Siddharth Kulasekaran

Background

About Siddharth Kulasekaran

I have 5 years of intensive applied R&D and product design experience in the field of academic power electronics, with a track record of successful accomplishments and sound engineering judgement. My work has encompassed all aspects of the power converter design process including functional specification, power topology trade-off studies, feasibility analysis, control system analysis and simulation, detailed hardware design. • Strong understanding of power electronics topologies (AC/DC, DC/DC & DC/AC) with emphasis on low power (3.3kW/ 500kHz) power factor correction circuits (PFC), soft-switching isolated DC/DC and resonant converters• Experience with high voltage (< 1200V) power semiconductors (SiC/GaN/Si based MOSFETs, IGBTSs and diodes) switching waveforms and loss modeling, gate drive and protection circuits• In-depth modeling and simulation experiences of circuits using MATLAB, PLECS, SIMPLIS and ANSYS Maxwell for electromagnetic CAD simulations• Familiar with schematic capture tools - Cadence Allegro and Altium designer with supervision of PCB layout for better placement strategies, minimizing parasitic inductances and capacitances and EMC optimization• Strong knowledge in application and theory of magnetics for power conversion systems• In-depth understanding of signal processing and firmware implementation in DSPs and microcontroller• Innovative designer with good communication skills and team-work spirit