University of Colorado
Professor
 
  • Congratulations to Josh Traube and Fengong Lu for winning a Best Student Paper Award at EPE-PEMC 2012 Europe
  • Four papers presented at EPE-PEMC 2012 ECCE Europe
    • Traube J., Lu F., Maksimovic D, "Photovoltaic Power System with Integrated Electric Vehicle DC Charger and Enhanced Grid Support"
    • Costinett D., Rodriguez M., Maksimovic D, "Simple Digital Pulse Width Modulator with 60 Picoseconds Resolution Using a Low-cost FPGA"
    • Rodriguez M., Roberg M., Pack R., Fernandez P., Alarcon E., Popovic Z., Maksimovic D., "Resonant Pulse-Shaping Power Supply for Radar Transmitters"
    • Marco L., Poveda A., Guinjoan F., Maksimovic D., Alarcon E., "A Design-Oriented Optimization Framework for Envelope Trackers:
      Application to a Sliding-mode Control Buck Converter for EDGE"
  • Congratulations to Daniel Costinett for winning the 3rd Best Paper Award at IEEE COMPEL 2012 for the paper "Discrete-Time Small-Signal Modeling of a 1 MHz Efficiency-Optimized Dual Active Bridge Converter with Varying Load"
  • Six papers presented at IEEE COMPEL 2012
    • Carlos Olalla, Miguel Rodriguez, Daniel Clement, Jian Wang, and Dragan Maksimovic, "Architecture and Control of PV Modules with Submodule Integrated Converters"
    • Daniel Costinett, Regan Zane, and Dragan Maksimovic, "Circuit-Oriented Modeling of Nonlinear Device Capacitances in Switched Mode Power Converters"
    • Miguel Rodríguez, Greg Stahl, Daniel Costinett, and Dragan Maksimovic, "Simulation and characterization of GaN HEMT in high-frequency switched-mode power converters"
    • D. Costinett, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, "Discrete-Time Small-Signal Modeling of a 1 MHz Efficiency-Optimized Dual Active Bridge Converter with Varying Load"
    • Daniel Seltzer, Douglas Bloomquist, Regan Zane, and Dragan Maksimovic, "Gain-Scheduled Control of Multi Angle Phase Shift Modulated Dual Active Bridge Series Resonant DC/DC Converters"
    • Miguel Rodriguez, Luca Corradini, Carlos Olalla, Dragan Maksimovic, "Average current-mode control of Boost converters with bidirectional power transfer capabilities"
  • Congratulations to Mark Norris and Danny Costinett for Best Presentation Awards at IEEE APEC 2012
 

Publications

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J. Morroni, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “Design and implementation of an adaptive tuning system based on desired phase margin for digitally controlled DC–DC converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron. , vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 559 – 564, Feb 2009. PDF

J. Morroni, L. Corradini, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “Robust adaptive tuning of digitally controlled switched-mode power supplies,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Washington, DC, Feb. 2009, pp. 240-246. PDF

B. A. Mather, D. Maksimovic and I. Cohen, "Input power measurement techniques for single-phase digitally controlled PFC rectifiers," in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Washington, DC, Feb. 2009, pp. 767-773. PDF

F. Chen and D. Maksimović, “Digital control for improved efficiency and reduced harmonic distortion over wide load range in boost PFC rectifiers," in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Washington, DC, Feb. 2009, pp. 760-766. PDF

R. Paul, L. Corradini and D. Maksimović, “Σ-Δ modulated digitally controlled non-inverting buck-boost converter for WCDMA RF power amplifiers,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Washington, DC, Feb. 2009, pp. 533-539. PDF

X. Zhang, L. Corradini, D. Maksimović, “Sensorless current sharing in digitally controlled two-phase buck DC-DC converters,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Washington, DC, Feb. 2009, pp. 70-76. PDF

J. Morroni, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “Adaptive tuning of switched-mode power supplies operating in discontinuous and continuous conduction modes,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2603 – 2648, Nov. 2009. PDF

J. Morroni, L. Corradini, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “An online stability margin monitor for digitally controlled switched-mode power supplies,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2639 – 2611, Nov. 2009. PDF

X. Zhang, L. Corradini, D. Maksimovic, “Digitally controlled distributed multiphase DC-DC converters,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conv. Cong. Expo., San Jose, CA, Sept. 2009, pp. 36-42. PDF

L. Corradini, A. Bjeletic, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “Fully digital hysteretic modulator for DC-DC switching converters,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conv. Cong. Expo., San Jose, CA, Sept. 2009, pp. 3312-3319. PDF

A. Babazadeh, L. Corradini, D. Maksimovic, “Near time-optimal transient response in DC-DC buck converters taking into account the inductor current limit,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conv. Cong. Expo., San Jose, CA, Sept. 2009, pp. 3328-3335. PDF

B. Mather, D. Maksimovic, “Single comparator based A/D converter for output voltage sensing in power factor correction rectifiers,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conv. Cong. Expo., San Jose, CA, Sept. 2009, pp. 1331-1338. PDF

A. Babazadeh, D. Maksimovic, “Hybrid digital adaptive control for fast transient response in synchronous buck DC–DC converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2625 – 2638, Nov. 2009. PDF

M. Shirazi, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “An autotuning digital controller for DC–DC power converters based on online frequency-response measurements,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2578 – 2588, Nov. 2009. PDF

T. Carosa, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Scalable digital multiphase modulator,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., Lett., vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 2201-2205, Jul. 2008. PDF

J. Morroni, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “Adaptive tuning of digitally controlled switched mode power supplies based on desired phase margin,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Athens, Greece, June 2008, pp. 1250 – 1256. PDF

J. Morroni, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, “An online phase margin monitor for digitally controlled switched-mode power supplies,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Athens, Greece, June 2008, pp. 859 – 865. PDF

M. Shirazi, J. Morroni, A. Dolgov, R. Zane, D. Maksimovic, "Integration of frequency response measurement capabilities in digital controllers for DC-DC converters," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 2524 – 2535, Sep. 2008. PDF

K. Nakamura, T. Naka, Y. Kamata, T. Taguchi, T. Shimizu, Y. Ikeda, A. Nakagawa, D. Maksimovic, “10A 12V 1 chip digitally-controlled DC/DC converter IC with high resolution and high frequency DPWM,” in Proc. IEEE Power Elect. and Motion Control Conf., Poznan, Poland, Sept. 2008,pp. 498 -503. PDF

V. Yousefzadeh, A. Babazadeh, B. Ramachandran, E. Alarcon, L. Pao and D. Maksimović, “Proximate time-optimal digital control for synchronous buck DC-DC converters," IEEE Trans. Power Electron, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 2018-2026, July 2008. PDF

M. Ilic, D. Maksimović, “Digital average current-mode controller for DC–DC converters in physical vapor deposition applications,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1428 -1436, May 2008. PDF

H. Hu, V. Yousefzadeh and D. Maksimović, “Non-uniform A/D quantization for improved dynamic responses of digitally controlled DC-DC converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 1998-2005, July 2008. PDF

X. Zhang, D. Maksimovic, “Digital PWM/PFM controller with input voltage feed-forward for synchronous buck converters,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo. , Feb. 2008, pp. 523-528. PDF

D. Maksimović, R. Zane, “Small-signal discrete-time modeling of digitally controlled DC-DC converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., Lett., vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 2552-2556, Nov. 2007. PDF

J. Morroni, A. Dolgov, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Online health monitoring in digitally controlled power converters,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Orlando, FL, Jun. 2007, pp. 112 – 118. PDF

M. Shirazi, L. Corradini, R. Zane, P. Mattavelli, D. Maksimović, “Autotuning techniques for digitally controlled point-of-load converters with wide range of capacitive loads,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2007, pp. 14 – 20. PDF

M. Ilic, D. Maksimovic, “Interleaved Zero Current Transition Buck Converter,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., Nov.2007, pp.1619-1627. PDF

H. Peng, A. Prodić, E. Alarcon, D. Maksimović, “Modeling of quantization effects in digitally controlled DC–DC converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol.22, no.1, Jan. 2007, pp. 208-215. PDF

V. Yousefzadeh, A. Babazadeh, B. Ramachandran, E. Alarcon, L. Pao, D. Maksimovic, “Proximate time-optimal digital control for DC-DC converters,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Orlando, FL, Jun. 2007, pp. 124 – 130. PDF

L. Corradini, P. Mattavelli, D. Maksimovic, “Robust relay-feedback based autotuning for DC-DC converters,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Orlando, FL, Jun. 2007, pp. 2196 – 2202. PDF

N. Wang, N. Lopez, V. Yousefzadeh, J. Hoversten, D. Maksimovic, Z. Popovic, “Linearity of X-band class-E power amplifiers in a digital polar transmitter,” in Proc. IEEE/MTT-S Int. Microw. Symp. June 2007, pp.1083-1086. PDF

V. Yousefzadeh, M. Shirazi, D. Maksimovic, “Minimum phase response in digitally controlled boost and flyback converters,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Feb. 2007, pp.865-870. PDF

B. Mather, B. Ramachandran, D. Maksimovic, “A digital PFC controller without input voltage sensing,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2007, pp.198-204. PDF

M. Ilic, D. Maksimovic, “Phase-shifted full bridge DC-DC converter with energy recovery clamp and reduced circulating current,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2007, pp.969-975. PDF

X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Design and implementation of a wide-bandwidth digitally controlled 16-phase converter,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop Comput. Power Electron. (COMPEL), Troy, NY, Jul. 2006, pp. 106 – 111. PDF

T. Carosa, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Implementation of a 16 phase digital modulator in a 0.35um process,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop Comput. Power Electron. (COMPEL), Troy, NY, Jul. 2006, pp. 159-165. PDF

D. Maksimović, R. Zane, “Small-signal discrete-time modeling of digitally controlled DC-DC converters,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop Comput. Power Electron. (COMPEL), Troy, NY, Jul. 2006, pp. 231 – 235. PDF

B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “FPGA-based digital network analyzer for digitally controlled SMPS,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop Comput. Power Electron. (COMPEL), Troy, NY, Jul. 2006, pp. 240 – 245. PDF

A. Dolgov, B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “GUI-based laboratory architecture for teaching and research in digital control of SMPS,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop Comput. Power Electron. (COMPEL), Troy, NY, Jul. 2006, pp. 236 – 239. PDF

T. Carosa, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Digital multiphase modulator – A power D/A perspective,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Jeju, Korea, Jun. 2006, pp. 1 – 6. PDF

Y. Zhang, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “System modeling and digital control in modular masterless multiphase dc-dc converters,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Jeju, Korea, Jun. 2006, pp. 1 – 7. PDF

Y. Zhang, X. Zhang, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Wide-bandwidth control for multi-phase converters,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Jeju, Korea, Jun. 2006, pp. 1 – 7. PDF

B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “System identification of power converters with digital control through cross-correlation methods,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 1093 – 1099, Sep. 2005. PDF

B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Automated digital controller design for switching converters,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Recife, Brazil, Jun. 2005, pp. 2729 – 2735. PDF

Y. Zhang, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Current sharing in digitally controlled masterless multiphase DC-DC converters,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Recife, Brazil, Jun. 2005, pp. 2722 – 2728. PDF

B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Practical On-Line Identification of Power Converter Dynamic Responses,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Austin, TX, Mar. 2005, vol. 2, pp. 57 – 62. PDF

B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Detection of Instability and Adaptive Compensation of Digitally Controlled Switched Mode Power Supplies,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Austin, TX, Mar. 2005, vol. 2, pp. 63 – 69. PDF

Y. Zhang, R. Zane, R. Erickson, D. Maksimović, A. Prodic “On-line calibration of MOSFET switch on-state resistance for precise current sensing,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., Lett., vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 100 – 103, Sep. 2004. PDF

B. Miao, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “A modified cross-correlation method for system identification of power converters with digital control,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Aachen, Germany, Jun. 2004, pp. 3728 – 3733. PDF

D. Maksimović, R. Zane, R. Erickson, “Impact of digital control in power electronics,” in Proc. IEEE Int. Symp. Power Semicond. Dev. ICs, Kitakyushu, Japan, May 2004, pp. 13 – 22. PDF

Y. Zhang, A. Prodic, R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “On-line calibration of lossless current sensing,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., Anaheim, CA, Feb. 2004, pp. 1345 – 1350. PDF

R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “A mixed-signal ASIC power-factor-correction (PFC) controller for high frequency switching rectifiers,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Charleston, SC, Jun. 1999, pp. 117 – 122. PDF

R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Frequency scalable non-linear waveform generator for mixed-signal power-factor-correction IC controller,” in Proc. IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conf., San Diego, CA, May 1999, pp. 609 – 612. PDF

R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Nonlinear-carrier control for high-power-factor rectifiers based on up-down switching converters,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 213 – 221, Mar. 1998. PDF

R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Modeling of high-power-factor rectifiers based on switching converters with nonlinear-carrier control,” in Proc. IEEE Power Electron. Specialists Conf., Baveno, Italy, Jun. 1996, pp. 1105 – 1111. PDF

R. Zane, D. Maksimović, “Nonlinear-carrier control for high-power-factor rectifiers based on flyback, Cuk or SEPIC converters,” in Proc. IEEE Appl. Power Electron. Conf. Expo., San Jose, CA, Mar. 1996, pp. 814 – 820. PDF