Costa, P.; Pinto, S.; Silva, J.F. A Novel Analytical Formulation of SiC-MOSFET Losses to Size High-Efficiency Three-Phase Inverters. Energies 2023, 16, 818. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020818
Lijun Zhang, Alexandre Bento, Guilherme Paraíso, Pedro Costa, Sónia Ferreira Pinto, José Fernando Silva, Fei Wang, “Multiple modularity topology for smart transformers based on matrix converters,” IET Eletric Power Aplicattions, Volume 16, Issue 8. https://doi.org/10.1049/elp2.12200
Sh. Javadi, A. Bento, P. Costa, G. Paraíso, Z. Lijun, S. Pinto, J.F. Silva, “Grid current unbalance compensation using a fuzzy controlled smart transformer,” Electric Power Systems Research, Volume 209, 2022, 108041, ISSN 0378-7796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2022.108041.
Pedro Costa, Guilherme Paraíso, Sonia Ferreira Pinto, José Fernando Silva, “A four-leg matrix converter based hybrid distribution transformer for smart and resilient grids,” Electric Power Systems Research, Volume 203, 2022, 107650, ISSN 0378-7796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2021.107650.
Bento, A.; Paraíso, G.; Costa, P.; Zhang, L.; Geury, T.; Pinto, S.F.; Silva, J.F. On the Potential Contributions of Matrix Converters for the Future Grid Operation, Sustainable Transportation and Electrical Drives Innovation. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4597. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11104597.
Youssef, E.; Costa, P.B.C.; Pinto, S.F.; Amin, A.; El Samahy, A.A. Direct Power Control of a Single Stage Current Source Inverter Grid-Tied PV System. Energies 2020, 13, 3165. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13123165.
Geury, T.; Pinto, S.F.; Gyselinck, J.; Wheeler, P. Indirect Matrix Converter-Based Grid-Tied Photovoltaics System for Smart Grids. Energies 2020, 13, 5405. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205405.
International Conference Papers
G. M. Paraíso, S. Ferreira Pinto, S. Javadi and J. F. Silva, “Non-linear Controllers for Power Quality Improvement using Solid State Transformers in smart grids,” IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Brussels, Belgium, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968825.
P. Costa, S. F. Pinto and J. F. Silva, “Multi-objective optimization of high order input filters for grid connected converters using Genetic Algorithms,” IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Brussels, Belgium, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968881.
L. Zhang, A. Bento, G. Paraíso, P. Costa, S. Pinto and J. F. Silva, “Novel Topology of Modular-Matrix-Converter-Based Smart Transformer for Hybrid Microgrid,” IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589057.
P. Costa, S. F. Pinto and J. F. Silva, “Breadth-First Search Leakage Tolerant Commutation Method for Matrix Converters in Three-Phase Solid State Transformers,” IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589637.
A. Pimenta, P. B. C. Costa, G. M. Paraíso, S. F. Pinto and J. F. Silva, “Active Voltage Regulation Transformer for AC Microgrids,” 2020 IEEE 9th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC2020-ECCE Asia), Nanjing, China, 2020, pp. 2012-2017, doi: 10.1109/IPEMC-ECCEAsia48364.2020.9367821.
E. Youssef, S. F. Pinto, A. Amin and A. el Samahy, “Multi-Terminal Matrix Converters as Enablers for Compact Battery Management Systems,” IECON 2019 – 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 1874-1879, doi: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8926823.
G. M. Paraíso, S. F. Pinto and J. F. Silva, “Modelling and nonlinear control of Dual-Active Bridge converters for DC microgrids,” IECON 2019 – 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 1850-1855, doi: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8927046.
P. B. C. Costa, J. F. Silva and S. F. Pinto, “Experimental evaluation of SiC MOSFET and GaN HEMT losses in inverter operation,” IECON 2019 – 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 6595-6600, doi: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8926671.
A. Bento, R. Luís, S. Pinto and J. F. Silva, “A Novel Multilevel T-Type Indirect Matrix Converter for Three-phase Open-end AC Loads,” IECON 2019 – 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019, pp. 6575-6580, doi: 10.1109/IECON.2019.8927541.
National Conference Papers
Pedro B. C. Costa, J. Fernando Silva, Sónia F. Pinto, “Wideband Gap Semiconductors Inverter Losses, an Experimental Approach,” Encontro Ciência 2019
Guilherme Paraíso, Sónia Pinto, J. Fernando Silva, “Design of a Non-linear Controller for Low Voltage DC Residential Grids,” Encontro Ciência 2019
Alexandre Bento, Ricardo Luís, Sónia Pinto, J. Fernando Silva, “Multilevel T-Type Indirect Matrix Converter for Open-end Winding Load,” Encontro Ciência 2019