Journals

2024

1. J. Dadkhah, C. Ho, Y. Xu and J. Liu, “Comprehensive study and performance evaluation of an interleaved GaN-based PFC with magnetic component size reduction”, IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron. (Early Access) (PDF)

2. J. Dadkhah, C. Ho, and K. Siu, “Three-phase Transformerless PV Inverter with Reconfigurable LCL Filter and Reactive Power Capability”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 8229-8241, July 2024. (PDF)

3. S. Jayamaha, C. Ho, and A. Rajapakse, “Parallel/Series Connected Standardized Active Switching Modules for High Power DCCBs in MVDC Networks”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron. vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 9602-9613, Aug. 2024. (PDF)

4. Y. Xu, K. Siu, and C. Ho, “Design and Device Selection in a Residential PV Inverter to Improve Efficiency in Low Power”, IEEE Trans. Consum. Electron., 2024. (Early Access) (PDF)

2022

1. R. Abdalaal, and C. Ho, “System Modeling and Stability Analysis of Single-Phase Transformerless UPQC Integrated Input Grid Voltage Regulation”, IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Ind. Electron., vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 670-682, July 2022. (PDF)

2. I. Jayawardana, C. Ho, and Y Zhang, “A Comprehensive Study and Validation of a Power-HIL Testbed for Evaluating Grid-Connected EV Chargers”, IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Power Electron., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 2395-2410, April 2022. (PDF)

3. M. Pokharel, and C. Ho, “Development of Interface Model and Design of Compensator to Overcome Delay Response in a PHIL Setup for Evaluating a Grid-Connected Power Electronic DUT ”, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 4109-4121, May-June 2022. (PDF)

4. J. Dadkhah, C. Ho, K. Siu and R. Li, “Magnetic Components Reduction in Three-phase PFC Converter by Using Reconfigurable LCL Filter”, IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 14926-14943, Dec. 2022. (PDF)

2021

1. D. Li, and C. Ho, "A Module-Based Plug-n-Play Dc Microgrid with Fully Decentralized Control for IEEE Empower a Billion Lives Competition", IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 1764-1776, Feb. 2021. (PDF)

2. I. Jayawardana, C. Ho, and Y. He, “Boundary Control with Corrected Second-order Switching Surface for Buck Converters Connected to Capacitive Loads”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 183-196, Feb. 2021. (PDF)

3. M. Pokharel, and C. Ho, "Stability Analysis of Power Hardware in the Loop (PHIL) Architecture with Solar Inverter", IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 5, pp. 4309-4319, May 2021. (PDF)

4. K. Siu, C. Ho, and D. Li, “Design and Analysis of a Bidirectional Hybrid Dc Circuit Breaker using Ac Relays with Long Life Time”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 2889-2900, March 2021. (PDF)

5. R. Abdalaal and C. Ho, “Characterization of Commercial LED Lamps for Power Quality Studies,” Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 94-104, Spring 2021. (PDF)

6. D. Li, and C. Ho, “Decentralized PV-BES Coordination Control with Improved Dynamic Performance for Islanded Plug-n-Play Dc Microgrid”, IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Topics Power Electron., vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 4992-5001, Aug. 2021. (PDF)

7. I. Jayawardana, C. Ho, M. Pokharel, and G. Escobar’ “A Fast-Dynamic Control Scheme for a Power-Electronics-Based PV Emulator,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 485-495, March 2021. (PDF)

8. R. Abdalaal, and C. Ho, “Analysis and Validations of Modularized Distributed TL-UPQC systems with Supervisory Remote Management System”, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 2638-2651, May 2021. (PDF)

9. Y. Xu, C. Ho, A. Ghosh, and D. Muthumuni “Design, Implementation and Validation of Electro-Thermal Simulation for SiC MOSFETs in Power Electronic Systems”, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 2714-2725, May-June 2021. (PDF)

10. Y. Xu, C. Ho, A. Ghosh, and D. Muthumuni “Generalized Behavioral Modeling Methodology of Switch-Diode Cell for Power Loss Prediction in Electromagnetic Transient Simulation”, Energies. 2021; 14(5):1500. (Invited Paper). (PDF)

2020

1. K. Siu, and C. Ho, “Manitoba Rectifier - Bridgeless Buck-Boost PFC”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 403 - 414, Jan. 2020. (PDF)

2. K. Siu, C. Ho, and R. Li, “A Four-Quadrant Single-Phase Grid-Connected Converter with only Two High Frequency Switches”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 1899-1909, Mar. 2020. (PDF)

3. K. Siu and C. Ho, “System Model and Performance Evaluation of Single-Stage Buck-Boost Type Manitoba Inverter for PV Applications”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 3457-3466, Dec. 2020. (PDF)

4. Y. Xu, C. Ho, A. Ghosh, and D. Muthumuni “An Electrical Transient Model of IGBT-Diode Switching Cell for Power Semiconductor Loss Estimation in Electromagnetic Transient Simulation”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 2979-2989, Mar. 2020. (PDF)

5. D. Li, and C. Ho, “A Delay-Tolerable Master-Slave Current-Sharing Control Scheme for Parallel-Operated Interfacing Inverters with Low-Bandwidth Communication”, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 1575-1586, March-April 2020. (PDF)

6. K. Siu, and C. Ho, “Generalized Design Approach of a Family of Grid-connected Converters Based on Active Virtual Ground Technique for Single-phase Ac Microgrid Applications”, CPSS Trans. on Power Electronics and Applications, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 203-212, Sept. 2020. (PDF)

7. A. Ghosh, C. Ho, J. Prendergast, and Y. Xu, “Conceptual Design and Demonstration of an Automatic System for Extracting Switching Loss and Creating Data Library of Power Semiconductors”, IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics. vol. 1, pp. 431-444, 2020. (PDF)

2019

1. M. Pokharel, N. Hildebrandt, C. Ho, and Y. He, “A Fast Dynamic Unipolar Switching Control Scheme for Single Phase Inverters in DC Microgrids,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 916 - 927, Jan. 2019. (PDF)

2. M. Pokharel, A. Ghosh, and C. Ho, “Small-Signal Modelling and Design Validation of PV-Controllers with INC-MPPT using CHIL”, IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 316 - 317, Mar. 2019. (PDF)

3. K. Siu, Y. He, C. Ho, H. Chung, and R. Li, “Advanced Digital Controller for Improving Input Current Quality of Integrated Active Virtual Ground-Bridgeless PFC”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 3921 - 3936, Apr. 2019. (PDF)

4. C. Ho, and K. Siu, “Manitoba Inverter – Single Phase Single-Stage Buck-Boost VSI Topology”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 3445 - 3456, Apr. 2019. (PDF)

5. Y. Zhou, C. Ho, and K. Siu, “A Fast MPPT Control Technique using Boundary Controller for PV Applications”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 849-857, May 2019. (PDF)

6. R. Abdalaal, C. Ho, C. Leung, and H. Chung, “A Remotely Central Dimming System for a Large-Scale LED Lighting Network Providing High Quality Voltage and Current”, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 5455-5465, Sept.-Oct. 2019. (PDF)

7. D. Li, C. Ho, and K. Siu, “A Method for Solving Current Unbalance Problem of Paralleled Single-Phase Grid-connected Unipolar-PWM Inverters with Common DC Bus”, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications. vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 7595-7603, Nov.-Dec. 2019. (PDF)

2018

1. G. Escobar, P.R. Martinez-Rodriguez, C. Ho, J.M. Sosa, and M.J. Lopez-Sanchez, “Design of a current reference for an inverter-side current controller of a single-phase LCL-based grid-connected inverter”, International Trans. on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 28, no. 1, e2476, Jan. 2018.

2. R. Li, C. Ho, and C. Xu “Active Virtual Ground - Single Phase Transformerless Grid-Connected Voltage Source Inverter Topology,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 1335 - 1346, Feb. 2018. (Second Place Winner Prize Paper Awards) (PDF)

3. D. Li, C. Ho, L. Liu, and G. Escobar, “Reactive Power Control for Single-phase Grid-tie Inverters using Quasi Sinusoidal Waveform,” IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 3-11, Jan. 2018. (PDF)

2017

1. Y. He, H. Chung, C. Ho, and W. Wu, “Modified Cascaded Boundary-Deadbeat Control for a Virtually-Grounded Three-Phase Grid-Connected Inverter with LCL Filter”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 1941-0107, Oct. 2017.

2. G. Escobar, S. Pettersson, C. Ho, and R. Rico-Camacho, “Multi-sampling maximum power point tracker (MS-MPPT) to compensate irradiation and temperature changes”, IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, vol. 8 no. 3, pp. 1096 - 1105, Aug. 2017.

3. C. Ho, R. Li, and K. Siu “Active Virtual Ground - Bridgeless PFC Topology,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 6206 - 6218, Aug. 2017. (PDF)

4. Y. He, H. Chung, C. Ho, and W. Wu, “Direct Current Tracking Using Boundary Control with Second-Order Switching Surface for Three-Phase Three-Wire Grid-Connected Inverter”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 5723-5740, Jul. 2017.

2016

1. R. Li, and C. Ho, “An Active Snubber Cell for N-Phase Interleaved DC-DC Converters”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 334 – 351, Jun. 2016. (PDF)

2. Y . He, H. Chung, C. Ho, and W. Wu, “Use of boundary control with second-order switching surface to reduce the system order for deadbeat controller in grid-connected inverter”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 2638 – 2653, Mar. 2016.

2015

1. Y . Yang, J. Ma, C. Ho, and Q. Zou, “A novel coupled inductor structure for Interleaving Bidirectional DC-DC converters”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 841 – 849, Sept. 2015. (PDF)