Won Hyo Jeong, a Ph.D. candidate in the Electric Energy Conversion Lab (EECL) led by Professor Jung-Ik Ha in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers at the 2026 International Power Electronics Conference, IPEC-Nagasaki 2026 -ECCE Asia-, held in Nagasaki, Japan, from May 31 to June 4.

The award-winning paper, titled “Charge Pump Circuits for Negative Voltage Turn-Off in Gate Drivers,” presents a method for generating negative voltage for switch driving in high-voltage, high-current circuits using SiC (silicon carbide) switches without employing isolated DC-DC components.

Held annually, ECCE Asia is one of Asia’s largest international conferences in the field of power electronics. The conference serves as a platform for sharing next-generation energy conversion technologies and the latest research achievements.

Source: https://ece.snu.ac.kr/ece/news?md=v&bbsidx=57823

Translated by: Changhoon Kang, English Editor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, changhoon27@snu.ac.kr