Publications

Journal Papers

P. Wang, Y. Chen, G. Szczeszynski, S. Allen, D. M. Giuliano, and M. Chen, “MSC-PoL: Hybrid GaN–Si Multistacked Switched-Capacitor 48-V PwrSiP VRM for Chiplets,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 12815–12833, Oct. 2023.

P. Wang, D. Zhou, H. Li, D. M. Giuliano, G. Szczeszynski, S. Allen, and M. Chen, “Interphase LC Resonance and Stability Analysis of Series-Capacitor Buck Converters,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 5680–5687, May 2023.

Y. Elasser, H. Li, P. Wang, J. Baek, K. Radhakrishnan, S. Jiang, H. Gan, X. Zhang, D. M. Giuliano, and M. Chen, “Circuits and Magnetics Co-Design for Ultra-Thin Vertical Power Delivery: A Snapshot Review,” MRS Advances, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 12–24, Feb. 2024.

M. Liao, H. Li, P. Wang, T. Sen, Y. Chen, and M. Chen, “Machine Learning Methods for Feedforward Power Flow Control of Multi-Active-Bridge Converters,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 1692–1707, Feb. 2023.

P. Wang, D. H. Zhou, Y. Elasser, J. Baek, and M. Chen, “Matrix Coupled All-in-One Magnetics for PWM Power Conversion,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 15035–15050, Dec. 2022. [TPEL Highlighted Paper]

T. Liu, X. Zhao, P. Wang, Q. C. Burlingame, J. Hu, K. Roh, Z. Xu, B. P. Rand, M. Chen, and Y.-L. Loo, “Highly Transparent, Scalable, and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with Minimal Aesthetic Compromise,” Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 13, no. 33, Art. no. 2200402, Sep. 2023.

P. Wang and M. Chen, “Analysis and Design of Series Voltage Compensators for Differential Power Processing,” IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 7890–7903, Dec. 2022.

Y. Chen, P. Wang, H. Cheng, G. Szczeszynski, S. Allen, D. M. Giuliano, and M. Chen, “Virtual Intermediate Bus CPU Voltage Regulator,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 6883–6898, Jun. 2022.

P. Wang, R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, P. T. Krein, and M. Chen, “Stochastic Power Loss Analysis of Differential Power Processing,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 81–99, Jan. 2022.

P. Wang, Y. Chen, J. Yuan, R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, and M. Chen, “Differential Power Processing for Ultra-Efficient Data Storage,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 4269–4286, Apr. 2021. [TPEL Highlighted Paper] [TPEL Prize Paper]

Y. Chen, P. Wang, Y. Elasser, and M. Chen, “Multicell Reconfigurable Multi-Input Multi-Output Energy Router Architecture,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 13210–13224, Dec. 2020. [TPEL Prize Paper]

Conference Papers

X. Zhang, X. Wu, J. Sun, P. Wang, and Y. Zhang, “Minimum Data Requirements for Data-Driven Reliability-Oriented Design by Active Learning,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2025.

P. Wang, D. M. Giuliano, S. Allen, and M. Chen, “MSC-PoL: An Ultra-Thin 220-A/48-to-1-V Hybrid GaN–Si CPU VRM with Multistack Switched-Capacitor Architecture and Coupled Magnetics,” in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf. and Expo. (APEC), 2023.

M. Liao, D. H. Zhou, P. Wang, and M. Chen, “Power Systems on Chiplet: Inductor-Linked Multi-Output Switched-Capacitor Multi-Rail Power Delivery on Chiplets,” in Proc. Int. Symp. 3D Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing (3D-PEIM), Miami, FL, USA, 2023.

P. Wang, D. Zhou, D. M. Giuliano, M. Chen, and Y. Chen, “Multistack Switched-Capacitor Architecture with Coupled Magnetics for 48-V-to-1-V VRM,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022.

P. Wang, Y. Elasser, V. Yang, and M. Chen, “WAN Converter: A Family of Multicell PWM Converters with All-in-One Magnetics,” in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf. and Expo. (APEC), 2022. [Outstanding Presentation Award]

P. Wang, D. Zhou, V. Yang, and M. Chen, “Matrix-Coupled All-in-One Magnetics for PWM Power Conversion,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021.

D. H. Zhou, A. Bendory, P. Wang, and M. Chen, “Intrinsic and Robust Voltage Balancing of FCML Converters with Coupled Inductors,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021.

M. Liao, H. Li, P. Wang, Y. Chen, and M. Chen, “Machine Learning Methods for Power-Flow Control of Multi-Active-Bridge Converters,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2021.

P. Wang and M. Chen, “Performance Limits of Differential Power Processing,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Aalborg, Denmark, 2020.

P. Wang and M. Chen, “Series Voltage Compensator for Differential Power Processing,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Detroit, MI, USA, 2020.

J. Baek, P. Wang, Y. Elasser, Y. Chen, S. Jiang, and M. Chen, “LEGO-PoL: A 48-V–1.5-V 300-A Merged Two-Stage Hybrid Converter for Ultra-High-Current Microprocessors,” in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf. and Expo. (APEC), New Orleans, LA, USA, 2020.

P. Wang, Y. Chen, P. Kushima, Y. Elasser, M. Liu, and M. Chen, “A 99.7% Efficient 300-W Hard Disk Drive Storage Server with Multiport AC-Coupled Differential Power Processing Architecture,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019. [1st Prize of the ECCE Best Student Project Demo Contest] [Demo Video]

P. Wang, Y. Chen, Y. Elasser, and M. Chen, “Small-Signal Model for Very-Large-Scale Multi-Active-Bridge Differential Power Processing Architecture,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019.

Y. Chen, P. Wang, Y. Elasser, and M. Chen, “LEGO-MIMO Architecture: A Universal Multi-Input Multi-Output Power Converter with Linear Extendable Group-Operated Power Bricks,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019.

M. Liu, P. Wang, Y. Guan, and M. Chen, “A 13.56-MHz Multiport Wireless-Coupled Battery Balancer with High-Frequency Online Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019.

Y. Guan, P. Wang, M. Liu, D. Xu, and M. Chen, “MSP-LEGO: Modular Series-Parallel Architecture and LEGO Building Blocks for Non-Isolated High-Voltage Conversion-Ratio Hybrid DC–DC Converters,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2019.

Y. Elasser, Y. Chen, P. Wang, and M. Chen, “Sparse Operation of Multi-Winding Transformers in Multiport AC-Coupled Converters,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019.

J. Baek, P. Wang, S. Jiang, and M. Chen, “LEGO-PoL: A 93.1% 54-V–1.5-V 300-A Merged Two-Stage Hybrid Converter with a Linear Extendable Group-Operated Architecture,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019.

Y. Chen, Y. Elasser, P. Wang, J. Baek, and M. Chen, “Turbo-MMC: Minimizing Submodule Capacitor Size in Modular Multilevel Converters with a Matrix Charge Balancer,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2019.

Y. Chen, P. Wang, H. Li, and M. Chen, “Power-Flow Control in Multi-Active-Bridge Converters: Theories and Applications,” in Proc. IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conf. and Expo. (APEC), Anaheim, CA, USA, 2019.

P. Wang and M. Chen, “Towards Power FPGA: Architecture, Modeling, and Control of Multiport Power Converters,” in Proc. IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Padua, Italy, 2018.

P. Wang, T. Zhang, and R. Li, “A New Hybrid Modular Multilevel Converter with Integrated Battery Energy Storage,” in Proc. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2017.

W. Li, P. Wang, C. Yao, Y. Zhang, and H. Tang, “Experimental Investigation of 1D, 2D, and 3D Metamaterials for Efficiency Enhancement in a 6.78-MHz Wireless Power Transfer System,” in Proc. IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conf. (WPTC), Aveiro, Portugal, 2016.

Book Chapter

P. Wang, M. Chen, and R. C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, “Data Center Power Delivery: Differential Power Processing Architecture,” in Wide Bandgap Power Electronics, Springer, Cham, 2025.

P. Wang, Z. Qin, J. Yuan, and F. Blaabjerg, “Dual Active Bridge Converter and Its Control,” in Control of Power Electronic Converters and Systems: Volume 4, Academic Press, 2024, pp. 71–100.

Dissertation

P. Wang, “Granular Power Conversion with Distributed Switching Cells and Magnetics Integration,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2023. [Link]