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Dimosthenis Peftitsis

Dimosthenis Peftitsis

Professor
Department of Electric Power Engineering
Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

dimosthenis.peftitsis@ntnu.no
+4773594229 Elektro E/F, E-464, Gløshaugen, O.S. Bragstadsplass 2E 7491 Trondheim
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About

Dimosthenis Peftitsis was born in May 1985 in Kavala, Greece.  He obtained the Diploma Degree with honours in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Democritus University of Thrace (Xanthi, Greece) in 2008.  In his last year, he spent six months in ABB Corporate Research (Västerås, Sweden) writing his diploma thesis.  In 2013, he received the PhD degree from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden).

Dimosthenis has been a Postdoctoral Researcher involved in the research on SiC converters at the Department of Electrical Energy Conversion, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2013-2014).  He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lab for High Power Electronics Systems, ETH Zurich, where he was involved in research on dc-breakers for multiterminal HVDC systems (2014-2016).

In 2016, he joined the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, as an Associate Professor of power electronics at the Department of Electric Power Engineering. In 2022, he became full Professor.

His current research interests are:

  • WBG (e.g. SiC, GaN) power converters design for high-power and MV applications
  • Adaptive gate driver designs for WBG devices
  • DC-breaker designs for MV and HVDC systems
  • High-performance power supplies for particle accelerators
  • Reliability assessment and lifetime modelling of high-power semiconductor devices
  • Reliability of SiC power switches.

Prof. Peftitsis is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of the EPE International Scientific Committee.  Since 2018, he has been the chairman of the IEEE Power Electronics, Industry Applications, and Industrial Electronics Joint Societies Chapter. In 2022, he was appointed IEEE PELS Regional Distinguished Lecturer for Region 8. Prof. Peftitsis is also an academic expert in the Power Electronic Conversion Technology Annex at IEA.

He also serves as an Associate Editor for IET Power Electronics and for the Journal of the European Power Electronics and Drives Association (EPE Journal).

Dimosthenis is a member of the Outstanding Academic Fellows Programme at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2019-2023).

Research projects

  • NTNU project manager and WP leader for the Modularized, Reconfigurable and Bidirectional Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles with Silicon Carbide Power Electronics (MoReSiC) project. MoReSiC is funded by the EEA POLNOR Research programme during 2020-2024.
  • Project manager and PI for the NTNU-Chinese Collaboration on Next Generation Power Electronics for Renewable Energy (CoNeCt) project. CoNeCt is funded by the Research Council of Norway programme INTPART during 2021-2023.
  • Project manager and PI for the Adaptive Silicon Carbide Electrical Energy Conversion Technologies for Medium Voltage Direct Current Grids (ASiCC) project.  ASiCC is a young research talents project funded by the Research Council of Norway programme FRINATEK during 2019-2023.
  • NTNU project manager and WP leader for the Optimized Battery Energy Storage Systems (ORBES) project. ORBES is funded by the EEA Grants/Baltic Research programme during 2020-2023.
  • NTNU project manager and PI for two joint research project with CERN, The European Organization for Nuclear Research during 2018-2024.
    • Scalable power electronic topologies for High Energy Physics experiments
    • Diagnostics and prognostics for power electronics converters in large-scale accelerator facilities
  • NTNU project manager and WP leader for the Reliability and Ruggedness of High Power, High Voltage Power Electronics (ReliPE) project. ReliPE is a KPN project led by Sintef Energy AS and funded by the Research Council of Norway programme ENERGIX during 2015-2020.

PhD students

Ole-Christian Spro (Gratudated November 2020, now at Ubiq Aerospace Trondheim)

Andreas Giannakis (Gratudated February 2022, now Postdoc researcher at NTNU)

Gard Lyng Rødal

Krister Leonart Haugen

Daniel Philipps

Yoganandam Vivekanandham Pushpalatha

Tobias Nieckula Ubostad

Kaushik Naresh Kumar

Timm Felix Baumann

Publications

Book Chapters
B.1 J. Rabkowski, D. Peftitsis and H.-P. Nee, "Chapter 4: Recent advances in power semiconductors technology", Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems, Transportation and Industrial Applications, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., ISBN: 978-1-118-63403-5.

Competencies

  • DC circuit breakers
  • Electrical power engineering
  • Power Electronics
  • Power electronics for MVDC grids
  • Reliability of power semiconductor devices
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Wide bandgap power electronics

Publications

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2023

  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2023) An Adaptive Current-Source Gate Driver for High-Voltage SiC MOSFETs. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 38 (2).
    Academic article
  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2023) Real-Time FPGA Simulation of High-Voltage Silicon Carbide MOSFETs. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 38 (3).
    Academic article

2022

  • Abdel-Rahim, Omar; Chub, Andrii; Blinov, Andrei; Vinnikov, Dmitri; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) An Efficient Non-Inverting Buck-Boost Converter with Improved Step Up/Down Ability. Energies. volum 15 (13).
    Academic article
  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Vadlamudi, Vijay Venu; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Improving distribution transformer reliability in micro grids with distributed generation. 2022 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Blinov, Andrei; Vinnikov, Dmitri; Romero-Cadaval, Enrique; Martins, João; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Isolated High-Frequency Link PFC Rectifier With High Step-Down Factor and Reduced Energy Circulation. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics.
    Academic article
  • Bratvold Ekren, Halvor; Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Four Level Voltage Active Gate Driver for Loss and Slope Control in SiC MOSFETs. IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG).
    Academic article
  • Emiliani, Pietro; Blinov, Andrei; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Giannakis, Andreas; Vinnikov, Dmitri. (2022) Reactive Power Control for Bidirectional Isolated High-Frequency Link Converter. 2022 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Conduction Performance Evaluation of Silicon and SiC Power Semiconductors for Solid-State DC Breakers. IEEE Access. volum 10.
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Overvoltage Suppression Scheme for Minimized Snubber Requirements in MVDC Solid-State Breakers With Series-Connected IGBTs. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. volum 10 (4).
    Academic article
  • Haugen, Krister Leonart; Papastergiou, Konstantinos; Asimakopoulos, Panagiotis; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) High precision scalable power converter for accelerator magnets. Journal of Instrumentation (JINST). volum 17.
    Academic article
  • Naresh Kumar, Kaushik; Miśkiewicz, Rafał; Trochimiuk, Przemyslaw; Rąbkowski, Jacek; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Performance Evaluation of SiC-based Isolated Bidirectional DC/DC Converters for Electric Vehicle Charging. 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'22 ECCE Europe).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Mavroudi, Anna. (2022) Students Perceptions on Teaching Design of Power Electronics Using Student-Response Systems: Thematic Content Analysis of Interviews. IEEE Access. volum 10.
    Academic article
  • Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Ubostad, Tobias; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Low Inductive Platform for Long- and Short-term Dynamic Charaterization of SiC MOSFETs. 2022 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Himeji 2022- ECCE Asia).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Novel Junction Temperature Optimized Operation of Dual Active Bridge Converter Using Extended-Phase-Shift Modulation Featuring SiC MOSFETs. 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Vaicys, Jonas; Norkevicius, Povilas; Baronas, Arturas; Gudzius, Saulius; Jonaitis, Audrius; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Efficiency Evaluation of the Dual System Power Inverter for On-Grid Photovoltaic System. Energies. volum 15 (161).
    Academic article

2021

  • Blinov, Andrei; Korkh, Oleksandr; Chub, Andrii; Vinnikov, Dmitri; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Norrga, Staffan; Galkin, Ilya. (2021) High Gain DC-AC High-Frequency Link Inverter with Improved Quasi-Resonant Modulation. IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print). volum 69 (2).
    Academic article
  • Blinov, Andrei; Verbytskyi, Ievgen; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Vinnikov, Dmitri. (2021) Regenerative Passive Snubber Circuit for High-Frequency Link Converters. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics.
    Academic article
  • Galkin, Ilya; Blinov, Andrei; Vorobyov, Maxim; Bubovich, Alexander; Saltanovs, Rodions; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Interface Converters for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems: Practices, Difficulties and Prospects. Energies. volum 14 (12).
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) A universal automatic and self-powered gate driver power supply for normally-ON SiC JFETs. IET Power Electronics.
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) An Automatic and Self-Powered Solid-State DC breaker with Normally-ON SiC JFETs. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Performance Evaluation and Limitations of Overvoltage Suppression Circuits for Low- and Medium-Voltage DC Solid-State Breakers. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics (OJPE). volum 2.
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Voltage Balancing Considerations for Series-Connected IGBTs in MV Solid-State DC Breakers. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition – Asia (ECCE-Asia 2021).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Haugen, Krister Leonart; Papastergiou, Konstantinos; Asimakopoulos, Panagiotis; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) On dimensioning the fundamental brick for a scalable DC-DC converter with energy recovery. 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Hernes, Magnar; D'Arco, Salvatore; Antonopoulos, Antonios; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Failure analysis and lifetime assessment of IGBT power modules at low temperature stress cycles. IET Power Electronics. volum 14 (7).
    Academic article
  • Hernes, Magnar; D'Arco, Salvatore; Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Experimental validation of linear damage superposition for IBGT power modules under high and low temperature stress cycles. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Hernes, Magnar; D'Arco, Salvatore; Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Improving monitoring of parallel ageing of IGBT bond-wires and solder layers by temperature compensation. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) An Adaptive Current Source Gate Driver for SiC MOSFETs with Double Gate Current Injection. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) A Flexible Test Setup for Long-Term Dynamic Characterization of SiC MOSFETs under Soft- and Hard-Switching Conditions. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Smart Universal Parameter Fitting Method for Modeling Static SiC Power MOSFET Behavior. 8th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Design of Dual Active Bridge Converters with SiC MOSFETs for minimized reflow power operation. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition – Asia (ECCE-Asia 2021).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Design Evaluation of Medium-Voltage and High-Power Modularized DC/DC Converters with SiC MOSFETs. 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Mauseth, Frank; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) High-Voltage Insulation Design of Coreless, Planar PCB Transformers for Multi-MHz Power Supplies. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 36 (8).
    Academic article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Mauseth, Frank; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Low-power high-frequency pcb transformer design with medium-voltage isolation. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ubostad, Tobias; Giannakis, Andreas; Rødal, Gard Lyng; Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Reduction of Parasitic Inductance and Thermal Management in a Multichip SiC Half-Bridge Module. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article

2020

  • Antonopoulos, Antonios; D'Arco, Salvatore; Hernes, Magnar; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) Limitations and Guidelines for Damage Estimation Based on Lifetime Models for High-Power IGBTs in Realistic Application Conditions. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. volum 9 (3).
    Academic article
  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Göthner, Fredrik T. B. W.; Vadlamudi, Vijay Venu; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) The Effect of Non-Ideal Operating Conditions on Reliability of Inverters in Microgrids. IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG).
    Academic article
  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Vadlamudi, Vijay Venu; Göthner, Fredrik T. B. W.; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) Investigation of the Effect of Operating Conditions on Reliability of DC-link Capacitors in Microgrids. 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference - ISGT.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Hove, Håvard Lefdal; Spro, Ole Christian; Guidi, Giuseppe; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) Improved SiC MOSFET SPICE model to avoid convergence errors. Materials Science Forum. volum 1004.
    Academic article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Lefranc, Pierre; Par, Sanghyeon; Rivas-Davila, Juan; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Undeland, Tore Marvin. (2020) Optimized Design of Multi-MHz Frequency Isolated Auxiliary Power Supply for Gate Drivers in Medium-Voltage Converters. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 35 (9).
    Academic article

2019

  • Antonopoulos, Antonios; D'Arco, Salvatore; Hernes, Magnar; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Challenges and Strategies for a Real-Time Implementation of a Rainflow-Counting Algorithm for Fatigue Assessment of Power Modules. 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Analytical design considerations for MVDC solid-state circuit breakers. EPE'19 ECCE Europe.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Electro-thermal Design of a Solid-State MVDC Circuit Breaker. 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia - ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Performance evaluation of high power semiconductor devices employed in solid-state circuit breakers for MVDC grids. EPE'19 ECCE Europe.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Hove, Håvard Lefdal; Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Guidi, Giuseppe; Ljøkelsøy, Kjell. (2019) Minimization of dead time effect on bridge converter output voltage quality by use of advanced gate drivers. 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia - ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Design Challenges of a SiC-based MVDC Power Supply for Deep-Sea Applications. 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia - ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Lefranc, Pierre. (2019) High-voltage and high-frequency design of planar transformer with minimum coupling capacitance. EPE'19 ECCE Europe.
    Academic chapter/article

2018

  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) Design Considerations of Power Semiconductor Devices Employed in VSCs Under Short-Circuit Fault Conditions in MVDC Distribution Grids. 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications 2018.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) MVDC Distribution Grids and Potential Applications: Future Trends and Protection Challenges. 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications 2018.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Göthner, Fredrik T. B. W.; Spro, Ole Christian; Hernes, Magnar; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) Challenges of SiC MOSFET Power Cycling Methodology. 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications 2018.
    Academic chapter/article

2017

  • Kopacz, Rafal; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Rabkowski, Jacek. (2017) Experimental study on fast-switching series-connected SiC MOSFETs. 19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'17 ECCE Europe), 2017.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Rabkowski, Jacek; Nee, Hans-Peter; Undeland, Tore Marvin. (2017) Challenges on drive circuit design for series-connected SiC power transistors. Materials Science Forum. volum 897 MSF.
    Academic article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Undeland, Tore Marvin. (2017) Modelling and quantification of power losses due to dynamic on-state resistance of GaN E-mode HEMT. 2017 IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics - COMPEL.
    Academic chapter/article

2016

  • Jehle, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Biela, Juergen. (2016) Unidirectional hybrid circuit breaker topologies for multi-line nodes in HVDC grids. Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), 2016 18th European Conference.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Jehle, Andreas; Biela, Juergen. (2016) Design Considerations and Performance Evaluation of Hybrid DC Circuit Breakers for HVDC Grids. Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), 2016 18th European Conference.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Rabkowski, Jacek. (2016) Gate and Base Drivers for Silicon Carbide Power Transistors: An Overview. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 31 (10).
    Academic article
  • Sadik, Diane; Colmenares, Juan; Tolstoy, Georg; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Bakowski, Mietek; Rabkowski, Jacek; Nee, Hans-Peter. (2016) Short-Circuit Protection Circuits for Silicon-Carbide Power Transistors. IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print). volum 63 (4).
    Academic article
  • Zdanowski, Mariusz; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Piasecki, Szymon; Rabkowski, Jacek. (2016) On the Design Process of a 6-kVA Quasi-Z-inverter Employing SiC Power Devices. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 31 (11).
    Academic article

Scientific articles

  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2023) An Adaptive Current-Source Gate Driver for High-Voltage SiC MOSFETs. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 38 (2).
    Academic article
  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2023) Real-Time FPGA Simulation of High-Voltage Silicon Carbide MOSFETs. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 38 (3).
    Academic article
  • Abdel-Rahim, Omar; Chub, Andrii; Blinov, Andrei; Vinnikov, Dmitri; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) An Efficient Non-Inverting Buck-Boost Converter with Improved Step Up/Down Ability. Energies. volum 15 (13).
    Academic article
  • Blinov, Andrei; Vinnikov, Dmitri; Romero-Cadaval, Enrique; Martins, João; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Isolated High-Frequency Link PFC Rectifier With High Step-Down Factor and Reduced Energy Circulation. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics.
    Academic article
  • Bratvold Ekren, Halvor; Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Four Level Voltage Active Gate Driver for Loss and Slope Control in SiC MOSFETs. IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG).
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Conduction Performance Evaluation of Silicon and SiC Power Semiconductors for Solid-State DC Breakers. IEEE Access. volum 10.
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Overvoltage Suppression Scheme for Minimized Snubber Requirements in MVDC Solid-State Breakers With Series-Connected IGBTs. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. volum 10 (4).
    Academic article
  • Haugen, Krister Leonart; Papastergiou, Konstantinos; Asimakopoulos, Panagiotis; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) High precision scalable power converter for accelerator magnets. Journal of Instrumentation (JINST). volum 17.
    Academic article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Mavroudi, Anna. (2022) Students Perceptions on Teaching Design of Power Electronics Using Student-Response Systems: Thematic Content Analysis of Interviews. IEEE Access. volum 10.
    Academic article
  • Vaicys, Jonas; Norkevicius, Povilas; Baronas, Arturas; Gudzius, Saulius; Jonaitis, Audrius; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Efficiency Evaluation of the Dual System Power Inverter for On-Grid Photovoltaic System. Energies. volum 15 (161).
    Academic article
  • Blinov, Andrei; Korkh, Oleksandr; Chub, Andrii; Vinnikov, Dmitri; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Norrga, Staffan; Galkin, Ilya. (2021) High Gain DC-AC High-Frequency Link Inverter with Improved Quasi-Resonant Modulation. IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print). volum 69 (2).
    Academic article
  • Blinov, Andrei; Verbytskyi, Ievgen; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Vinnikov, Dmitri. (2021) Regenerative Passive Snubber Circuit for High-Frequency Link Converters. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics.
    Academic article
  • Galkin, Ilya; Blinov, Andrei; Vorobyov, Maxim; Bubovich, Alexander; Saltanovs, Rodions; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Interface Converters for Residential Battery Energy Storage Systems: Practices, Difficulties and Prospects. Energies. volum 14 (12).
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) A universal automatic and self-powered gate driver power supply for normally-ON SiC JFETs. IET Power Electronics.
    Academic article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Performance Evaluation and Limitations of Overvoltage Suppression Circuits for Low- and Medium-Voltage DC Solid-State Breakers. IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics (OJPE). volum 2.
    Academic article
  • Hernes, Magnar; D'Arco, Salvatore; Antonopoulos, Antonios; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Failure analysis and lifetime assessment of IGBT power modules at low temperature stress cycles. IET Power Electronics. volum 14 (7).
    Academic article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Mauseth, Frank; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) High-Voltage Insulation Design of Coreless, Planar PCB Transformers for Multi-MHz Power Supplies. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 36 (8).
    Academic article
  • Antonopoulos, Antonios; D'Arco, Salvatore; Hernes, Magnar; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) Limitations and Guidelines for Damage Estimation Based on Lifetime Models for High-Power IGBTs in Realistic Application Conditions. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. volum 9 (3).
    Academic article
  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Göthner, Fredrik T. B. W.; Vadlamudi, Vijay Venu; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) The Effect of Non-Ideal Operating Conditions on Reliability of Inverters in Microgrids. IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG).
    Academic article
  • Hove, Håvard Lefdal; Spro, Ole Christian; Guidi, Giuseppe; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) Improved SiC MOSFET SPICE model to avoid convergence errors. Materials Science Forum. volum 1004.
    Academic article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Lefranc, Pierre; Par, Sanghyeon; Rivas-Davila, Juan; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Undeland, Tore Marvin. (2020) Optimized Design of Multi-MHz Frequency Isolated Auxiliary Power Supply for Gate Drivers in Medium-Voltage Converters. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 35 (9).
    Academic article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Rabkowski, Jacek; Nee, Hans-Peter; Undeland, Tore Marvin. (2017) Challenges on drive circuit design for series-connected SiC power transistors. Materials Science Forum. volum 897 MSF.
    Academic article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Rabkowski, Jacek. (2016) Gate and Base Drivers for Silicon Carbide Power Transistors: An Overview. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 31 (10).
    Academic article
  • Sadik, Diane; Colmenares, Juan; Tolstoy, Georg; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Bakowski, Mietek; Rabkowski, Jacek; Nee, Hans-Peter. (2016) Short-Circuit Protection Circuits for Silicon-Carbide Power Transistors. IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982. Print). volum 63 (4).
    Academic article
  • Zdanowski, Mariusz; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Piasecki, Szymon; Rabkowski, Jacek. (2016) On the Design Process of a 6-kVA Quasi-Z-inverter Employing SiC Power Devices. IEEE transactions on power electronics. volum 31 (11).
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Vadlamudi, Vijay Venu; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Improving distribution transformer reliability in micro grids with distributed generation. 2022 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Emiliani, Pietro; Blinov, Andrei; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Giannakis, Andreas; Vinnikov, Dmitri. (2022) Reactive Power Control for Bidirectional Isolated High-Frequency Link Converter. 2022 International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Naresh Kumar, Kaushik; Miśkiewicz, Rafał; Trochimiuk, Przemyslaw; Rąbkowski, Jacek; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Performance Evaluation of SiC-based Isolated Bidirectional DC/DC Converters for Electric Vehicle Charging. 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'22 ECCE Europe).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Ubostad, Tobias; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Low Inductive Platform for Long- and Short-term Dynamic Charaterization of SiC MOSFETs. 2022 International Power Electronics Conference (IPEC-Himeji 2022- ECCE Asia).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Novel Junction Temperature Optimized Operation of Dual Active Bridge Converter Using Extended-Phase-Shift Modulation Featuring SiC MOSFETs. 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) An Automatic and Self-Powered Solid-State DC breaker with Normally-ON SiC JFETs. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Voltage Balancing Considerations for Series-Connected IGBTs in MV Solid-State DC Breakers. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition – Asia (ECCE-Asia 2021).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Haugen, Krister Leonart; Papastergiou, Konstantinos; Asimakopoulos, Panagiotis; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) On dimensioning the fundamental brick for a scalable DC-DC converter with energy recovery. 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Hernes, Magnar; D'Arco, Salvatore; Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Experimental validation of linear damage superposition for IBGT power modules under high and low temperature stress cycles. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Hernes, Magnar; D'Arco, Salvatore; Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Improving monitoring of parallel ageing of IGBT bond-wires and solder layers by temperature compensation. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) An Adaptive Current Source Gate Driver for SiC MOSFETs with Double Gate Current Injection. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) A Flexible Test Setup for Long-Term Dynamic Characterization of SiC MOSFETs under Soft- and Hard-Switching Conditions. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Smart Universal Parameter Fitting Method for Modeling Static SiC Power MOSFET Behavior. 8th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Design of Dual Active Bridge Converters with SiC MOSFETs for minimized reflow power operation. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition – Asia (ECCE-Asia 2021).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Design Evaluation of Medium-Voltage and High-Power Modularized DC/DC Converters with SiC MOSFETs. 2021 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe).
    Academic chapter/article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Mauseth, Frank; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Low-power high-frequency pcb transformer design with medium-voltage isolation. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Ubostad, Tobias; Giannakis, Andreas; Rødal, Gard Lyng; Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Reduction of Parasitic Inductance and Thermal Management in a Multichip SiC Half-Bridge Module. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Vadlamudi, Vijay Venu; Göthner, Fredrik T. B. W.; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2020) Investigation of the Effect of Operating Conditions on Reliability of DC-link Capacitors in Microgrids. 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference - ISGT.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Antonopoulos, Antonios; D'Arco, Salvatore; Hernes, Magnar; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Challenges and Strategies for a Real-Time Implementation of a Rainflow-Counting Algorithm for Fatigue Assessment of Power Modules. 2019 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Berg, Sondre Johan Kjellin; Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Analytical design considerations for MVDC solid-state circuit breakers. EPE'19 ECCE Europe.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Electro-thermal Design of a Solid-State MVDC Circuit Breaker. 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia - ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Performance evaluation of high power semiconductor devices employed in solid-state circuit breakers for MVDC grids. EPE'19 ECCE Europe.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Hove, Håvard Lefdal; Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Guidi, Giuseppe; Ljøkelsøy, Kjell. (2019) Minimization of dead time effect on bridge converter output voltage quality by use of advanced gate drivers. 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia - ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Design Challenges of a SiC-based MVDC Power Supply for Deep-Sea Applications. 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia - ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Lefranc, Pierre. (2019) High-voltage and high-frequency design of planar transformer with minimum coupling capacitance. EPE'19 ECCE Europe.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) Design Considerations of Power Semiconductor Devices Employed in VSCs Under Short-Circuit Fault Conditions in MVDC Distribution Grids. 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications 2018.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) MVDC Distribution Grids and Potential Applications: Future Trends and Protection Challenges. 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications 2018.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Göthner, Fredrik T. B. W.; Spro, Ole Christian; Hernes, Magnar; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) Challenges of SiC MOSFET Power Cycling Methodology. 20th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications 2018.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Kopacz, Rafal; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Rabkowski, Jacek. (2017) Experimental study on fast-switching series-connected SiC MOSFETs. 19th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'17 ECCE Europe), 2017.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Undeland, Tore Marvin. (2017) Modelling and quantification of power losses due to dynamic on-state resistance of GaN E-mode HEMT. 2017 IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics - COMPEL.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Jehle, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Biela, Juergen. (2016) Unidirectional hybrid circuit breaker topologies for multi-line nodes in HVDC grids. Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), 2016 18th European Conference.
    Academic chapter/article
  • Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Jehle, Andreas; Biela, Juergen. (2016) Design Considerations and Performance Evaluation of Hybrid DC Circuit Breakers for HVDC Grids. Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'16 ECCE Europe), 2016 18th European Conference.
    Academic chapter/article

Teaching

Courses

  • ET8303 - Power Electronics, Power Semiconductor Physics and Reliability
  • TET4555 - Power Electronics and Components, Specialisation Course
  • TET4190 - Power Electronics
  • IELEG2121 - Power Electronics
  • IELET2121 - Power Electronics

Media

2022

  • Poster
    Baumann, Timm Felix; Papastergiou, Konstantinos; Raul Murillo, Murillo Garcia; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) A quasi-offline condition monitoring method of DC-link capacitor banks in accelerator power converters. EPE 2022 . ECCE Europe; Hannover. 2022-09-05 - 2022-09-09.
  • Poster
    Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2022) Novel Junction Temperature Optimized Operation of Dual Active Bridge Converter Using Extended-Phase-Shift Modulation Featuring SiC MOSFETs. 2022 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition (ECCE) ; 2022-10-09 - 2022-10-13.
  • Lecture
    Rabkowski, Jacek; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Sobieski, Radosław; Harasimczuk, Michał; Miśkiewicz, Rafał; Naresh Kumar, Kaushik; Kopacz, Rafał; Kalinowski, Krzysztof; Trochimiuk, Przemyslaw. (2022) Advanced charging system with bipolar DC-link and energy storage. 2022 Progress in Applied Electrical Engineering (PAEE) ; Koscielisko. 2022-06-27 - 2022-07-01.

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Haugen, Krister Leonart; Papastergiou, Konstantinos; Asimakopoulos, Panagiotis; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Energy flow control in a modular DC-DC converter with energy recovery. International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems ; 2021-06-28 - 2021-07-01.
  • Poster
    Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) A Flexible Test Setup for Long-Term Dynamic Characterization of SiC MOSFETs under Soft- and Hard-Switching Conditions. PCIM Europe digital days 2021; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management . Mesago Messe Frankfurt; Online. 2021-05-03 - 2021-05-07.
  • Poster
    Philipps, Daniel Alexander; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Smart Universal Parameter Fitting Method for Modeling Static SiC Power MOSFET Behavior. 8th IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA) WiPDA 2021 . IEEE PELS; Online. 2021-11-07 - 2021-11-11.
  • Academic lecture
    Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Design of Dual Active Bridge Converters with SiC MOSFETs for minimized reflow power operation. 2021 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition – Asia (ECCE-Asia 2021) . IEEE; 2021-05-24 - 2021-05-27.
  • Poster
    Rødal, Gard Lyng; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Real-Time FPGA Simulation of Silicon Carbide MOSFETs. IEEE 8th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA) ; Redondo Beach. 2021-11-07 - 2021-11-11.
  • Poster
    Rødal, Gard Lyng; Pushpalatha, Yoganandam Vivekanandham; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2021) Design Evaluation of Medium-Voltage and High-Power Modularized DC/DC Converters with SiC MOSFETs. 23rd European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'21 ECCE Europe) ; Ghent. 2021-09-06 - 2021-09-10.

2020

  • Academic lecture
    Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Mavroudi, Anna. (2020) The integration of a student response system in an electrical engineering course. Webinarfestivalen 2020 . NTNU; online. 2020-11-24 - 2020-12-25.

2019

  • Poster
    Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Electro-thermal Design of a Solid-State MVDC Circuit Breaker. 2019 10th International Conference on Power Electronics and ECCE Asia (ICPE 2019 - ECCE Asia) ; Busan, Korea (South), Korea (South). 2019-05-27 - 2019-05-30.
  • Poster
    Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Performance evaluation of high power semiconductor devices employed in solid-state circuit breakers for MVDC grids. 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'19 ECCE Europe) ; Genoa. 2019-09-02 - 2019-09-05.
  • Academic lecture
    Lefdal Hove, Håvard; Spro, Ole Christian; Guidi, Giuseppe; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2019) Improved SiC MOSFET SPICE Model to Avoid Convergence Errors. International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials 2019 ; Kyoto. 2019-09-29 - 2019-10-04.

2018

  • Poster
    Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) Design Considerations of Power Semiconductor Devices Employed in VSCs Under Short-Circuit Fault Conditions in MVDC Distribution Grids. Conference ; 2018-09-17 - 2018-09-21.
  • Poster
    Giannakis, Andreas; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis. (2018) MVDC Distribution Grids and Potential Applications: Future Trends and Protection Challenges. Conference ; 2018-09-17 - 2018-09-21.

2017

  • Poster
    Spro, Ole Christian; Peftitsis, Dimosthenis; Midtgård, Ole-Morten; Undeland, Tore Marvin. (2017) Modelling and quantification of power losses due to dynamic on-state resistance of GaN E-mode HEMT. 2017 IEEE 18th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics - COMPEL . IEEE; Palo Alto, California. 2017-07-09 - 2017-07-12.
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