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Yungtaek Jang
Senior Member of R&D Staff
Language
.....Fluent in English and native in Korean. Medium skill in Chinese.
Education
- ....Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1994.
- .....M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991.
- .....B.S. Electrical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1982.
Areas of Specialization
.....Power Electronics. Power-Semiconductor Devices. Electronics. Magnetics. Motor Control, Computer-Aided Analysis and Design.
Experience
- Apr. 1996 - present:
- Senior Member of R&D Staff, Delta Products Corporation,
Power Electronics Laboratory, P.O. Box 12173, 5101 Davis Dr.,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
- Feb. 1995 - Apr. 1996:
- Senior Research Engineer, Advanced Energy Industries Inc.,
1600 Prospect Parkway, Fort Collins, CO 80525.
- Feb. 1982 - Oct. 1988:
- Project Manager and Design Engineer, Hyundai Engineering CO., LTD. Seoul, Korea.
Patents
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic
"Robust, Harmonic-Injection System for Single-Switch, Three-Phase, Discontinuous-Conduction-Mode Boost Rectifiers,"
US Patent 5,847,944, December 8 1998.
- D. Maksimovic, R. W. Erickson, and Y. Jang,
"Nonlinear Carrier Controllers for High-Power-Factor Boost Rectification,"
US Patent 5,867,379, February 2 1999.
- M. Jovanovic, Y. Jang,
"Soft-Switched Boost Converter with Isolated Active Snubber,"
US Patent 5,959,438, September 28, 1999.
- M. Jovanovic, Y. Jang,
"Boost Converter with Minimum-Component-Count Active Snubber,"
US Patent 6,028,418, February 22, 2000.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Harmonic-Injection Control Technique for Three-Phase, Discontinuous-Conduction-Mode, High-Power-Fctor Boost Rectifiers with Improved Lne-Transient Response,"
US Patent 6,049,473, April 11, 2000.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Soft-Switching Cell For Reducing Switching Losses In Pulse-Width-Modulated Converters,"
US Patent 6,051,961, April 18, 2000.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"A Contactless Electrical Energy Transmission System for Portable-Telephone Battery Chargers,"
US Patent 6,246,599B1, June 12, 2001.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Two-Inductor Boost Converters,"
US Patent 6,239,584B1, May 29, 2001.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Constant Frequency Resonant Inverters with a Pair of Resonant Inductors,"
US Patent 6,246,599B1, June 12, 2001.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic
"Soft-Switched PWM Full-Bridge Converter,"
US Patent 6,392,902B1, May 21, 2002.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Three-Level Soft-Switched Converters,"
US Patent 6,353,547B1, March 5, 2002.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Soft-Switched Full-Bridge Converters,"
US Patent 6,356,462B1, March 12, 2002.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic
"Hold-Up Time Extension Circuits,"
US Patent 6,504,497B2, January 7, 2003.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Structure and Method for an Isolated PFC Boost Converter,"
US Patent 6,906,930B2, June 14, 2005.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"A Contactless Electrical Energy Transmission System Having A Primary Side Current Feedback Control And Soft-Switched Secondary Side Rectifier,"
US Patent 6,934,167B2, August 23, 2005.
- M. Jovanovic, Y. Jang, Yu-Ming Chang, Kung-Hui Fang,
"Soft-Switched Power Converters,"
US Patent 6,987,675B2, January 17, 2006.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic
"Full Bridge Converter with ZVS via AC Feedback,"
US Patent 6,992,902B2, January 31, 2006.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Electromagnetic Device Having Independent Inductive Components,"
US Patent 7,161,458B2, January 9, 2007.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Power System Having Multiple Power Converters with Reduced Switching Loss,"
US Patent 7,218,081B2, May 15, 2007.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Non-Isolated Power Conversion System Having Multiple Switching Power Converters,"
US Patent 7,230,405B2, June 12, 2007.
- Y. Jang, M. Jovanovic,
"Power Factor Correction Rectifier Having Independent Inductive Components,"
US Patent 7,265,650B2, September 4, 2007.
Service to Profession
- Session Chairman at INTELEC'03
- Session Chairman at APEC'99
- Session Chairman at PESC'97
- Reviewer and Member of Technical Program Committee of IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) since 1995.
- Reviewer and Member of Technical Program Committee of IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference (PESC) since 1996.
- Reviewer of IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics.
- Reviewer of IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics.
Awards
- IEEE Power Electronics Society Transaction Prize Paper Award for 2009
- IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section Outstanding Engineer Award 2003
- IEEE Power Electronics Society Transaction Prize Paper Award for 1996
Memberships
- Senior Member of IEEE Power Electronics Society
- Senior Member of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
- Senior Member of IEEE Industry Application Society
Papers Published in Major Technical Journals
- Y. Jang and R. W. Erickson,
"Physical Origins of Input Filter Oscillations in Current Programmed Converter,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 725-733, October 1992.
- D. Maksimovic, Y. Jang, and R. W. Erickson,
"Nonlinear Carrier Control for High Power Factor Boost Rectifiers,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 578-584, July 1996.
- Y. Jang and R. W. Erickson,
"New SingleSwitch Three-Phase High Power Factor Rectifiers Using Multi-Resonant Zero Current Switching,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 194-201, January 1998.
- .Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Novel, Robust Harmonic Injection Method for a Single-Switch 3-Phase Discontinuous-Conduction-Mode Boost Rectifier,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 824-834, September 1998.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A Comparative Study of Single-Switch 3-Phase High-Power-Factor Rectifiers,"
IEEE Transactions on Industry Application, Vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 1327-1334, November/December 1998.
- M. M. Jovanovic and Y. Jang,
"A New Soft-Switched Boost Converter with Isolated Active Snubber,"
IEEE Transactions on Industry Application, Vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 496-502, March/April 1999.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Input-Voltage Feedforward Harmonic-Injection Technique with Nonlinear Gain Control for
Single-Switch, Three-Phase DCM Boost Rectifier,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 268-277, March 2000.
- M. M. Jovanovic and Y. Jang,
"A Novel Active Snubber for High-Power Boost Converter,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 278-284, March 2000.
- .Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New, Soft-Switched, High-Power-Factor Boost Converter With IGBTs,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 469-476, July 2002.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A Contactless Electrical Energy Transmission System for Portable-Telephone Battery Chargers,"
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 520-527, June 2003.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, and Y. M. Chang,
"A New ZVS-PWM Full-Bridge Converter,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 1122-1129, September 2003.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Two-Inductor Boost Converter with Auxiliary Transformer,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 169-175, January 2004.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Family of Full-Bridge ZVS converters,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 701-708, May 2004.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Three-Level ZVS converter,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 75-81, January 2005.
- M. M. Jovanovic and Y. Jang ,
"State-of-the-Art, Single-Phase, Active Power-Factor-Correction Techniques for High-Power Applications
- An Overview,"
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 701-708, June 2005.
- Y. Jang, D. Dillman, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Soft-Switched PFC Boost Rectifier with Integrated Flyback Converter for Stand-by Power,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 66-72, January 2006.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, K. H. Fang, and Y. M. Chang,
"Soft-Switched High-Power-Factor Boost Converter"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 98-104, January 2006.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Hold-Up Time Extension Circuit with Integrated Magnetics,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 75-81, March 2006.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Soft-Switched PFC Boost Rectifier with Integrated ZVS Two-Switch Forward Converter,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1600-1606, November 2006.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New PWM ZVS Full-Bridge Converter,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 987-994, May 2007.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Interleaved PFC Boost Converter with Intrinsic Voltage-Doubler Characteristic for Universal-Line PFC Front End,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1394-1401, July 2007.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Isolated Boost Converters,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1514-1521, July 2007.
- L. Huber, Y. Jang, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Performance Evaluation of Bridgeless PFC Boost Rectifiers,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1381-1390, May 2008.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Fully Soft-Switched Three-Stage AC-DC Converter,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 2884-2892, November 2008.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Bridgeless PFC Boost Rectifier with Optimized Magnetic Utilization,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 24, no. 1-2, pp. 85-93, January-February 2009.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Light-Load Efficiency Optimization Method,"
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 67-74, January 2010.
Papers Presented at Major International Technical Meetings
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- Y. Jang and R. W. Erickson,
"Physical Origins of Input Filter Oscillations in Current Programmed Converter,"
Sixth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 10-15, 1991.
- Y. Jang and R. W. Erickson,
"New Quasi-Square Wave and Multi-Resonant Integrated Magnetic Zero Voltage Switching Converters,"
Twenty-fourth Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Seattle, Washington, June 20-24, 1993.
- Y. Jang and R. W. Erickson,
"New Single-Switch Three-Phase High Power Factor Rectifiers Using Multi-Resonant Zero Current Switching,"
Ninth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Orlando, FL, February 13-17, 1994.
- D. Maksimovic, Y. Jang, and R. W. Erickson,
"Nonlinear Carrier Control for High Power Factor Boost Rectifiers,"
Tenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 5-9, 1995.
- Y. Jang and R. W. Erickson,
"Analysis and Experimental Results of a 6kW Single-Switch Three-Phase High Power Factor Rectifier
Using Multi-Resonant Zero Current Switching,"
Eleventh Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, San Jose, CA, March 3-7, 1996.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"Novel, Robust Harmonic Injection Method for a Single-Switch 3-Phase Discontinuous-Conduction-Mode Boost Rectifier,"
Twenty-Eighth Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 22-27, 1997.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"Design Considerations and Performance Evaluation of a 6-kW, Single-Switch, Three-Phase, High-Power-
Factor, Multi-Resonant, Zero-Current-Switching Buck Rectifier,"
Nineteenth International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Melbourne, Australia, October 19-24, 1997.
- M. M. Jovanovic, Y. Jang,
"A New, Soft-Switched Boost Converter with Isolated Active Snubber,"
Thirteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, CA, February 15-19, 1998.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A Comparative Study of Single-Switch, Three-Phase, High-Power-Factor Rectifiers,"
Thirteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, CA, February 15-19, 1998.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"Design Considerations and Performance Evaluation of a 3-kW, Soft-Switched Boost Converter with Active Snubber,"
Twentieth International Telecommunications Energy Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 4-8, 1998.
- M. M. Jovanovic, Y. Jang,
"A Boost Converter with Novel Active Snubber,"
Fourteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 14-18, 1999.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Input-Voltage Feedforward Harmonic-Injection Technique With Nonlinear Gain Control For Single-Switch, Three-Phase, DCM Boost Rectifiers,"
Fourteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 14-18, 1999.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New, Soft-Switched, High-Power-Factor Boost Converter with IGBT,"
Twenty First International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 6-9, 1999.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Technique for Reducing Switching Losses in Pulse-Width-Modulated Converters,"
Twenty-Ninth Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Charleston, SC, June 27-July 1, 1999.
- .B. Irving, Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A Comparative Study of Soft-Switched CCM Boost Rectifiers and Interleaved Variable-Frequency DCM Boost Rectifier,"
Fifteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, New Orleans, February 6-10, 2000.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A Contactless Electrical Energy Transmission System for Portable-Telephone Battery Chargers,"
Twenty Second International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, September 10-14, 2000.
- Y.M. Chae, Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, J.S. Gho, G.H. Choe,
"A Novel Mixed Current and Voltage Control Scheme for Inverter Arc Welding Machines,"
Sixteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, CA, March 4-8, 2001.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Two-Inductor Boost Converter with Coupled Inductor,"
Seventeenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, TX, March 10-14, 2002.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New ZVS-PWM Full-Bridge Converter,"
Twenty Fourth International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Montréal, Quebéc, September 29-October 3, 2002.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Family of Full-Bridge ZVS Converters,"
Eighteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Miami Beach, FL, February 9-13, 2003.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Three-Level ZVS Converter,"
Eighteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Miami Beach, FL, February 9-13, 2003.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Soft-Switched DC-DC Front-End Converter for Applications with Wide-Range Input Voltage from Battery Power Sources,"
Twenty Fifth International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Yokohama, Japan, October 19-23, 2003.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Soft-Switched Contactless Battery Charger With Robust Local Controllers,"
Twenty Fifth International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Yokohama, Japan, October 19-23, 2003.
- Y. Jang, D. Dillman, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New Soft-Switched PFC Boost Rectifier with Integrated Flyback Converter for Stand-by Power,"
Nineteenth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, Ca, February 22-26, 2004.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, K. H. Fang, and Y. M. Chang,
"Soft-Switched High-Power-Factor Boost Converter,"
Twenty Sixth International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 19-23, 2004.
- .Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, and D. Dillman,
"Hold-Up Time Extension Circuit with Integrated Magnetics,"
Twentieth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Austin, Texas, March 6-10, 2005.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Constant-Frequency Resonant Inverter for AC-Bus Distribution System,"
Twentieth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Austin, Texas, March 6-10, 2005.
- Y. Jang, D. Dillman, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Soft-Switched PFC Boost Rectifier with Integrated ZVS Two-Switch Forward Converter,"
Twentieth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Austin, Texas, March 6-10, 2005.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic and Yuequan Hu,
"Non-Isolated Two-Inductor Boost Converter with Improved EMI Performance,"
Twenty Seventh International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 18-22, 2005.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Isolated Boost Converters,"
Twenty First Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 19-23, 2006.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, and Y. Panov,
"Multi-Phase Buck Converters with Extended Duty Cycle,"
Twenty First Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 19-23, 2006.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"A New PWM ZVS Full-Bridge Converter,"
Twenty First Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 19-23, 2006.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic,
"Interleaved PFC Boost Converter with Intrinsic Voltage-Doubler Characteristic,"
Thirty Seventh Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Jeju, Korea, June 18-June 22, 2006.
- Y. Jang, D. Dillman, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Three-Phase Isolated High-Power-Factor Rectifier Using Soft-Switched Two-Switch Forward Converter,"
Twenty Second Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, Ca, February 25-March 1, 2007.
- .L. Huber, Y. Jang, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Performance Evaluation of Bridgeless PFC Boost Rectifiers,"
Twenty Second Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Anaheim, Ca, February 25-March 1, 2007.
- Y. Jang, D. Dillman, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Performance Evaluation of Silicon-Carbide MOSFET in Three-Phase High-Power-Factor Rectifier,"
Twenty Ninth International Telecommunications Energy Conference, Rome, Italy, September 30-October 4, 2007.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, and D. Dillman,
"Bridgeless PFC Boost Rectifier with Optimized Magnetic Utilization,"
Twenty Third Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Austin, Texas, February 24-28, 2008.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, and D. Dillman,
"Light-Load Efficiency Optimization Method,"
Twenty Fourth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Washington, DC, February 15-19, 2009.
- Y. Jang and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Bridgeless Buck PFC Rectifier,"
Twenty Fifth Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Palm Springs, CA, February 21-25, 2010.
Other Publications
- Y. Jang,
"Physical Origins of Input Flter Oscillations in Current Programmed Converter,"
M.S. Thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1991.
- Y. Jang,
"Application of ResonantTechnique for Three-Phase High Power Factor Rectification and Integrated
Magnetic Converters,"
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1994.
- M. M. Jovanovic, Y. Jang,
"High Performance Power-Factor-Correction Topologies for Server Applications,"
HP symposium, CA, 1999.
- Y. Jang, D. Dillman, and M. M. Jovanovic,
"Soft-Switched PFC Boost Rectifier with Integrated Second-Stage Boost Converter for Three-Stage AC-DC Power Supplies,"
DPEC Seminar, Shanghai, China, 2005.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, and Y. Panov,
"Multi-Phase Buck Converters with Extended Duty Cycle,"
DPEC Seminar, Shanghai, China, 2006.
- Y. Jang, M. M. Jovanovic, and D. Dillman,
"Performance Evaluation of Bridgeless PFC Boost Rectifier with Low Common-Mode Noise,"
DPEC Seminar, Shanghai, China, 2006.

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