jan. 2013.
39. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, J. H. Choi, “Two switched-inductor quasi-Z-source inverters,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 5, No. 7, pp. 1017-1025, Aug. 2012, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2011.0297.
40. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and Y. J. Kim, “A modified single-phase quasi-Z-source AC-AC converter,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 201-210, Jan. 2012, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2157362.
41. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and G. B. Cho, “Switched-inductor quasi-Z-source inverter,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 26, No. 11, pp. 3183-3191, Nov. 2011, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2141153.
42. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase ac/ac converter based on quasi-Z-source topology,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 25, No. 8, pp. 2200-2210, Aug. 2010, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2042618.
43. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, H. Y. Yang, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase Z-source cycloconverter (SPZC) with safe-commutation strategy,” IET Power Electronics, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 232-242, Mar. 2010, DOI: 10.1049/iet-pel.2008.0131.
44. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, Y. C. Lim, and Y. M. Kim, “A single-phase Z-source buck-boost matrix converter,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 453-462, Feb. 2010, DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2028890.
45. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, H. Y. Yang and Y. C. Lim, “Harmonic intensity reduction technique for single phase switched reluctance motor drives using a new random PWM scheme,” Journal of Power Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 51-57, Jan. 2010.
46. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase Z-source ac/ac converter with wide range output voltage operation,” Journal of Power Electronics, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp.736-747, Sep. 2009.

Conference Proceedings

1. T. D. Duong, M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, J. H. Choi, D. M. Vilathgamuwa, and G. Walker, “A study on dc-link-type quasi-switched-boost inverters with improved voltage gain,” European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’19 ECCE Europe), 2019, pp. 1-9.
2. T. T. Tran, M. K. Nguyen, J. H. Choi and Y. C. Lim, “A single-phase common-ground-type boost inverter for photovoltaic applications,” European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’19 ECCE Europe), 2019, pp. 1-8.
3. V. T. Tran, T. H. Quach, D. T. Do, M. K. Nguyen, M. H. Le, and N. A. Truong, “A novel offset function for three-level T-type inverter to reduce switching loss,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on System Science and Engineering (ICSSE), 2019, pp. 41-44.
4. T. D. Duong, M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, J. H. Choi, and D. M. Vilathgamuwa, “A comparison between quasi-Z-source inverter and active quasi-Z-source inverter,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, ICPE 2019 – ECCE Asia, 5-2019, pp. 1-6, Korea.
5. T. T. Tran, M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and J. H. Choi, “A novel space vector modulation strategy for three-phase quasi switched boost inverter,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, ICPE 2019 – ECCE Asia, 5-2019, pp. 1-6, Korea.
6. V. T. Tran, D. T. Do, M. K. Nguyen, and D. T. Nguyen, “Space Vector Modulation Scheme for Three-Level T-Type Quasi-Switched Boost Inverter to Reduce Common Mode Voltage,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, ICPE 2019 – ECCE Asia, 5-2019, pp. 1-6, Korea.
7. D. T. Do, M. K. Nguyen, et al., “Space vector modulation strategy for three-level quasi-switched boost T-type inverter,” in proc. IEEE Southern Power Electronics Conference, SPEC’18, 12-2018, pp. 1-5, Singapore.
8. D. T. Do, M. K. Nguyen, T. H. Quach, and D. T. Nguyen, “Controlled diode bridge clamped three-level inverter based on quasi-switched boost network,” in proc. International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development, GTSD’18, 11-2018, pp. 1-5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
9. M. K. Nguyen, F. Zare, and N. Ghasemi, “Switched-capacitor-based nanosecond pulse generator using SiC MOSFET,” in proc. Australian Universities Power Engineering Conference, AUPEC’18, 11-2018, pp. 1-6, Auckland, New Zealand.
10. M. K. Nguyen et al., “A three-phase hybrid switched-boost inverter,” in proc. IEEE International Power Electronics Conference-ECCE Asia, IPEC’18, 05-2018, pp. 2145-2148, Niigata, Japan.
11. T. T. Tran, M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and J. H. Choi, “A single-phase common ground boost inverter for photovoltaic applications,” in proc. IEEE International Power Electronics Conference-ECCE Asia, IPEC’18, 05-2018, pp. 1799-1802, Niigata, Japan.
12. T. D. Duong, M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and J. H. Choi, “An active-clamped current-fed half-bridge DC-DC converter with three switches,” in proc. IEEE International Power Electronics Conference-ECCE Asia, IPEC’18, 05-2018, pp. 982-986, Niigata, Japan.
13. H. T. Luong, M. K. Nguyen et al., “Single-phase five-level buck-boost inverter,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS, DOI: 10.1109/ICEMS.2017.8056257, 08-2017, pp. 1-4, Sydney, Australia.
14. V. T. Tran, M. K. Nguyen et al., “A three-phase cascaded H-bridge quasi-switched boost inverter for renewable energy,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS, DOI: 10.1109/ICEMS.2017.8056259, 08-2017, pp. 1-5, Sydney, Australia.
15. M. K. Nguyen et al., “DC-link voltage control in single-phase switched boost inverter,” in proc. IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS, 11-2016, pp. 1-6, Chiba, Japan.
16. M. K. Nguyen et al., “Improved switched boost inverter with reducing capacitor voltage stress,” in proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE’14, DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864992, 06-2014, pp.1-5, Istanbul, Turkey.
17. M. K. Nguyen et al., “Transformer-based quasi-Z-source inverters with high boost ability,” in proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE’13, DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2013.6563650, 05-2013, pp.1-5, Taipei, Taiwan.
18. M. K. Nguyen et al., “Trans-Z-source-based isolated dc-dc converters,” in proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE’13, DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2013.6563610, 05-2013, pp.1-6, Taipei, Taiwan.
19. M. K. Nguyen, Y. C. Lim, and J. H. Choi “Single-phase Z-source-based voltage sag/swell compensator,” in proc. 28^th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC’13, DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2013.6520749, 3-2013, pp. 3138 - 3142, Long Beach, CA, USA.
20. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase quasi-Z-source ac-ac converter with safe-commutation strategy,” in proc. IEEE International Power Electronics Conference-ECCE Asia, IPEC’10, 06-2010, Sapporo, Japan.
21. M. K. Nguyen et al., “Single-phase quasi-Z-source ac/ac converter,” in proc. the 31^st IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference, INTELEC’09, DOI: 10.1109/INTLEC.2009.5351840, 10-2009, pp. 1-5, Incheon, Korea.
22. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Voltage swell/sag compensation with single-phase Z-source ac/ac converter,” in proc. the 13^th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE’09, 09-2009, pp. P.1-P.8, Barcelona, Spain.
23. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase ac/ac buck-boost converter with single-phase matrix topology,” in proc. the 13^th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE’09, 09-2009, pp. P.1-P10, Barcelona, Spain.
24. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase ac/ac converter based on quasi-Z-source topology,” in proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE’09, DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2009.5213593, 07-2009, pp. 261-265, Seoul, Korea.
25. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase Z-source voltage sag/swell compensator,” in proc. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, ISIE’09, DOI: 10.1109/ISIE.2009.5217933, 07-2009, pp. 24-28, Seoul, Korea.
26. Minh-Khai Nguyen et al., “Three-phase ac-ac Z-source converter (TPZC) with maximum boost voltage ratio,” in proc. IEEE ICEMS’09, DOI: 10.1109/IPEMC.2009.5157531, 5-2009, pp. 1004-1008, Wuhan, China.
27. M. K. Nguyen, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Single-phase Z-source buck-boost matrix converter,” in proc. 24^th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC’09, DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2009.4802760, 2-2009, pp. 846-850, Washington DC, USA.
28. M. K. Nguyen, D. S. Shin, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “Power spectra of the single phase 6/6 SRM drives by the separately randomized pulse position (SRP) PWM method,” in proc. the 7^th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, ICPE’07, DOI: 10.1109/ICPE.2007.4692464, 10-2007, pp. 630-634, Korea.
29. M. K. Nguyen, D. S. Shin, Y. G. Jung, and Y. C. Lim, “A new random switching technique for a single phase SRM drives,” in proc. the 38^th IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC’07, DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2007.4342270, 06-2007, pp. 1778-1783, USA.