How to Choose and Define Capacitor Usage for Emerging Applications
- With a Focus on Wideband Trends and New Technologies -

he PSMA Capacitor Technical Committee and IEEE PELS are jointly sponsoring an all-day workshop titled "How to Choose and Define Capacitor Usage for Emerging Applications - With a Focus on Wideband Trends and New Technologies" on Saturday, March 14, 2020, the day before the start of and in the same venue as APEC 2020 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA.

The time is getting closer and the attendee list is growing. This workshop is just around the corner with only a few weeks to go. Industry professionals from leading capacitor manufacturers and scientists from around the world will get together to address the latest challenges and developments on the technology and applications of capacitors. The mixture of technology-based presentations from industry, contributions from university professors, panel sessions with specialists and Q&A formats will make the day a high-class value for participants. In the morning over breakfast, during lunch, and at the final networking session attendees will have the chance to meet other workshop participants from around the world to have in-depth discussions on power electronics, capacitors and magnetics while exploring the vast array of demonstrations and posters from both this workshop and the 5th Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop which will be held concurrently.

The 2020 capacitor workshop is the third of its kind, with the inaugural workshop in 2018, and has become an anticipated annual pre-APEC event. With the growing interest and excellent feedback from former attendees, we know that we deliver valuable insights and have identified topics for this year's agenda. The 2020 capacitor workshop will provide interesting and trending topics on the technologies and applications of capacitors in power electronics. The workshop will include an incredible mixture of professionals from market leading capacitor manufacturers such as KEMET, CDE & Wurth Electronics and international high-class lecturers from universities around the world.

This year's workshop will open with a keynote presentation on the challenges and requirements for capacitors in the electrification of future mobility. Additionally, this year's workshop will provide for selected students to present their Capacitor research in a poster session format.

In 2020 we will again feature the very successful and highly appreciated technology demonstration stations. These demonstrations will be available during the breakfast prior to the opening session, during the luncheon and during the closing networking session at the end of the day's events. This will provide attendees the opportunity to interact with the presenters one-on-one and to discuss the various technologies and their advantages for your needs. The demonstrations will include some of the world's leading measurement equipment manufacturers who will provide close-up opportunities to view the high accuracy of their latest developments.

The Capacitor workshop will address the specific needs of both novices and advanced designers of DC-DC converters, frequency drivers, inverters, and other power conversion applications. The workshop agenda covers application-based challenges rising from the use of GaN and SiC topologies on capacitor technologies, the impact of the rapidly emerging electrification of mobility products, as well as the latest capacitor developments. Finally, we will discuss the continuously growing demand for supercapacitors, applications for using ceramics in harsh environments, the application of capacitors at high frequencies and the latest advances in film capacitors.

The workshop will end at 5:00 p.m. and will be followed by a social networking event with wine, beer and hors d'oeuvres. The presenters will participate and the technical demonstrations will remain active for those who wish to continue discussions after the workshop.

The registration fee for the workshop is $400 reducing to $300 for PSMA members and IEEE PELS members. The day of workshop registration fee will be $425 reducing to $325 for PSMA members and IEEE PELS members if seating is available. There is an option at a nominal fee of $5 to obtain Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending in this workshop.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided as part of the workshop and electronic copies of the technical lecture presentations and technology demonstration presentations will be made available to workshop participants.

The latest agenda, registration, and additional information is available at www.psma.com/technical-forums/capacitor/workshop.

Provided by members of the Capacitor Workshop Organizing Team:
Pierre Lohrber, Wurth Electronics
Fred Weber, Future Technology Worldwide

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