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... Vitor Manuel da Silva Costa

Researcher

Vitor Costa

Academic position: Assistant Professor
Joining date: 11-01-2004
Roles in IT: Researcher
Thematic Line: Basic Sciences and Enabling Technologies
Group: Power Electronics - Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
Av. Rovisco Pais, 1
1049 - 001 Lisboa
Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

ORCID iD
https://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-8582-5313

Scientific Achievements

  • PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 20-04-2010
  • MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 23-02-1999
  • Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 31-07-1994
13Lecture courses
1Books Chapters
  • B. Borges, H. R. Marques, V. Costa, P. M. Santos, Resonant Converters, Chapter in, Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Power Engineering, Jorge Garcia, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2022
4Papers in Journals
  • V. Costa, M. A. Andrade, DC-DC Buck Converter with Reduced Impact, Procedia Technology, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 791 - 798, October, 2014,
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  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Design Methologies for Integrated Inductor-Based Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters, i-ETC : ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics, Telecomunications and Computers, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. id-17-1 - id-17-9, July, 2013,
    | Abstract     | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, A design methodology for integrated inductor-based DC–DC converters, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 401 - 409, June, 2012,
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  • P. M. Santos, V. Costa, B. Borges, M. Lança, High-Voltage LDMOS Transistors Fully Compatible with a Deep Submicron 0.35 um CMOS Process, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 35 - 40, January, 2007 | BibTex
9Papers in Conferences
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Designing Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters in CMOS Technology, CETC- Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. ID59 - ID59, November, 2011,
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  • LR Reis, V. Costa, DESIGN METHOD FOR LOW-DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR, Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. ID60 - ID60, November, 2011,
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  • T. F. Fonseca, V. Costa, Design Method for “High-Voltage” Tolerant Hard-Switching DC-DC Converter, Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. ID10 - ID10, November, 2011,
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  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, An Improved Design Method for Monolithic CMOS Quasi-Square-Wave DC-DC Converters, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Sta Maria Feira, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, May, 2009,
    | Abstract     | Full text (PDF 126 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Design Method for Monolithic DC-DC Converters Based on Losses Optimization of the Power Stage, IEEE Asia Pacific Conf. on Circuits and Systems - APCCAS, Macau, Macau, Vol. 1, pp. 1872 - 1875, December, 2008 | Full text (PDF 306 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Método de Dimensionamento para Conversores CC-CC Monolíticos Baseado na Optimização das Perdas do Andar de Potência, Jornadas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Computadores, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, November, 2008 | Full text (PDF 260 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Design Method for Integrated CMOS Quasi-Square-Wave DC-DC Converters, Conf. on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, November, 2005 | Full text (PDF 210 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Integração Monolítica de Conversores Comutados CC-CC de Comutação Suave : Soluções de Projecto e Simulações, Jornadas de Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Computadores, Lisboa, Portugal, November, 2005 | Full text (PDF 161 KBs) | BibTex
  • V. Costa, P. M. Santos, B. Borges, Soft-Switching DC-DC Converters for CMOS Integration, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. CD-ROM, pp. -, April, 2005 | Full text (PDF 106 KBs) | BibTex

Closed Projects3

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
IRFDCMOS Integration of high-frequency dc-dc converters in RF CMOS SoC IT/LA 01-09-2005 01-06-2008
Space-DCDC Space-DCDC – DC-DC controller for space applications IT/LA 01-10-2008 01-10-2010
uFlexBat Batteryless energy supply system based on flexible organic photovoltaic cells IT/LA 01-12-2016 30-06-2019
2Conference Committees
  • Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Organizing Committee, 2016
  • Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC, Organizing Committee, 2013
3Refereeing Journals
  • Microelectronics Journal
    2017, 1 review(s); 2016, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • i-ETC : ISEL Academic Journal of Electronics, Telecomunications and Computers
    2017, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s);
  • Procedia Technology
    2014, 2 review(s);
4Refereeing Conferences
  • Conf. on Electronics, Telecommunications and Computers - CETC
    2016, 1 review(s); 2013, 1 review(s); 2011, 1 review(s);
  • Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele
    2011, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition - ECCE
    2016, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s); 2012, 1 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s);
  • IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conf. - PESC
    2008, 1 review(s); 2006, 1 review(s);
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