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Design’s Essential

Role

Energy consumption is expected to increase, as are techniques can help significantly improve OBC power
the transport, commercial, residential, and industrial density before presenting two reference designs that
sectors. As a result, there is a substantial increase in push the boundaries of currently attainable levels of
demand, which is a consequence of the rising global power density and can provide pointers for how even
standard of living. By reducing the true cost of energy, higher levels will be realized in the future.
people can live better. The driving factor is the cost of
energy, which is badly skewed by out-of-period cleanup Other topics of this issue include wireless battery
expenses. management, power-conversion design trends, PCB
design, and more. Moreover, we will analyze why the
Efficiency of conversion, especially regarding cost of energy is key to sustainability. In his keynote
power usage, is a significant factor. Wide-bandgap address at the Green Engineering Summit, Alex Lidow,
semiconductors will contribute significantly to energy CEO of EPC, emphasized that the cost of energy is
efficiency. Silicon carbide and gallium nitride have comprised of multiple components.
witnessed increasing success in the semiconductor
Steer into the future of eMobility device market in recent years. GaN is now used in the international electronics industry together at
From Nov. 15 to 18, electronica 2022 will bring
mobile device chargers and charging systems. On the
other hand, SiC devices have primarily been used in the Munich exhibition grounds. AspenCore is once
the field of electric mobility. In 2017, electric-vehicle again pleased to host the Power Electronics Forum
manufacturers like Tesla chose to use SiC-based at electronica (Hall A4/Booth 473) with keynotes,
motor controllers, which boosted the efficiency of their panel discussions, and technical presentations. Visit
chargers: systems. powerelectronicsforum.eetimes.com for the agenda
and on-demand version after the event.
In this issue, Subramanyam Sankaran, director of
product marketing for USB Automotive Solutions at Yours Sincerely,
Infineon Technologies; introduces Infineon’s first- Maurizio Di Paolo Emilio
generation wireless charging solution for automotive Editor-in-Chief, Power Electronics News
applications that integrates the latest Qi transmitter,
DC/DC controller, gate drivers, sensing/protection
peripherals, and configurable flash memory.
High power density Bi-directionality 400 V + 800 V
systems In the other article, Daniel Makus, global application
manager for xEV and EV charging at Infineon
Extend driving range and shorten charging times! Technologies, Christian Mentin, senior scientist at

Silicon Austria Labs; and Rafael A. Garcia Mora, system
application engineer for OBC applications at Infineon
Technologies, analyze the immediate challenges facing
OBC designers and discuss changes in how they are
using wide-bandgap devices. They also consider how
thermally managed device packaging and assembly
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