Power Electronics Technology 2007 targets price, efficiency

Power Electronics Technology 2007 targets price, efficiency

Using the moniker “make it smaller, make it cheaper, and now more than ever, make it more energy-efficient,” the newly repositioned Power Electronics Technology Exhibition and Conference hits the bull’s eye with its new technologies educational program, sessions led by experts in the field, and of course the exhibitor booths to support your design needs. You’ll find sessions on digital and portable power, power design, conversion and management, magnetics, alternative energy, and LED drivers.

But the conference also provides information you need to know about, including the impact of environmental regulations, emerging applications, new energy standards, acquisitions and mergers, RoHS standards and other forces of change at work. The professional advancement courses cover a wide range of information including magnetics, thermal management, dc/dc design, IGBT module selection, digital power, PWM converters, energy harvesting, and transformer use.

The Power Electronics Technology Exhibition & Conference (http://home.powerelectronics.com/PowerSystemsWorld07/public/Content.aspx?ID=125
) will be held at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX from October 28 through November 1. To spice things up, a timely keynote address by Roger Tipley, a Senior Technologist/Engineering Strategist for Hewlett-Packard and a board member of The Green Grid (www.thegreengrid.org/home
), a consortium of information technology companies and professionals seeking to lower the overall consumption of power) will discuss “Opportunities for Energy Efficiency Innovation in the Power Electronics Industry.”

Some of the new products introduced at the conference include:

The MS35 series inrush current limiting thermistors from Ametherm (Carson City, NV) handle up to 900 joules of energy and 50 amperes. The inrush current limiter is appropriate for AC Motors, Frequency Generators, Power Supplies, and Battery Chargers. (Booth 421)

Ametherm’s MS35 inrush current limiting thermistor

STMicro’s ST106 high-frequency step-down dc/dc converter includes a synchronous rectification block to avoid the use of an external Schottky Diode while improving the device’s efficiency up to 95%. It targets data-storage applications and portable devices. (Booth 400)

STMicro’s ST106 step-down converter

Vishay launches power MOSFETs specifying on-resistance at 1.2-V gate-to-source voltage. The N- and P-Channel TrenchFET devices simplify sub-1.8-V portable power management designs. The devices eliminate the need for an extra conversion stage in battery-operated systems with a core voltage lower than 1.8 V. (Booth 319)

TrenchFET MOSFET from Vishay

SanRex has also expanded its Schottky Barrier Diode family to include a module TO-244 having a 400A forward current, a peak reverse voltage of 100 V and a single pulse avalanche energy of 15 mJ. Typical applications include a rectifier in a SMPS and a free-wheeling diode in a converter. (Booth 314)

A Schottky barrier diode from SanRex

Paul O’Shea

The Power Electronics Technology Exhibition & Conference will be held at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, TX, from October 28 to November 1. For more, visit home.powerelectronics.com/PowerSystemsWorld07/public/Content.aspx?ID=125