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Juan Rivas-Davila is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy. He has substantial experience in designing power electronics, particularly in high-frequency applications, having contributed innovative designs for dc-dc power converters that operate at MHz frequencies. Rivas-Davila obtained his doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2006, focusing on radio frequency power conversion. His research interests include power electronics, resonant converters, resonant gate drive techniques, and high-frequency magnetics. He has proposed new applications for power converters, vital for modern energy systems. His scholarly contributions are recognized through several awards, including IEEE transaction paper awards and CAREER program recognition from the National Science Foundation. Rivas-Davila has also filed multiple patents related to power electronics systems and has published extensively in various conferences and journals.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Teaching and conducting research in the field of Electrical Engineering, focusing on power electronics and high-frequency converters.
Precourt Institute for Energy • Stanford, CA
Collaborating on innovative energy solutions and conducting research in energy systems.
Patent related to the use of conformal deposition techniques in electronic circuits.
Patent focused on resonant topology innovations for power conversion.
Patent for high-frequency induction lighting systems.
Patent for a power supply suitable for MRI applications.
Patent for a gradient driver architecture in MRI systems.
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