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[01]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, Sliding Mode Control of Switching Power Converters: Techniques and Implementation, Boca Raton: CRC Press, to appear in 2010.

 

Journal Papers

 

[02]    Siew-Chong Tan, "General n-level driving approach for improving electrical-to-optical energy-conversion efficiency of fast-response saturable lighting devices," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2009. (In press).

[03]    G. Chu, Siew-Chong Tan, C. K. Tse, and S. C. Wong, "Robust current control for boost PFC converters from a sliding mode viewpoint," International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 2009. (In press).

[04]    S. Chen, Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Tse, "Boundary control with ripple-derived switching surface for DC-AC inverters,Ó IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2873-2885, Dec. 2009.

[05]    W. K. Lun, K. H. Loo, Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "Bi-level current driving technique for LEDs," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2920-2932, Dec. 2009.

[06]    K. H. Loo, W. K. Lun, Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "On driving techniques for LEDs: towards a generalized methodology," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2967-2976, Dec. 2009.

[07]    G. Chu, C. K. Tse, S. C. Wong, and Siew-Chong Tan, "A unified approach for the derivation of robust control for boost PFC converters," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 2531-2544, Nov. 2009.

[08]    Siew-Chong Tan, S. Bronstein, M. Nur, Y. M. Lai, A. Ioinovici, and C. K. Tse, "Variable structure modeling and design of switched-capacitor converters," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 2132-2142, Sep. 2009.

[09]    S. Chen, Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Tse, "Fast response low distortion control scheme for voltage source inverters,Ó IET Power Electronics, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 574-584, Sep. 2009.

[10]    H. K. Lam and Siew-Chong Tan, "Stability analysis of fuzzy-model-based control systems: application on regulation of switching converter,Ó IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 1093-1106, Aug. 2009.

[11]    Siew-Chong Tan, ÒMitigating energy wastage of light-emitting diodes using discretized multilevel pulsationÓ, Electronics Letters, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 522-524, May 2009.

[12]    Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and Y. M. Tsang, "Wireless control of load current sharing information for parallel-connected DC/DC power converters," IET Power Electronics, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 14-21, Jan. 2009.

[13]    Siew-Chong Tan and Y. M. Lai, "Constant-frequency reduced-state sliding mode current controller for Cuk converters," IET Power Electronics, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 466-477, Dec. 2008.

[14]    X. Ruan, B. Li, Q. Chen, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Tse, "Fundamental considerations of three-level DC-DC converters: topologies, analyses and control," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 3733-3743, Dec. 2008.

[15]    S. Chen, Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Tse, "Analysis and design of repetitive controller for harmonic elimination in PWM voltage source inverter systems," IET Power Electronics, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 497-506, Dec. 2008.

[16]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "Indirect sliding mode control of power converters via double integral sliding surface," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 600-611, Mar. 2008.

[17]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "General design issues of sliding mode controllers for DC-DC converters," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 1160-1174, Mar. 2008.

[18]    Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and S.N. Chan, ÒMethod of alleviating overcompensation problem in zero-voltage-transition pulse-width modulation boost convertersÓ, Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 444-445, Mar. 2008.

[19]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, L. Martinez-Salamero, and C. K. Wu, "A fast response fixed-frequency sliding mode controller for boost-type converters with a wide range of operating conditions," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 3276-3286, Dec. 2007.

[20]    Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Wu, "Design of a PWM based sliding mode controlled buck-boost DC-DC converter in continuous conduction mode," ECTI Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Communications, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 129-133, Feb. 2007 [Invited paper].

[21]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C.K. Tse, and L. Martinez-Salamero, "Special family of PWM-based sliding mode voltage controllers for basic DC-DC converters in discontinuous conduction mode," IET Electric Power Applications, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 64-74, Jan. 2007.

[22]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "A unified approach to the design of PWM based sliding mode voltage controller for basic DC-DC converters in continuous conduction mode," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 1816-1827, Aug. 2006.

[23]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and Y. C. Wong, "An alternative configuration for digitally controlled parallel-connected DC-DC power converters," ECTI Transactions on Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Communications, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 59-63, Feb. 2006 [Invited paper].

[24]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, and K. H. Cheung, "Adaptive feed-forward and feedback control schemes for sliding mode controlled power converter," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 182-192, Jan. 2006.

[25]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "Implementation of pulse-width-modulation based sliding mode controller for boost converters," IEEE Power Electronics Letter, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 130-135, Dec. 2005.

[26]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, and K. H. Cheung, "A fixed-frequency pulse-width-modulation based quasi-sliding mode controller for buck converters," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1379-1392, Nov. 2005.

[27]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, K. H. Cheung, and C. K. Tse, "On the practical design of a sliding mode voltage controlled buck converter," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 425-437, Mar. 2005.

[28]    A. D. Cheok, Siew-Chong Tan, and Z. F. Wang, "Real-time computer-based torque measurement of switched reluctance motors," International Journal of Electronics, vol. 89, no. 9, pp. 693-715, Jul. 2002.

 

 

Conference Papers

 

[29]    C. K. Cheung, Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "A new visit to an old problem in switched-capacitor converters," in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2010), May 2010, Paris, France.

[30]    W. K. Lun, K. H. Loo, Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "Implementation of bi-level current driving technique for improved efficacy of high-power LEDs," in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), September 2009, pp. 2808-2814, San Jose, U.S.A.

[31]    K. H. Loo, W. K. Lun, Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "On the driving techniques for high-brightness LEDs," in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), September 2009, pp. 2059-2064, San Jose, U.S.A.

[32]    S. Chen, Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Tse, "Boundary control of DC-AC inverters using ripple-derived switching surface," in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), September 2009, pp. 2936-2941, San Jose, U.S.A.

[33]    Siew-Chong Tan, M. Nur, S. Kiratipongvoot, S. Bronstein, Y. M. Lai, A. Ioinovici, and C. K. Tse, "Switched-capacitor converter configuration with low EMI obtained by interleaving and its large-signal modeling," in IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2009), May 2009, pp. 1081-1084,Taipei, Taiwan.

[34]    Siew-Chong Tan, S. Bronstein, M. Nur, Y. M. Lai, A. Ioinovici, and C. K. Tse, "Nonlinear control of switched-capacitor converters using sliding mode control approach," IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference Record (PESC 2008), June 2008, pp. 372-377, Island of Rhodes, Greece.

[35]    G. Chu, Siew-Chong Tan, C. K. Tse, and S. C. Wong, "General control for boost PFC converters from a sliding mode viewpoint," IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference Record (PESC 2008), June 2008, pp. 4452-4456, Island of Rhodes, Greece.

[36]    Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and S. N. Chan, ÒA fast response ZVT PWM boost converter using a variable gain control technique,Ó IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT 2008), April 2008, Chengdu, China.

[37]    S. Chen, Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Tse, "Sliding mode repetitive control of PWM voltage source inverter," in Proceedings, IEEE Seventh International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems  (PEDS 2007), November 2007, pp. 1069-1073, Bangkok, Thailand.

[38]    S. Chen, Y. M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and C. K. Tse, "Optimal design of repetitive controller for harmonic elimination in voltage source inverters," in Proceedings, IEEE International Telecommunications Energy Conference (Intelec 2007), October 2007, pp. 236-241, Rome, Italy.

[39]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, and C. K. Wu, "A double-integral type of indirect sliding mode controllers for power converters," in IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference Record (PESC 2007), June 2007,  pp. 177-183, Florida, USA.

[40]    Siew-Chong Tan and Y. M. Lai, "Hybrid dual-operating-mode PWM based sliding mode controllers for DC-DC converters," in Proceedings, in Proceedings, IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS 06), December 2006, pp. 646-649, Singapore.

[41]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, L. Martinez-Salamero, and A. Cid-Pastor, "Design of pulsewidth-modulation based sliding mode controllers for power converters in discontinuous conduction mode," in Proceedings, 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2006), November 2006, pp. 2769-2774, Paris, France.

[42]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "An analog implementation of a pulse-width-modulation based sliding mode controller for DC-DC boost converters," in Proceedings, IEEE 5th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference (IPEMC 2006), August 2006, pp. 296-300, Shanghai, China.

[43]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, and C. K. Wu, "A pulsewidth modulation based integral sliding mode current controller for boost converters," in IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference Record (PESC 2006), June 2006, pp. 1612-1618, Jeju, Korea.

[44]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "An evaluation of the practicality of sliding mode controllers in DC-DC converters and their general design issues," in IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference Record (PESC 2006), June 2006, pp. 187-193, Jeju, Korea.

[45]    Y. M. Lai, C. K. Wu, and Siew-Chong Tan, "Design of a PWM based sliding mode controlled buck-boost DC-DC converter in continuous conduction mode," in Proceedings, 3rd ECTI Annual Conference (ECTI-CON 2006), May 2006, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand.

[46]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "A family of PWM based sliding mode voltage controllers for basic DC-DC converters," in Proceeding, IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2006), May 2006, pp. 257-260, Kos Island, Greece.

[47]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "Adaptive control schemes for stabilizing switching frequency of sliding mode controllers for power converters," in Proceedings, 11th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2005), September 2005, Dresden, Germany.

[48]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "Design of PWM based sliding mode voltage controller for DC-DC converters operating in continuous conduction mode," in Proceedings, 11th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2005), September 2005, Dresden, Germany.

[49]    Y. M. Lai, Y. M. Tsang, and Siew-Chong Tan, "Wireless control of parallel-connected DC/DC power converters," in Proceedings, 2nd ECTI Annual Conference (ECTI-CON 2005), May 2005, pp. 125-128, Pattaya, Thailand.

[50]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and Y. C. Wong, "An alternative configuration for digitally controlled parallel-connected DC-DC power converters," in Proceedings, 2nd ECTI Annual Conference (ECTI-CON 2005), May 2005, pp. 173-176, Pattaya, Thailand.

[51]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, K. H. Cheung, and C. K. Tse, "A systematic design procedure for sliding mode controlled buck converters," in IEEE Region Ten Conference (TENCON 2004), November 2004, pp. 120-123, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[52]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, K. H. Cheung, and C. K. Tse, "Experimental investigation of a sliding mode controlled buck converter," in IEEE Region Ten Conference (TENCON 2004), November 2004, pp. 29-32, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[53]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, and K. H. Cheung, "A pulse-width-modulation based sliding mode controller for buck converters," in IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference Record (PESC 2004), June 2004, pp. 3647-3653, Aachen, Germany.

[54]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, C. K. Tse, and K. H. Cheung, "An adaptive sliding mode controller for buck converter in continuous conduction mode," in Proceedings, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC 2004), February 2004, pp. 1395-1400, Anaheim, U.S.A.

[55]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Lau, "Active current sharing of paralleled DC/DC power converters through wireless communication," in Proceedings, IASTED International Conference on European Power and Energy Systems (EuroPes 2003), September 2003, pp. 189-194, Marbella, Spain.

 

Other Publications

 

[56]    Siew-Chong Tan, "Development of sliding mode controllers for DC-DC converters," Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, July 2005.

[57]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and C. K. Tse, "Does sliding mode control really work for DC-DC converter? Practical implementations, circuit design, and performance," [Invited Seminar], Sixth Hong Kong IEEE Workshop on Switch Mode Power Supplies, November 2004, pp. 18-55, Hong Kong.

[58]    Siew-Chong Tan, "Switching torque control of four phase switched reluctance motor," Master of Engineering Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, May 2003.