Innovator Profile
Dr. Fei "Fred" Wang
Professor and Condra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics, Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UT Knoxville
Dr. Wang holds the Condra Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics and is a Professor in Electrical Engineering at The University of Tennessee. He is a founding member and the Technical Director of the NSF-DOE Engineering Research Center CURENT. He is conducting research on: design, modeling, control, and integration of advanced power electronics converters; motor drives; wide bandgap device characterization, modeling, packaging, control, and application; power electronics application to transportation, renewable energy and utility power systems. Dr. Wang has authored and coauthored over 700 publications, two books, and seven book chapters. He has 25 awarded US/international patents. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors.
Available Technologies
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Gate-sensing Overcurrent Protection Scheme for GaN Transistors.
Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed a power converter circuit using wide bandgap FETs which employs a control mechanism that mea ... (read more) -
Current Limiting Control Scheme in a Solid-State Circuit Breaker (SSCB)
Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed a novel control scheme designed to enlarge the current limiting capacity of SSCBs without ad ... (read more) -
Soft-Metal Packaging for Cryogenic-Resistant Power Modules
Researchers at the University of Tennessee have proposed a new packaging method for power modules that remains flexible even at cryogenic temperatures ... (read more) -
Reducing Magnetic-Leakage Eddy Current Loss in Transformers/Inductors
Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed a novel 2D ribboned magnetic-core lamination structure and a novel ferrite-shielding pattern ... (read more) -
Flexible Printed Circuit Board Bonding Power Module with Wide Temperature Range
Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed a Power Module package which utilizes a unique geometry of both rigid and flexible PCB (FPCB ... (read more)
