Books / Book Chapters

  • Advanced Concepts and Technologies for Electric Vehicles (Taylor & Francis) — Chapter 6: "Wireless Inductive Power Transfer".Link

Journal Publications

  1. A. Pandey and S. Samanta, "Precise Analytical Modeling of Litz-Wire Rectangular WPT Coil with Ferrite Core and Lateral Misalignment for Inductance Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2026.3692660.
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  2. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "A Circulating Current Control Technique in a Three-Phase Parallel-Connected Integrated Onboard Charger", IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, 2025, pp. 1-11, Dec 2025.
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  3. S. Gupta, A. Nandanwar, N. K. Dhar, L. Behera and S. Samanta, “Perching of quadrotor using adaptive second-order continuous control in the presence of uncertainties,” Science Report (Nature Portfolio Journals) 16, 8578 (2026),
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  4. S. Gupta, A. Nandanwar, N. K. Dhar, L. Behera and S. Samanta, "Modelling and robust control of a miniature wall-climbing aerial robot."" International Journal of Control, pp. 1–27.
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  5. J. Kumar, R. Gupta, A. Pandey, S. Samanta, A. K. Rathore, "Design and Control Methods for Electric Vehicle Charging in Wireless Power Transfer Topologies", IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications, 2025, vol. 14, issue 4, pp. 509-522, July 01, 2025.
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  6. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "Single-Phase Integrated Onboard Battery Charger Incorporating Symmetrical Six-Phase Induction Motor," IEEE J. Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 664-676, April 2025.
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  7. R. Gupta and S. Samanta, "A Novel Parameter Tuning for LCL-LCL WPT with Combined CC/CV Charging and Improved Harmonic Performance," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 71, no. 11, pp. 13969-13979, Nov. 2024.
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  8. J. Kumar and S. Samanta, "A Single-Stage Universal Input Wireless Inductive Power Transfer System With V2G Capability," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 1017-1029, July 2024.
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  9. J. Kumar and S. Samanta, "Harmonic Inclusion and Accurate Modeling and Performance Analysis of the IPT Topologies Under Varying Operating Conditions," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 71, no. 8, pp. 8679-8689, Aug. 2024.
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  10. S. Singh and S. Samanta, "Modeling and Optimal Control of Modified Pulse Width Modulation on Series Resonant-based Dual Active Bridge," IEEE J. Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 908-916, July 2024.
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  11. R. Kumar, S. Samanta and T.-L. Wu, "Threshold Voltage Instability Measurement Circuit for Power GaN HEMTs Devices," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 6891-6896, June 2023.
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  12. M. P. Korukonda, R. Prakash, S. Samanta and L. Behera, "Model Free Adaptive Neural Controller for Standalone Photovoltaic Distributed Generation Systems With Disturbances," IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 653-667, April 2022.
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  13. R. B. Beddingfield, S. Samanta, M. S. Nations, I. Wong, P. R. Ohodnicki and S. Bhattacharya, "Analysis and Design Considerations of a Contactless Magnetic Plug for Charging Electric Vehicles Directly From the Medium-Voltage DC Grid With Arc Flash Mitigation," IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 3-13, July 2020.
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  14. S. Bhattacharya, A. Rathore, S. Samanta, et al., "Enabling Technologies in Electric and More-electric Transportation (ETEMET)," IET Power Electronics, vol. 12, no. 13, pp. 3315-3317, Oct. 2019.
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  15. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "Small Signal Modeling and Closed-loop Control of Parallel-Series/Series Resonant Converter for Wireless Inductive Power Transfer," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 172-182, Jan. 2019.
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  16. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "Analysis and Design of Load-Independent ZPA Operation for P/S, PS/S, P/SP, and PS/SP Tank Networks in IPT Applications," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 6476-6482, Aug. 2018.
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  17. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "A New Direct AC-AC Converter with Active Source Current Control for Wireless Inductive Power Transfer Application," IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 5565-5577, Jul. 2018.
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  18. S. Samanta, A. K. Rathore and D. J. Thrimawithana, "Bidirectional Current-Fed Half-Bridge (C)(LC)-(LC) Configuration for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer System," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 4053-4062, Jul–Aug 2017.
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  19. S. Samanta, A. K. Rathore and D. J. Thrimawithana, "Analysis and Design of Current-Fed Half-Bridge (C)(LC)-(LC) Resonant Topology for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Application," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 3917-3926, Jul–Aug 2017.
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  20. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "Wireless power transfer technology using full-bridge current-fed topology for medium power applications," IET Power Electronics, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1903-1913, Jul 2016.
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  21. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "A New Current-Fed CLC Transmitter and LC Receiver Topology for Inductive Wireless Power Transfer Application: Analysis, Design, and Experimental Results," IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 357-368, Dec. 2015.
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  22. P. Chaudhary, S. Samanta, and P. Sensarma, "Input-Series-Output-Parallel-Connected Buck Rectifiers for High-Voltage Applications," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 193-202, Jan. 2015.
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Conference Publications

  1. F. Manzoor and S. Samanta, "Normalized Quality Factor Based Comparison and Misalignment Sensitivity Analysis of WPT Topologies," 2025 12th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Kozhikode, India, 2025.
  2. A. P. Sinha, J. Kumar and S. Samanta, "A Fully Turn-on and Turn-Off Zero-Voltage Switched CSI-Fed PS/S-Based IPT System Without Using Any Auxiliary Switches or Circuits," 2025 12th National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), Kozhikode, India, 2025.
  3. J. Kumar and S. Samanta, "Enhanced Two-Port Model-Based Study and CCM/DCM Boundary Condition for LCC-LCC IPT Topology," 2025 IEEE 4th International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC), Goa, India, 2025.
  4. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "Interleaved Carrier-Based PWM for Enhanced CMV Performance in Three-Phase Parallel-Connected IOBCs," 2026 4th Odisha International Conference on Electrical Power Engineering, Communication and Computing Technology (ODICON), Bhubaneswar, India, 2026.
  5. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "Common Mode Voltage Reduction Technique in a Three-phase Parallel Connected Onboard Integrated Charger," 2025 IEEE 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Jaipur, India, 2025.
  6. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "A Circulating Current Control Technique for Parallel-Connected Integrated Onboard Charger," 2025 IEEE 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Jaipur, India, 2025.
  7. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "A Novel Circulating Current Control Technique in Onboard Integrated Charger," 2025 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Exposition Asia (ECCE-Asia), Bengaluru, India, 2025.
  8. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "A Novel Circulating Current Control Technique in A Fast Integrated Onboard Charger," 2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Electrical Engineering (SSDEE), Dhanbad, India, 2025.
  9. F. Manzoor and S. Samanta, "Source Transformation Based Parameter Tuning for DSLCC Compensated WPT for CC-CV Operation with ZPA," 2025 IEEE 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Jaipur, India, 2025.
  10. P. Chand, A. Pandey, and S. Samanta, "Semi-Analytical Modeling of Litz Wire Built WPT Coils for AC Resistance Calculation," 2025 IEEE ECCE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2025.
  11. J. Kumar, A. P. Sinha, S. Samanta, "Accurate Reduced Order System Using Small Signal Modeling and Controller Design of the Series-Parallel Wireless Power Transfer Converter," 5th IEEE SeFET, Jaipur, India, 2025.
  12. A. Pandey, M. Donkena, S. Samanta, and A. Edpuganti, "Precise Analytical Model Assisted Machine Learning Framework for Parameter Estimation of Litz-Wire and Ferrite Core-based Rectangular WPT Coils with Lateral Misalignment," 2025 IEEE ECCE-Asia, Bengaluru, India, 2025.
  13. A. P. Sinha, J. Kumar, S. Samanta, "Zero Current Switching Based Current-Source Inverter With Reduced Switches in IPT Application," IEEE ECCE Asia, Bengaluru, India, 2025.
  14. J. Kumar, R. Gupta, A. Pandey, S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "Study and Performance Evaluation of Design and Control Methods for CC/CV based EV Charging in WPT Topologies," PEDES 2024, Mangaluru, 2024, pp. 1-6.
  15. A. Pandey, S. Samanta and A. Edpuganti, "Accurate Modeling Approach of Litz-Wire based Planar DD Spiral Coils for WPT Applications," PEDES 2024, Mangaluru, 2024, pp. 1-6.
  16. H. P. Singh, A. Sharma, S. Samanta and A. K. Swami, "Grid-Forming Control for Edge-Based Ders: Integration Strategies and Performance in Weak Grids," 2025 IEEE North-East India International Energy Conversion Conference and Exhibition (NE-IECCE), Silchar, India, 2025.
  17. D. Kumar, Y. Sharma, A. Singh and S. Samanta, "Control Strategies for 3L Inverter in Islanded and Grid-Tied Modes Using Controller-Hardware in the Loop," PEDES 2024, Mangaluru, 2024, pp. 1-6.
  18. Y. Sharma, A. Singh and S. Samanta, "Modeling and Control of Three Level PFC Rectifier for lower THD," IECON 2024, Chicago, USA, Nov 3-6, 2024.
  19. S. Yamini, D. Kumar, A. Singh and S. Samanta, "Analysis and Control of Three-Level Bidirectional DC-DC Converter for Battery Charging Application," IECON 2024, Chicago, USA, Nov 3-6, 2024.
  20. A. Pandey, J. Kumar and S. Samanta, "Precise Modeling Approach of Litz-Wire Based Planar Rectangular Spiral Coils with Lateral Misalignment for WPT Applications," IECON 2024, Chicago, USA, Nov 3-6, 2024.
  21. Y. Sharma, A. Singh and S. Samanta, "Implementation of TNPC-Based Shunt Active Power Filters for Grid Harmonic Mitigation," 2024 IEEE 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Hyderabad, India, 2024.
  22. Y. M. Nikhre, J. Kumar, S. Samanta, "A Smart Three-Port Converter for Interconnecting Grid, EV, and Solar-PV for Enhancing System Performance," IEEE ECCE 2023, Nashville, TN, USA.
  23. N. Kumar, S. Samanta, "Contactless Magnetic Plug for Convenient EV Charging with Closed-Loop Control," IECON 2023, Singapore, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  24. S. Singh and S. Samanta, "Modeling and Optimal Control of Modified Pulse Width Modulation on Series Resonant-Based Dual Active Bridge," IECON 2023, Singapore, 2023, pp. 1-6.
  25. R. Gupta, J. Kumar and S Samanta, "Design of Different Symmetrical Bidirectional WPT Topologies Based on CC and CV Operating Modes for V2G Applications," APEC 2023, Orlando, FL, USA.
  26. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "An On-Board Integrated Fast Charger Based on Multiphase Machine," PEDES 2022, Jaipur, 2022.
  27. A. Nath and S. Samanta, "Design and Control of Three-Phase Single-Stage Bi-Directional High-Frequency Current Source Converter for EV Charging," PEDES 2022, Jaipur, 2022.
  28. R. Kumar, S. Samanta and Tian-Li, "Comprehensive Study on Dynamic on-resistance Evaluation Circuit for Power GaN HEMTs Devices," IECON 2022, 2022.
  29. J. Kumar, S. Samanta, "Modeling, Design, and Control of a Single-Stage AC-AC Converter based Inductive Power Transfer System with V2G Capability," IEEE ECCE 2022, Detroit, MI, USA.
  30. J. Kumar and S. Samanta, "Harmonic Modeling and Performance Analysis of the Basic IPT Topologies under Varying Operating Conditions," STPEC 2021.
  31. M. Singh, S. Samanta and S. P. Das, "A Generalized Method of Determining Coil and Compensation Circuit Parameters of Basic WPT Topologies," NPEC 2021.
  32. G. Zhu, B. Pahl, I. Wong, S. Samanta and S. Bhattacharya, "High Efficiency Medium Voltage to Low Voltage Wireless Power Transformation for Data Centers," APEC 2021, 2021.
  33. S. Samanta, I. Wong, S. Bhattacharya and B. Pahl, "Medium Voltage Supply Directly to Data-Center-Servers Using SiC-Based Single-Stage Converter with 20kW Experimental Results," ECCE 2020, Detroit, MI, USA.
  34. I. Wong, S. Samanta and S. Bhattacharya, "Medium Voltage Contactless Power Transfer for EV Fast Charging," ECCE 2020, Detroit, MI, USA.
  35. G. Zhu, B. Pahl, Z. Xu, S. Samanta et al., "Wireless Power Transformation for Data Centers and Medium Voltage Applications," APEC 2020, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  36. S. Samanta, I. Wong, S. Bhattacharya et. al., "Efficient Power Transfer to Data Center Racks using Medium Voltage Inductive Coupling," ECCE 2019, Baltimore, MD, USA.
  37. S. Samanta, S. Bhattacharya et. al., "Contactless Medium Voltage Supply Directly to Data-center Server Racks using SiC-Based Converter" WIPDA 2019, Raleigh, NC, USA.
  38. S. Samanta, I. Wong, R. Beddingfield, S. Bhattacharya, G. Zhu and B. Pahl, "Supplying Medium Voltage to Data-center Racks Directly Using SiC-Based Converter," 2019 IEEE 7th Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Applications (WiPDA), Raleigh, NC, USA, 2019.
  39. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "Small Signal Modeling and Control of Parallel-Series/Series Resonant Converter for Wireless Inductive Power Transfer," ITEC 2018, Long Beach, CA, 2018.
  40. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "Dynamic Modelling and Closed Loop Control of Transmitter Parallel and Receiver Series Compensated IPT Topology for EV Applications," IPEC-Niigata 2018, Niigata, Japan.
  41. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "Analysis and Design of Load Independent ZPA Operation for P/S and PS/S Tank Networks in IPT Applications," APEC 2018, San Antonio, TX, 2018.
  42. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "A Single-Stage Universal Wireless Inductive Power Transfer System with V2G Capability", PICC 2018, Thrissur, 2018.
  43. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "A New Inductive Power Transfer Topology Using Direct AC-AC Converter with Active Source Current Control" IAS AM 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
  44. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "A Novel Zero Voltage Switching Inductive Power Transfer Topology Using Current-fed Converter for EV Battery Charging Applications", APEC 2017, Tampa, FL, 2017.
  45. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "Concept Study and Feasibility Analysis of Current-fed Power Converter for Wireless Power Transfer System," PEDES 2016, Trivandrum, 2016.
  46. S. Samanta, A. K. Rathore and S. K. Sahoo, "Current-fed full-bridge and half-bridge topologies with CCL transmitter and LC receiver tanks for wireless inductive power transfer application," TENCON 2016, Singapore.
  47. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "Bidirectional wireless power transfer topology using current-fed half bridge CLC transmitter LC receiver configuration for medium power applications," IAS AM 2016, Portland, OR, USA.
  48. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "A new inductive wireless power transfer topology using current-fed half bridge CLC transmitter LC receiver configuration," ECCE 2016, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
  49. S. Samanta, and A. K. Rathore, "Comparison and Performance Evaluation of C-L and C-C-L Transmitter Compensation Schemes for CSI based Inductive WPT Application," ISIE 2016, Santa Clara, CA, USA.
  50. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "A new current-fed (C)(LC) (LC) topology for inductive wireless power transfer (IWPT) application: Analysis, design, and experimental results," ECCE 2015, Montreal, Canada.
  51. S. Samanta and A. K. Rathore, "Analysis and design of current-fed (L)(C) (LC) converter for inductive wireless power transfer (IWPT)," ECCE 2015, Montreal, Canada.
  52. S. Samanta, P. Chaudhary and P. Sensarma, "Input-series-output-parallel connected converter with single-phase UPF buck-rectifier," ICIT 2014, Busan, South Korea.

In the area of AI, ML, and Robotics

  1. J. Sandhan, L. Behera, S. Samanta et. al., "TransLIST: A Transformer-Based Linguistically Informed Sanskrit Tokenizer," EMNLP 2022 (arXiv:2210.11753). View
  2. J. Sandhan, L. Behera, S. Samanta et. al., "A Novel Multi-Task Learning Approach for Context-Sensitive Compound Type Identification in Sanskrit," COLING 2022. View
  3. S. Gupta, J. K. Mohanta and S. Samanta, "Design of Network Rejoin Policy in Multi-UAVs Flying Ad-hoc Network using Finite Time Convergent Position Control Scheme," PIECON 2023.
  4. S. Gupta and S. Samanta, "On Sliding Mode based Event-Trigger Control of a Micro Arial Robot for Perching on Vertical Outdoor Structure," ICPCES 2023.
  5. S. Singh, V. Gupta, T. K. Reddy, L. Behera and S. Samanta, "Meditative State Classification Using Neuronal Multi-IMF Band Power and Complexity Features," NCC 2023. View
  6. S. Gupta, J. K. Mohanta, L. Behera and S. Samanta, "Control Design for Vertical Wall-perching of Aerial Robot with Event-Triggered Control Approach," SILCON 2022. View

Patents

  1. S. Samanta, I. Wong, S. Bhattacharya, "Single-Stage Power Architecture for Electric Vehicle On-board Charger using Novel BiDFET Devices" — US patent file number 2021-015.
  2. Balaji S., P. Das, A. Trivedi, N. Gupta, S. Samanta, et al., "Split coil/core design for misalignment tolerant inductive wireless charging" — Indian patent file number 202111037525, filed April 2021.