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[01]    Sufen Chen, Y.M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and Chi K. Tse, "Boundary control with ripple-derived switching surface for DC-AC inverters,Ó IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2009. (In press).

[02]    Wai-Keung Lun, K. H. Loo, Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and Chi K. Tse, "Bi-level current driving technique for LEDs," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2009. (In press)

[03]    K. H. Loo, Wai-Keung Lun, Siew-Chong Tan, Y. M. Lai, and Chi K. Tse, "On driving techniques for LEDs: towards a generalized methodology," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2009. (In press)

[04]    Grace Chu, Chi 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, 2009. (In press)

[05]    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, 2009. (In press).

[06]    Siew-Chong Tan, Svetlana Bronstein, Moshe Nur, Y.M. Lai, A. Ioinovici, and Chi K. Tse, "Variable structure modeling and design of switched-capacitor converters," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, 2009. (In press).

[07]    Sufen Chen, Y.M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and Chi K. Tse, "Fast response low distortion control scheme for voltage source inverters,Ó IET Power Electronics, 2009. (In press).

[08]    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.

[09]    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.

[10]    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.

[11]    Xinbo Ruan, Bin Li, Qianhong Chen, Siew-Chong Tan, and Chi 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.

[12]    Sufen Chen, Y.M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and Chi 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.

[13]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[14]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[15]    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.

[16]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi 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.

[17]    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].

[18]    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.

[19]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[20]    Siew-Chong Tan, Yuk-Ming Lai, and Kevin Yan-Chun 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].

[21]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, and Martin 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.

[22]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[23]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, and Martin 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.

[24]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Martin K.H. Cheung, and Chi 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.

[25]    Adrian David Cheok, Siew-Chong Tan, and Wang Zhongfang, "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

 

[26]    Wai-Keung Lun, Ka Hong Loo, Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi K. Tse, "Bi-level current driving techniques for high power LEDs," in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), September 2009, San Jose, U.S.A.

[27]    Ka Hong Loo, Wai-Keung Lun, Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi K. Tse, "On driving techniques for LEDs: towards a generalized methodology," in IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), September 2009, San Jose, U.S.A.

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

[29]    Siew-Chong Tan, Moshe Nur, Sitthisak Kiratipongvoot, Svetlana Bronstein, Y.M. Lai, A. Ioinovici, and Chi 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.

[30]    Siew-Chong Tan, Svetlana Bronstein, Moshe Nur, Y.M. Lai, A. Ioinovici, and Chi 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.

[31]    Grace Chu, Siew-Chong Tan, Chi 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.

[32]    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.

[33]    Sufen Chen, Y.M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and Chi 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.

[34]    Sufen Chen, Y.M. Lai, Siew-Chong Tan, and Chi 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.

[35]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, and Chi-Kin 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.

[36]    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.

[37]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, Luis Martinez-Salamero, and Angel 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.

[38]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[39]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, and Chi-Kin 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.

[40]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[41]    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.

[42]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[43]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[44]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[45]    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.

[46]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Kevin 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.

[47]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Martin K.H. Cheung, and Chi 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.

[48]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Martin K.H. Cheung, and Chi 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.

[49]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, and Martin 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.

[50]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, Chi K. Tse, and Martin 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.

[51]    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

 

[52]    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.

[53]    Siew-Chong Tan, Y.M. Lai, and Chi 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.

[54]    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.