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POWER ELECTRONICS
Power Electronics Forum at electronica 2020

his year, electronica, one of the electronics industry’s biggest Power Converter (Niklaus Felderer, Team Leader Applications
trade shows, was held as an all-digital event for the first time. Engineering, Plexim)
The virtual Power Electronics Forum was held in concert with • GaN and SiP Approaches Are Making Power Supplies More
T electronica and focused on power management, power sup- Efficient and Smaller (Gabriele Gherdovich, Segment Marketing
plies, energy storage, and power semiconductors and components. Manager, Industrial & Power Conversion Division, STMicroelectronics)
From a power management standpoint, all power systems require a • Don’t Get Interrupted! Tips for Ensuring Robust Uninterruptible
high level of integration to achieve and support the required portability. Power Supply Design (Todd Phillips, Global Strategic Marketing
High energy efficiency is required for truly portable, battery-operated Manager for the Electronics Business Unit, Littelfuse)
systems. Lower power consumption will increase device operating times • 2020 — A Challenging Year Full of Opportunities for Power
between battery charges and extend battery life. Designers (Patrick Le Fèvre, Chief Marketing and Communication
The power supply industry for commercial applications is extremely Officer, Powerbox)
dynamic: It must adapt to market changes, the introduction of new
regulations, and the advent of new technologies, and it is in constant DAY 3: ENERGY STORAGE
transformation. It must • Keynote: Enabling the World of Unlimited Energy Through
be able to develop Semiconductor-Based Energy Storage Solutions (Dr. Raghavan
products and power Nagarajan, Principal Engineer — High-Power Technical Marketing,
solutions to support Infineon Technologies)
emerging technolo- • SiC Enabling Long-Term Global Market Growth (Guy Moxey, Senior
gies (such as 5G and Director Power Products, Wolfspeed)
Industry 4.0) and even • Economics and the Challenge of Renewable Energy Storage — A
technologies that have Small Change That Can Revolutionize the Industry (Paul Wiener,
yet to make it to market. Vice President Strategic Marketing, GaN Systems)
Finally, in the • SiC-Based Vienna PFC Power Stage Modeling and Simulation
process of energy (Ehab Tarmoom, Applications Engineer, Discrete & Power Management,
transition and process efficiency, the adoption of storage systems is a Microchip Technology)
fundamental step, and the market is undergoing many changes. The • Supercap to the Rescue: Choosing the Right Supercapacitor for
efficient storage of electricity, possibly from renewable sources, is now Your Application (Roya Nikjoo, Field Application Engineer, Kemet)
a strategic objective for all companies in the energy sector. This is con-
firmed by a Zion Market Research study, which shows an annual growth DAY 4: POWER SEMICONDUCTORS & COMPONENTS
rate for the sector of about 6% over a four-year period. According to • Keynote: Power Devices Market Evolution and Related Technical
the experts, by 2024, the global energy storage market will reach Developments (Ana Villamor, Technology & Market Analyst, Power
US$296 billion in value. Electronics, Yole Développement, and Elena Barbarini, Director,
Video of all the presentations below is available on demand for free at Semiconductor Devices Department, System Plus Consulting)
www.power-electronics-forum.com. • Next-Generation HV Power GaN Technology and the Benefits of
Copper-Clip SMD Packaging (CCPAK) (Dr. Dilder Chowdhury,
DAY 1: POWER MANAGEMENT Strategic Marketing Director, Nexperia)
• Keynote: Redefining Power Conversion with GaN Integrated • CMOS Isolators, the Heroes of Vehicle Electrification (Rudye
Circuits (Alex Lidow, Ph.D., CEO, EPC) McGlothlin, Director of Marketing, Power Products, Silicon Labs)
• Parallel Multiple MOSFETs Using Optimized Current-Sharing • Cutting-Edge SiGe Rectifiers: Enhancing Safe Operating Area
Technology (Stein Nesbakk, Application Engineer, Nexperia) for High-Temperature, High-Frequency Applications (Dr. Reza
• The 48-V Revolution: GaN for High-Density Computing and Behtash, Application Marketing Manager, Nexperia)
Ultra-Thin Laptops? (Alex Lidow, Ph.D., CEO, EPC) • Broadcom Isolation Solutions to Drive and Sense IGBT Modules
• Fast Charging with USB Type-C and Power Delivery (Sagar Khare, (Tee Chun Keong, Product Manager, Broadcom)
Executive Business Manager, Maxim Integrated) • New Gate Drivers Optimized for Mitsubishi Electric IGBT Module
• Benefits and Drawbacks of the Most Common Power LV100 Series Parallel Operation (Wolfgang Rath, Sales Manager,
Management Techniques (Wilfried Dron, CEO, Wisebatt) Tamura)
• Optimizing Your Next Power System by Using an Effective Design • New GaN-Based IC and Power Architecture Reduces Volume of
Tool (Bob Cantrell, Senior Field Application Engineer, and Phil Goff, AC/DC Converters by Up to 40% (Mike Matthews, Vice President
Regional Sales and Marketing, Flex Power Modules) Product Development, Power Integrations)
• Using AI to Increase EV Range (Bruce Renouard, CEO, Pre-Switch) • New ASIC Sensors Optimized for SiC and Renewable Energy
Applications (Wolfgang Rath, Sales Manager, Tamura)
DAY 2: POWER SUPPLIES • Achieving Optimal Performance: Minimizing EMI and Switching
• Keynote: Now Playing — Power Supplies Set the Stage for Future Loss for SiC FETs (Peter Losee, Director of Technology Development,
Tech Advancements (Sherrie Clark, Chief Technology Officer, ABB UnitedSiC)
Power Conversion) • Next-Generation High-Voltage Discrete Power Products for Auto-
• Frequency Response Analysis (Gilles Clermont, Application Engineer, motive Applications (Wibawa Chou, Head of Automotive High-Power
Tektronix) Application and Innovation Engineering, Infineon Technologies)
• Testing! Not Guessing! (Thomas Rottach, Sales & Marketing • Transforming the Semiconductor Market Post-Covid Using
Manager, Siglent Technology Germany) Digital Tools and Big Data to Break Barriers (Jens Gamperl, CEO,
• Technologies for Hardware in the Loop Simulation of Complex Sourceability) ■

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