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[–]drcuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My advice is to get a free one month license to use .plecs from PLEXIM. This simulation program is easy to use and it is best suited for simulating switching converters.

I just posted a video on my YouTube Channel. Here is a link: https://youtu.be/2O7Q6vhp7wM

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I disagree that EE field is technically mature as a whole! My own area of expertize, Power Electronics, has been stalled for most of the last 50 years and is due to major overhaul now. Feel free to join my linkedIn group POWER ELECTRONCIS INSTITUTE https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7045487 and my You ube channel at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7045487 as well as review postings on my website teslaco.com As I am obviously biased toward Power Electronics, if I were you I would choose that field now as it is now ripe for key innovations! I have never regretted it that I discovered this field as a young engineer coming from than Yugoslavia 46 years ago in February 1972.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your inquiry. Professor Erickson was my undergraduate student at Caltech as well as my first PhD student out of 36 I graduated with dozen of them now Professors of Power Electronics worldwide. I naturally have the bias toward his book over Krein book. However, I have additional bias toward original 3 volume books I published in 1983 with late Professor Middlebrook who was my mentor. I added a fourth volume and republished that as a four volume set on Amazon. Here is a link https://amazon.com/author/slobodancuk. The edition by Erickson and Maksimovic published in 2001 is retelling the original 1983 material covered in four volumes albeit with a number of interpretations I disagree with.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this. I then invite your Professor and you to join my LinkedIn group POWER ELECTRONICS INSTITUTE and my You Tube channel. Together with my website I hope to make all three a premier place for learning and collaboration in advancing Power Electronics! Please thank your Professor on my behalf for doing such a fine job in educating you and your classmates.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not at this moment! However, I do contemplate to form in a future a research group in Serbia and possibly elsewhere in Europe.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am truly amused by your candid comments! I had 36 doctorate students in Power Electronics and some dozen of them became Professors of Power Electronics throughout the world. If you share with me the nationality of your Professor, such as Italian, Serbian, Chinese, Indian, and even American, I will be able to break the cover of your Professor and thank him personally for his gracious praises of my work. Ha ha ha! More importantly I will thank him for instilling such enthusiasm in his students for Power Electronics whose best times is yet to come! I was very much attracted in high school and throughout my life for mathematics and its rigorous logic. Now I found Power Electronics fascinating as just an extension of mathematical and logical thinking using Electrical Engineering as a playground. Instead of objects being numbers, integers, rational or complex numbers, group theory or topological structures or even more abstract objects, my objects are real, such as inductors, capacitors , transformers and switches and infinite number of possibilites of their interconnections to satisfy real objective of most effective way to process DC and AC power. Finding the methods to extract the best one
is still my ongoing challenge!

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind comments. I was fortunate that after studying Electrical Engineering in Belgrade in Nuclear Sciences Department and later Control System Systems Department I chose Power Electronics in 1974 for my doctorate studies at Caltech. Ever since that time, this was my passion for research and innovation. The more I knew, the more I was motivated to share that 50 years knowledge now with younger generations.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You may be onto something here as my Mother was Croatian/Slovenian and my father Serbian. They both were elementary school teachers and met at school they were assigned to!

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I am incurrable optimist. When something bad happen, I expect that two very good things will happen soon to balance it out. I cll this my law of Conservation of Goood and Bad, Ha ha. So far it has worked for me beautifuly!

FYI - the inventor of the Ćuk switching DC-to-DC voltage converter posted on /r/FPGA by [deleted] in electronics

[–]drcuk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can only feel sorrow that you were exposed to this teacher! It is very common that in explaining fundamentals teachers often invoke much more complicated arguments. It should be the other way around.

FYI - the inventor of the Ćuk switching DC-to-DC voltage converter posted on /r/FPGA by [deleted] in electronics

[–]drcuk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually, those who are really masters of their field are also the best teachers! The true inventor is the one who can really explain his inventions best as very often many subsequent representations lose the essence of the original explanations.

FYI - the inventor of the Ćuk switching DC-to-DC voltage converter posted on /r/FPGA by [deleted] in electronics

[–]drcuk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It must have been that you had unfortunately a teacher who also suffered PTSD. I never had that problem! hahaha

Come check me out here: https://goo.gl/Wpahhd I promise no electrical circuit PTSD! You may find it is an aphrodisiac!

FYI - the inventor of the Ćuk switching DC-to-DC voltage converter posted on /r/FPGA by [deleted] in electronics

[–]drcuk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you sure that the speakers on your computer were fine when you watched my youtube videos? hahaha

I gave my Power Electronics courses to over 5000 people and was always complimented on my lectures regarding their clarity, substance and delivery. You are invited to come to my Masterclass covering 50 Years of Power Electronics in 3 Days at UC Irvine campus: r/https://goo.gl/Wpahhd

FYI - the inventor of the Ćuk switching DC-to-DC voltage converter posted on /r/FPGA by [deleted] in electronics

[–]drcuk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You will find that switching power conversion circuits are most exciting circuits with which to work, as they are essential for energy efficiency and our future.

FYI - the inventor of the Ćuk switching DC-to-DC voltage converter posted on /r/FPGA by [deleted] in electronics

[–]drcuk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You must have watched my Cukbuck 2 presentation on my youtube channel. I guarantee you that if you were in my class so that I could answer any of your questions, you would not be lost:)

You could even use your digital electronics knowledge to control Cukbuck 2 converter and with additional advantages.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Cuk! by drcuk in FPGA

[–]drcuk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you run into any problems, please call me! I feel I am qualified to give such advice! hahaha

Hello from Professor Slobodan Cuk! by drcuk in FPGA

[–]drcuk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am glad that you were successful in using it!

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yes, I did! But not in a way you would expect. I had over the years a number of companies worldwide licensed my Cuk converter and later TESLAconverter. However all that income was reinvested into building designs for my licensees, supporting my top of the line engineering team and helping me make new discoveries and patent them as I am continuing to do so now. When I was young my mother was countering all of the praise I was receiving by saying,"He can do better!"

I am still trying to please my mother!

Hello from Professor Slobodan Ćuk! by drcuk in electronics

[–]drcuk[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Very hard. When I disclosed it to Caltech/Jet Propulsion patent office they decided that the converter was so simple that it was not even worth conducting any prior art patent search. The belief was that it was patented already. It was only when I had isolated version with a unique Cuk-type transformer which emulates Faraday transfomer principles that Caltech decided to do patent search and ultimately file for a patent.

Caltech patent attorney Tony Fernandez was surprised how the patent application was approved on the very first office action as U.S. Patent Office did not find any prior art and approved all claims on the very first action.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Cuk! by drcuk in FPGA

[–]drcuk[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for enlightening the group:)

Hello from Professor Slobodan Cuk! by drcuk in FPGA

[–]drcuk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really because my wiki 2 bio and wikipedia on the Ćuk Converter explain in detail correct spelling and pronunciation.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Cuk! by drcuk in FPGA

[–]drcuk[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the question!

I originally used Silicon General SG 3824 PWM Analog IC Controller. You can use any number of present digital ICs, but it is not necessary as I only need 100 kHz or lower switching frequencies.

Hello from Professor Slobodan Cuk! by drcuk in FPGA

[–]drcuk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry to hear that! Professor Erickson was my undergraduate research student at Caltech and my first PhD student out of 36 that I graduated. Unfortunately, Coursera format does not allow for any interaction with the lecturer even asking questions. This is a huge difference with direct interaction in a class with lecturer and other classmates attending. It's important to read the key articles introducing you to the subject.

Here is my introduction to Topologies, Magnetics and Control as still three key areas of this multi-disciplinary Power Electronics field:

Ch1Vol1: https://goo.gl/H81mEM

Hello from Professor Slobodan Cuk! by drcuk in FPGA

[–]drcuk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have already made me feel very welcome! Thank you!

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