Princeton Power Electronics
Journal Publications
2026
2025
M. Paluszek, C. Galea, J. Mo, S. Punjabi-Vinoth, M. Chen, T. Sen, S. Narumanchi, et al., Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Amplifiers for Fusion Plasma Heating and Control , Fusion Science and Technology, October 2025.
T. Sen, M. Liao, Y. Elasser, and M. Chen, Radio Frequency Power Combining with Reactance Steering Network for Fusion Plasma Heating , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 15700-15717, Oct. 2025.
T. Zhao, X. Dang, K. Manos, S. Zang, J. Mandal, M. Chen, and G. H. Paulino, Modular Chiral Origami Metamaterials , Nature, 640, 931–940 (2025).
M. Chen, H. Cui, F. Blaabjerg, L. Lorenz, R. Hellinger, T. Gray, O. Fink, and K. Hermanns, Power for AI and AI for Power: The Infinite Entanglement Between Artificial Intelligence and Power Electronics Systems , IEEE Power Electronics Magazine, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 37-43, March 2025.
M. Chen, C. R. Sullivan, et. al., MagNet Challenge for Data-Driven Power Magnetics Modeling , IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 6, pp. 883-898, 2025.
D. H. Zhou and M. Chen, Balancing Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters with Coupled Inductors: Multiresonant Dynamics , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 6578-6592, May 2025.
M. Liao, H. Li, P. Wang, T. Sen, Y. Chen and M. Chen, UAV Fleet Charging on Telecom Towers With Differential Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 6370-6384, April 2025.
Y. Wu, H. Wu, L. Cheng, J. Zhou, Z. Zhou, M. Chen, X. Wang, Impedance Profile Prediction for Grid-Connected VSCs with Data-Driven Feature Extraction , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 3043-3061, Feb. 2025.
2024
D. H. Zhou, J. Celikovic, D. Maksimovic, and M. Chen, Balancing Multiphase FCML Converters with Coupled Inductors: Modeling, Analysis, Limitations , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 9268-9291, Aug. 2024.
Y. Li, Y. Liao, M. Chen, X. Wang, L. Nordström, P. Mittal, and H. V. Poor, Machine Learning at the Grid-Edge: Data-Driven Impedance Models for Model-Free Smart Inverters , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 8, pp. 10465-10481, Aug. 2024.
S. Wang, H. Li, D. Serrano; T. Guillod, J. Li, C. R. Sullivan, and M. Chen, A Simplified Dc-Bias Injection Method for Characterizing Power Magnetics using a Voltage Mirror Transformer , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 6608-6612, June 2024.
T. Sen, Y. Elasser and M. Chen, Origami Inductor: Foldable 3-D Polyhedron Multiphase Air-Coupled Inductors with Flux Cancellation and Faster Transient , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 7312-7328, June 2024.
Z. Zheng, P. Kumar, Y. Chen, H. Cheng, S. Wagner, M. Chen, N. Verma, J. C. Sturm, Piezoelectric Soft Robot Inchworm Motion by Tuning Ground Friction through Robot Shape: Quasi-Static Modeling and Experimental Validation , IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 40, pp. 2339-2356, 2024.
Y. Liao, Y. Li, M. Chen, L. Nordström, X. Wang, P. Mittal, and H. V. Poor, Neural Network Design for Impedance Modeling of Power Electronic Systems Based on Latent Features , IEEE Trans. on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 5968-5980, May 2024.
Y. Elasser, J. Baek, K. Radhakrishnan, H. Gan, J. Douglas, H. K. Krishnamurthy, X. Li, S. Jiang, V. De, C. R. Sullivan, M. Chen, Mini-LEGO CPU Voltage Regulator , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 3391-3410, March 2024.
2023
Y. Elasser, H. Li, P. Wang, J. Baek, K. Radhakrishnan, S. Jiang, H. Gan, X. Zhang, D. Giuliano, and M. Chen, Circuits and Magnetics co-Design for Ultra-thin Vertical Power Delivery: A Snapshot Review , MRS Advances, Dec. 2023.
H. Li, D. Serrano, S. Wang, and M. Chen, MagNet-AI: Neural Network as Datasheet for Magnetics Modeling and Material Recommendation , IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 15854-15869, Dec. 2023.
H. Li, D. Serrano, S. Wang, T. H. Guillod, M. Luo, V. Bansal, N. Jha, Y. Chen, C. R. Sullivan, M. Chen, How MagNet: Machine Learning Framework for Modeling Power Magnetic Material Characteristics , IEEE Trans. on Power Electron., vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 15829-15853, Dec. 2023.
D. Serrano, H. Li, S. Wang, T. H. Guillod, M. Luo, V. Bansal, N. Jha, Y. Chen, C. R. Sullivan, M. Chen, Why MagNet: Quantifying the Complexity of Modeling Power Magnetic Material Characteristics , IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 14292-14316, Nov. 2023.
P. Wang, Y. Chen, G. Szczeszynski, S. Allen, D. Giuliano, and M. Chen, MSC-PoL: Hybrid GaN-Si Multistacked Switched Capacitor 48-V PwrSiP VRM for Chiplets , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 12815-12833, Oct. 2023.
P. Wang, D. H. Zhou, H. Li, D. M. Giuliano, G. Szczeszynski, S. Allen, and M. Chen, Interphase L-C Resonance and Stability Analysis of Series-Capacitor Buck Converters , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2023.
J. Baek, Y. Elasser, and M. Chen, MIPS: Multiphase Integrated Planar Symmetric Coupled Inductor for Ultra-Thin VRM , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2023.
Y. Liao, Y. Li, M. Chen, L. Nordström, X. Wang, P. Mittal, and H. V. Poor, Neural Network Design for Impedance Modeling of Power Electronic Systems Based on Latent Features , IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2023.
M. Liao, H. Li, P. Wang, T. Sen, Y. Chen and M. Chen, Machine Learning Methods for Feedforward Power Flow Control of Multi-Active-Bridge Converters , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2023.
2022
P. Wang, D. Zhou, Y. Elasser, J. Baek and M. Chen, Matrix Coupled All-in-One Magnetics for PWM Power Conversion , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2022.
T. Liu, X. Zhao, P. Wang, Q. C. Burlingame, J. Hu, K. Roh, Z. Xu, B. P. Rand, M. Chen, and Y.-L. Loo, Highly Transparent, Scalable, and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with Minimal Aesthetic Compromise , Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 2200402.
J. Baek, Y. Elasser, K. Radhakrishnan, H. Gan, J. Douglas, H. K. Krishnamurthy, X. Li, S. Jiang, C. R. Sullivan, and M. Chen, Vertical Stacked LEGO-PoL CPU Voltage Regulator , in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2022.
Y. Chen, P. Wang, H. Cheng, G. Szczeszynski, S. Allen, D. M. Giuliano, and M. Chen, Virtual Intermediate Bus CPU Voltage Regulator , IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, 2022.
P. Wang and M. Chen, Analysis and Design of Series Voltage Compensator for Differential Power Processing , IEEE Journal of Selected and Emerging Topics of Power Electronics, 2022.
D. H. Zhou, Y. Elasser, J. Baek and M. Chen, Reluctance based Dynamic Models for Multiphase Coupled Inductor Buck Converters , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 2, pp.1334-1351, Feb. 2022.
P. Wang, R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, P. Krein and M. Chen, Stochastic Power Loss Analysis of Differential Power Processing , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 81-99, Jan. 2022.
2021
M. Chen and C. R. Sullivan, Unified Models for Coupled Inductors Applied to Multiphase PWM Converters , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 14155-14174, Dec. 2021.
P. Wang, Y. Chen, J. Yuan, R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski and M. Chen, Differential Power Processing for Ultra-Efficient Data Storage , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 4269-4286, April 2021.
Y. Chen, M. Chen and D. Xu, A 3-kW Two-Stage Transformerless PV Inverter With Resonant DC Link and ZVS-PWM Operation , IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 1495-1506, March-April 2021.
M. Liu, Y. Chen, Y. Elasser and M. Chen, Dual Frequency Hierarchical Multilayer Battery Balancer Architecture , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 3099-3110, March 2021.
2020
Y. Chen, P. Wang, Y. Elasser and M. Chen, Multicell Reconfigurable Multi-Input Multi-Output Energy Router Architecture , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 13210-13224, Dec. 2020.
M. Chen and H. Vincent Poor, High-Frequency Power Electronics at the Grid Edge: A Bottom-Up Approach Toward the Smart Grid , IEEE Electrification Magazine, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 6-17, Sept. 2020.
M. Liu and M. Chen, Dual-Band Wireless Power Transfer with Reactance Steering Network and Reconfigurable Receivers , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 496-507, Jan. 2020.
2019-
M. Chen, S. Chakraborty, and D. J. Perreault, Multitrack Power Factor Correction Architecture , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 2454-2466, March, 2019.
K. K. Berggren, Q.-Y. Zhao, N. Abebe, M. Chen, P. Ravindran, A. McCaughan, and J. C. Bardin, A Superconducting Nanowire can be Modeled by Using SPICE , Superconductor Science and Technology, vol. 31, no. 5, 2018.
M. Chen, K. K. Afridi, C. Sombuddha and D. J. Perreault, Multitrack Power Conversion Architecture , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 325-340, Jan. 2017.
Y. Ni, S. Pervaiz, M. Chen and K. K. Afridi, Energy Density Enhancement of Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffers Through Capacitance Ratio Optimization , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 6363-6380, Aug. 2017.
M. Chen, M. Araghchini, K. K. Afridi, J. H. Lang, C. R. Sullivan and D. J. Perreault, A Systematic Approach to Modeling Impedances and Current Distribution in Planar Magnetics , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics , vol.31, no.1, pp. 560–580, January, 2016.
Y. Tang, M. Chen, and L. Ran, A Compact MMC Submodule Structure With Reduced Capacitor Size Using the Stacked Switched Capacitor Architecture , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 6920-6936, Oct. 2016.
M. Chen, K. K. Afridi, and D. J. Perreault, A Multilevel Energy Buffer and Voltage Modulator for Grid-Interfaced Micro-inverters , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 30(3): 1203-1219, Mar. 2015.
K. K. Afridi, M. Chen, and D. J. Perreault, Enhanced Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Architecture , IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 50(2): 1141-1149, Mar. 2014.
M. Chen, K. K. Afridi, and D. J. Perreault, Stacked Switched Capacitor Energy Buffer Architecture , IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 28(11): 5183-5195, Nov. 2013.
Conference Publications
2026
E. Veilleux, H. Cheng, S. Wagner, N. Verma, J. C. Sturm, and M. Chen, “SeaViper: An Efficient Thin 2D Surface-Swimming Soft Robot,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Vienna, Austria, 2026.
D. Grigoryan, H. Cui, and M. Chen, “LLG-SPICE: A Unified Model for Simulating Planar Magnetics with Material Physics Properties,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2026.
Y. Ding, X. Wang, A. Yang, Y. Zhu, M. Chen, L. Gu, M. Allen, “Coaxial Through-Silicon via Micro-Transformers: Design, Fabrication, and Power Conversion Demonstration,” IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), San Antonio, USA, 2026.
2025
M. Liao, T. Sen and M. Chen, A High-Frequency-Link Single-Stage Three-Phase Cyclo-Active-Bridge Inverter , IEEE Energy Conversion Conference Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2025.
T. Sen, M. Liao and M. Chen, Systematic Small-Signal Modeling of a Three-Phase Cyclo-Active-Bridge Grid Interface Inverter , IEEE Energy Conversion Conference Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2025.
H. Cheng et al., eViper-2D: A Thin Large-Area Soft Robotics Platform , IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025.
W. Zeng et al., Chiplet-LEGO: Delivering Multiple Voltage Rails to Chiplets with Chiplet VRMs , IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Knoxville, TN, USA, 2025.
S. Wang et al., Unified Time Domain Foundation Models for Hysteretic Passive Components , IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Knoxville, TN, USA, 2025.
D. H. Zhou and M. Chen, Distributed Switching and Coupled Passives for High Performance Power Electronics , IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Knoxville, TN, USA, 2025.
G.-G. Kang, M. Chen, and H.-S. Kim, A 5V-Input, 12.5-to-45V-Output Reconfigurable Hybrid Boost Converter with an SC-Based Parallel Auxiliary Cell , IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), Boston, MA, USA, 2025.
K. Manos et al., Wireless Actuation of Magnetic Robots with a Modular 60 mT 3-D Helmholtz Coil System , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025.
T. Sen, M. Liao, Y. Wu and M. Chen, Modeling and Control of a Cyclo-Active-Bridge Inverter for Single-Stage Three-Phase Grid Interface , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025.
M. Liao, T. Sen, Y. Wu and M. Chen, Analysis and Design of a Cyclo-Active-Bridge Inverter for Single-Stage Three-Phase Grid Interface , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025.
H. Li, W. Zeng, Y. Elasser and M. Chen, Air-LEGO: A Magnetic-Free Ultra-Thin 24V-to-1V 120A VRM with Air-Coupled Inductors , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025.
D. H. Zhou, K. Manos and M. Chen, An Ultra-Fast Very Large Scale Interleaved Li-Fi Transmitter , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025.
D. Grigoryan et al., PiezoNet and Data-Driven Models for Time-Domain Characterization of Piezoelectric Resonators , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2025.
H. Kwon et al., MagNetX: Extending the MagNet Database for Modeling Power Magnetics in Transient , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2025.
S. Wang et al., MagNetX: Foundation Neural Network Models for Simulating Power Magnetics in Transient , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2025.
2024
R. Brun et al., “Quantum Cascade Lasers Powered by a Pulsed 6.78 MHz Wireless Power Transfer System,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2024.
M. Chen and D. C. Cheng, Power Electronics Turing Test: A Path Toward Strong AI in Power Electronics , IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2024.
S. Wang et al., A Pulsed 6.78 MHz Inductive Wireless Power Transfer System for Quantum Cascade Lasers , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2024.
M. Liao et al., Drone Charging Stations on Telecom Towers with Series-Stacked Capacitive Differential Wireless Power Transfer , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2024.
T. Sen et al., Power Amplifiers with Reactance Steering Network for Efficient Driving of Variable Impedance Inductively Coupled Plasma Coils , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2024.
J. Li et al., Investigating the Mutual Impact of Waveform, Temperature, and DC-Bias on Magnetic Core Loss Using Neural Network Models , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2024.
D. Zhou and M. Chen, Feedback Modelling of Passively Balanced Flying Capacitor Multilevel Converters with Coupled Inductors , IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), 2024.
K. Yi et al., “A Machine Learning-Assisted Multi-Objective Optimization for Power Pulsation Buffers,” IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2024.2013.