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Slobodan Ćuk
Slobodan Ćuk (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation:[tʃuk]) is a Serbian-American author, inventor, business owner, electrical engineer, and professor of electrical engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).[1][2] The Ćuk switched-mode DC-to-DC voltage converter is named after him.
Biography
For over 20 years, he was a full-time Professor of Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology until January 1, 2000.[3]
In 1979, Slobodan founded TESLAco, located in Laguna Niguel, California.[1][4] It had a charter to apply basic research results developed at Caltech for practical commercial and military designs.[3]
Over 30 patents have Ćuk's name on them.
Personal life
Slobodan's parents are Milojko and Julijana Ćuk.[5] He speaks American English and Serbian.[1] On February 29, 1972, Slobodan immigrated from Belgrade, Yugoslavia to the United States and was sponsored by NASA.[2]
Slobodan received a Dipl.Ing. from Unive
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Slobodan Ćuk
BSEE, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia, 1970
MSEE, University of Santa Clara, CA, USA 1974
Ph.D., Caltech, CA, USA, 1976
Dr. Slobodan Ćuk was a full-time Professor of Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology until January 1, 2000. During that time, more than 30 students obtained their Ph.D. degree in Power Electronics under Dr. Ćuk's guidance. Many of them are now leading researchers and/or Professors of Power Electronics in the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Ćuk won a coveted IR*100 Award in 1980 from the Industrial Research Magazine for the invention of a new and patented switching converter topology and several of its extensions, which are now known as the ĆUKonverter technology. For the invention of Integrated Magnetics and expediting the development of switched-mode power converters, Dr. Ćuk obtained the prestigious 1991 Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute, which was for the first time in its 100 years history awarded to researchers in Power Electronics. His publications include over 100 scientific papers in t
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Slobodan Ćuk
Also published under: S. Cuk, S. M. Cuk, Slobodan Cuk
Affiliation
Department of Electromagnetic Field, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Publication Topics
Switching Frequency,Continuous Conduction Mode,Duty Ratio,Input Current,Input Voltage,Resonance Frequency,Resonant Capacitor,Resonant Inductor,Ac Source,Active Switches,Avionics,Boost Converter,Buck Converter,Cause For Concern,Ceramic Capacitors,Conduction Loss,Conduction Mode,Constant Cycle,Constant Resistance,Converter Operation,Converter Output,Converter Switching,Converter Topology,Core Loss,Current Waveforms,DC Bias,DC Voltage,Dead Time,Duty Cycle,Electromagnetic Interference,Electronic Equipment,Energy Conversion Devices,Fluorescent Light,Galvanic Isolation,High Power Factor,High Switching Frequency,Lamp Current,Large DC,Leakage Inductance,Line Frequency,Load Current,Load Resistance,Low Ripple,Low Switching Frequency,Low Voltage,Lower Frequency,Lower Switching,Magnetic Core,Magnetic Materials,Negative Differential Resistance,Biography
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