EVALUATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR LOSSES AND EFFICIENCY IN SINGLE-PHASE MULTILEVEL MULTISTATE SWITCHING CELLS BASED PFC RECTIFIERS

Marcelo Lobo Heldwein

Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC

Marcelo Lobo Heldwein (S’99-M’08-SM'13) received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil, in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Zurich, Switzerland, in 2007. He is currently an Adjunct Professor with the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Department at the UFSC.From 1999 to 2003, he worked with industry, including research at the Power Electronics Institute, Brazil and Emerson Network Power, Brazil and Sweden. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the ETH Zurich and at the UFSC from 2007 to 2009. Dr. Heldwein is a member of the Brazilian Power Electronic Society (SOBRAEP).His research interests include Power Electronics, Power Distribution and Electromagnetic Compatibility.