Vitor Manuel da Silva Costa

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

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

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 20-04-2010
MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 23-02-1999
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 31-07-1994

Academic Activities

13Lecture courses

Electrónica II, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Lic. Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Electrónica

Electrónica Aplicada I, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Lic. Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Electrónica

Análise de Circuitos II, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Lic. Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Electrónica

Electrónica I, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Lic. Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Electrónica e de Computadores

Fisica Aplicada à Electrónica, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Lic. Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Electrónica e de Computadores

Sistemas Electrónicos Analógicos e Digitais 1, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Licenciatura em Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores

Análise de Circuitos, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Licenciatura em Engenharia de Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores

Sistemas Electrónicos Analógicos e Digitais Integr, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Mestrado em Electrónica e Telecomunicações

Fundamentos de Áudio, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Liceciatura em Tecnologias da Música

Introdução aos Circuitos, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Licenciatura em Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores

Sistemas Eletrónicos Analógicos e Digitais, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Licenciatura em Engenharia Electrónica e Telecomunicações e de Computadores

Fundamentos de Áudio, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Licenciatura em Tecnologias da Música

Eletrónica do Áudio 1, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Licanciatura em Tecnologias da Música

Publications

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,
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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

Projects

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

Other Contributions

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);

IT Member Profile

Vitor Costa

Scientific Achievements

Closed Projects3