Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop 2024 Agenda

2024 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop

Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024

Location: Room 104ABC, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA
(Map of Convention Center showing room location)


Preliminary Agenda, Subject to change

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM         Registration, Technical Demonstrations, Posters and Breakfast 

8:00 AM - 8:05 AM         Opening Remarks 

8:05 AM - 9:40 AM         Technical Session - Design and Optimization of Magnetics for Different Applications Part I

  • Keynote: Foil-Winding Transformer Design for Electric Vehicle Applications; Johan Kolar/Jannik Schafer, ETH Zürich
  • Advanced Algorithms in Magnetic Design: Trends in Modeling and Optimization; Jonas Mühlethaler, Frenetic
  • Panel Discussion (Kolar, Schafer, Mühlethaler)

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM       Break

10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon   Technical Session - Design and Optimization of Magnetics for Different Applications Part II

  • Magnetics for VRM Applications; Qiang Li, Virginia Tech - CPES
  • Inductor Optimization Based on Choice of Different Magnetic Materials; Lukas Mueller, Micrometals
  • Low Inductance Film Capacitors for Inverter Applications; David Zawacki, Cornell Dubilier
  • Panel Discussion (Kolar, Schafer, Li, Mueller, Mühlethaler, Zawacki)

12:00 Noon - 2:00 PM   Technology Demonstration and Poster Session 

  • Near Field Measurements, Useful Techniques for Electronics Engineers; Arturo Mediano, HF Magic Labs
  • Computer Aided Inductor Optimization; Lukas Mueller, Micrometals
  • Selecting Capacitors for Your Application with RedExpert; Jon Izkue Rodriguez Würth Elektronik eiSos
  • Modelling of Integrated LLC Magnetics and High-Leakage Transformers; Andrija Stupar, SIMPLIS Technologies
  • Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Material (NSMM) Applications in E-Mobility; Bharadwaj Reddy Andapally, CBMM
  • 3D FEM-based Software for Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Behavior in Transformers and Inductors; Juris Vencels, Trafolo
  • Precise Design Data with Micro Pulse 2.0; JC Sun, Bs&T
  • Ferrites, What Can be Done With Geometry?; Mike Arasim, Fair-Rite Products Corp.
  • Streamlining Bobbin Design to Improve Winding Performance; Chuck Wild, Miles Platt
  • Static and Dynamic Characteristic Tests on Magnetic Devices; Ryu Nagahama, Iwatsu
  • PWM Resonant Converter for 1V 200A Applications; Dr Slobodan Ćuk, TESLAco

     Posters:

  • High-Density Vertical Power Delivery VRM with Twisted Core Inductor; Adhistira Naradhipa, Virginia Tech - CPES
  • Novel Single-Stage-Isolated 3-Φ/1-Φ AC Input EV On-Board Charger Employing Segmented Magnetic Shunt High Stray Inductance Transformers; Daifei Zhang, ETH Zürich
  • MagNet Challenge: What We Learned and What’s Next?; Haoran Li, Princeton University
  • MagNet Project: The Past and the Future; Shukai Wang, Princeton University
  • Mode Analysis, Transformer Saturation, and Fault Diagnosis Technique for an Open-Circuit Fault in a Three-Phase DAB Converter; Shubham Dhiman, North Carolina State University
  • Design Considerations and Performance Evaluation of a 50 kW, 40 kHz DAB Converter with Coaxial Winding Transformer; Shubham Rawat, North Carolina State University

2:00 PM - 3:40 PM       Technical Session - Thermal Design and Other Special Issues: Partial Discharge, Insulation, etc. - Part I

  • Keynote: Thermal, Scaling and Dielectric Issues in Magnetics Design; Charles Sullivan, Dartmouth College
  • Leading Edge Power Magnetics Design - Multi -physical, Multi-dimensional Optimization Relative to Electrical, Thermal and Commercial Objectives; Roman Jamy, Yageo - Kemet

  • Characterization of Partial Discharges in High-frequency Transformer under PWM Pulses; Zhicheng Guo, Arizona State University

3:40PM - 4:00 PM       Break

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM     Technical Session - Thermal Design and Other Special Issues: Partial Discharge, Insulation, etc. - Part II

  • Thermal Issues with Power Magnetics; Subhashish Bhattacharya, North Carolina State University
  • Panel Discussion (Bhattacharya, Guo, Jamy, Sullivan)

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM     Closing Remarks 

  • Best of the Best Alexander Gerfer, Wurth Elektronik

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM     Networking Hour

  • Technology Demonstrations and Posters

 

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