Now that you’re here in Long Beach attending APEC , the big kahuna power event, you may be overwhelmed at how many technical sessions there are. So, let me offer a few favorites so you don’t have to keep surfing the APEC site.
To keep abreast of the news in magnetics you will want to attend the Coilcraft Exhibitor Seminar on Tuesday, March 22nd in Room 101A from from 1:30 to 2:00 p.m., Coilcraft’s Director of Technical Marketing, Len Crane, will present a talk on; New Power Inductors for High Frequency DC-DC Converters . The presentation will feature the company’s XEL40xx series of power inductors that feature low inductance values, optimized for high frequency applications.
The evolving use of wide bandgap devices like GaN are making inroads into many designs, and you will want to expand your technical chops by attending one of the many sessions. Starting on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) team will offer several technical presentations.
Tuesday , (8:30 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.; Session IS04) – Introducing eGaN IC Targeting Highly Resonant Wireless Power, Presented by Michael de Rooij
Wednesday , (8:30 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.; Session T11) Thermal Evaluation of Chip–Scale Packaged Gallium Nitride Transistors by David Reusch
Wednesday , (10:30 – 11:00; Exhibitor Seminar #5, Room 101B) Alex Lidow, the recipient of the 2015 SEMI Award for North America for the innovation of power device technology, will present; GaN: Changing the Way We Live
Thursday , (8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Session IS16, Alex Lidow will talk about; GaN vs. Silicon – Overcoming Barriers to the Rise of GaN.
Thursday , March 24 (2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.; Session T45 – Power Semiconductors Enabling Next Generation Applications .) Yuanzhe Zhang will present; Envelope Tracking – GaN Power Supply for 4G Cell Phone Base Stations
Additionally, Wolfspeed will be presenting information on SiC technology. On Wednesday , at 2:00pm (Room 104A – Advances in Wide Bandgap Devices), Wolfspeed’s Jeffrey Casady will present an industry-first performance achievement with the paper; Record-Low 10-mΩ 900-V SiC MOSFET in TO-247 , authored by himself, Vipindas Pala, Gangyao Wang, Brett Hull, and Scott Allen. The presentation describes how Wolfspeed’s 900V SiC MOSFET achieves an industry-record-low specific ON resistance and RDSON temperature coefficient, which enable the development of discrete switching devices that exceed the current densities of super junction MOSFETs.
Additionally, on Thursday , 8:30 – 11:30am (Room 203AB) Wolfspeed CTO John Palmour will co-chair a technical session Power Semiconductors Enabling Next-Generation Applications , consisting of a series of presentations designed to showcase the potential for advanced wide bandgap power semiconductors in power electronics applications.
The PSMA will sponsor the Magnetics Industry Session (IS09) on Wednesday , from 2:00 to 5:30 pm in Room 201A. It will feature seven presentations by experts their field:
Ray Ridley from Ridley Engineering will present the opening talk about; High Frequency Magnetics: Black Magic, Art or Science .
Coilcraft’s Len Crane will cover Selecting Magnetics for High Frequency Converters; Practical Hints and Suggestions for Getting Started.
West Coast Magnetics ’ Wyman Lundquist will talk about; The Future for SMPS Magnetics
Wurth Elektronik ’s Ranjith Bramanpalli will cover; Accurate Estimation of Losses of Power Inductor in Power Electronics Applications .
Rubadue Wire ’s Kyle Jensen will talk about; Litz Wire: A Practical Discussion of its Uses and Limitations in High Frequency Transformers .
Micrometals’ Christopher Oliver will inform you about; Powder Core Materials for Magnetic Components in GaN and SiC Power Devices .
Vacuumschmelze’s Mark Rine will present; EMI Conducted and Radiated Emissions.
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