Yantao Song

About Yantao Song

10+ years’ hands-on experience in designing power electronic, analog and digital circuits; 4 years’ industrial experience in developing dc-dc converters, ac-dc rectifiers, and dc-ac inverters; Very rich experience of power converters, buck, boost, flyback, push-pull, LLC resonant converters, 3 and1ø inverters, continuous mode and critical mode PFC; Proficiency in two-level and multilevel high power inverters and their modulation methods, SPWM, SVPWM; Sound understanding of semiconductors (IGBT, MOSFET, diode, thyristor), passive components, and gate drivers for power devices; Excellent in designing analog and digital signal conditioning circuits; Experienced in control loop design; Proficiency in analysis in Matlab and Mathcad, and developing simulation models with SABER, Matlab, and SImetrix; Practiced in printed-circuit board (PCB) layout in Altium and Cadence; Decent experience in testing, hardware debug and problem solving; Familiar with EMI reduction techniques in compliance with UL and IEC EMC standards and safety standards; Solid understanding of thermal management, voltage and current sensing technique and circuit design for manufacturability.

Experience

1. Aws Power Engineer

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Feb 2025 — Present

Education

• Zhejiang University

  Master's degree, Power electronics and drives

  2004 — 2006

• Zhengzhou University

  Bachelor's Degree, Electrical engineering

  2000 — 2004

• Michigan State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical engineering/power electronics

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Semiconductors
• Dc/Dc Converter
• Circuit Design
• C
• Digital Electronics
• Simulink
• Matlab
• Pspice
• Inverters
• Saber
• Simulations
• Inverter
• Magnetics
• Electronics
• Power Electronics
• Altium
• Pcb Design
• Design for Manufacturing
• Analog
• Analog Circuit Design
• Testing
• Cadence
• Electrical Engineering