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I'm rather sure everyone who reads this newsletter has seen the announcement regarding the effects of the cancellation of APEC2020. The three sponsors, including PSMA, have taken a serious financial impact. Regardless, we continue to see movement toward full recovery. To "close the book" on APEC2020, here is how the APEC website reported on the complex efforts involved in providing refunds and making available the great conference content: The Steering Committee and the Sponsors of the APEC conference, IEEE PELS and IAS in partnership with the PSMA, wish to thank our loyal community for their patience as we worked through the complex business negotiations required legally to reach our desired goal of maximizing your refund. Always, the health and safety of our APEC community was paramount in actions taken and our decision making. The IEEE Societies and PSMA acknowledge the economic strain this situation has placed on our exhibitors, attendees, and vendor/provider partners. All of whom we consider part of our APEC community. To that end, dozens of individuals have worked tirelessly for weeks to assure a responsible and equitable outcome. We would like to assure our community that the Sponsors have, since the beginning of this process, agreed to take no financial proceeds and in fact agreed to absorb a significant loss to settle obligations to vendors in order to maximize the refund to attendees and our valued and loyal Exhibitors. To that end, the Sponsors have also agreed to absorb additional costs allowing us to now offer the following refund schedule:
To date, all the technical and program materials have been distributed electronically via the APEC mobile app, website, or other electronic means to our registered attendees for download. We will continue to make other elements available as they become available. Furthermore, for our author community, we have arranged for all submitted papers to be published in IEEE Xplore (waiving the requirement for the papers to be presented). As a multi-tiered and large-scale event, we hope our community can appreciate that APEC requires multiple years of planning and thousands of hours of labor, representing a significant investment across conference partners and service providers. Added to that complexity this year was the daunting task of interpreting and navigating the evolving national, state, and city-wide policies in the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic. Information regarding travel bans and health commission decisions were in flux right up to our decision point. We wish the APEC community to please know that our decision to cancel when we did was to absolutely cap or limit those financial obligations and expenses so that the organizers and sponsors would be in a final position to return as much money as possible to our attendees and valued exhibitors. We thank you all for your continued support and patience, and pledge to continue to work hard to advocate on your behalf. Since this statement was published, APEC has also announced that select additional recordings and other content will become available on, or around, July 1st. Again, check www.apec-conf.org for more details. PSMA is also doing it's part and will present some of the Industry Session content that it had planned in webinar format. As a long-standing participant in APEC for over 30 years, I have personally witnessed and benefitted from this truly amazing industry event. My hope and frankly my prayers are that we will return to the growth and excitement of our work together in 2021. In the meantime, please stay safe.
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Outgoing Chair Stephen Oliver opened the meeting at 10 a.m. CDT. He welcomed all attendees and introduced Mike Hayes who was elected Chair by the Board of Directors at the February Board meeting. Mike Hayes introduced the Executive Team that will serve 2020 -2022:
Next on the agenda was the election of four people to the Board of Directors. Each candidate introduced themselves and provided a brief summary of their background and reasons for wanting to serve on the board. The following candidates were elected to the Board of Directors for the three-year term (2020-2023):
Mike Hayes congratulated the four Directors, all elected to serve their second terms. Mike then presented awards to Tony O'Brien and Brian Zahnstecher, Co-Chairs of the Reliability Committee, for their leadership of PSMA's newest committee, formed in 2017, and publication of the 2019 PSMA Power Supply Software/Firmware Reliability Improvement Project and Report.
Jose Cobos, General Chair for APEC 2020, reviewed the background and decision by the committee with the three sponsors to cancel the in-person APEC2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. He also briefly identified some of the major and outstanding issues with the convention center, the many vendors, exhibitors and individual registrants that were being addressed. The Steering Committee is considering the possibility of organizing a Virtual APEC program that would include presentations of the Plenary Session, accepted Technical Papers, planned Seminars and selected Industry Sessions, but the details have not yet been worked out. APEC2021 is scheduled March 21-25 in the Phoenix Convention Center but detailed planning has been delayed as the Organizing Committee addresses the outstanding issues with APEC2020. Mike Hayes, Chair, discussed the mission of the Association, the current status of the membership, the immediate concerns in scheduling and being able to hold a number of workshops scheduled for 2020 and other challenges facing the Association. Mike briefly reviewed and discussed his vision and objectives for the next two years including:
Mike then presented an overview of the background and objectives of the PSMA Tiger Teams, small ad hoc groups formed to resolve short and very targeted initiatives that can be addressed quickly. He reviewed a list of completed and ongoing projects recently addressed. Among completed projects include a comprehensive Privacy Policy, a Workshop Support Policy, the new PSMA logo and consolidation of Active Technical Committees. Ongoing Tiger Team projects include an updated website and improving the Public Image. Secretary/ Treasurer Tim McDonald presented the Financial Report including PSMA's current financial status and a six-quarter financial forecast. Tim highlighted that the forecast is based on the best-known data at this point in time but that there are a lot of additional uncertainties in the post COVID-19 world. Each of the PSMA Committees provided updates on the recent activities. All of the committees support the 2021 Power Technology Roadmap, and most are planning to provide at least one webinar to the roadmap webinar series. The committees all had face-to-face meetings planned during APEC and will be rescheduling these meetings by webconference in the coming weeks.
The invited speaker at this year's Annual Meeting was Marc Benowitz, CEO of iNEMI, the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative, which is a nonprofit R&D consortium of approximately 80 leading electronics manufacturers' suppliers, associations, government agencies and universities. He reviewed the organization, their roadmap, current projects and projects planned for the next few years. Marc also suggested some possible areas that PSMA and iNEMI might consider collaborating on in the near and longer term. The PSMA Power Technology Report Technical Committee discussed that there has been cooperation with the iNEMI Roadmap team over the past several years and each has made contributions to their respective Roadmaps. Mike Hayes and Marc Benowitz agreed that the two Associations will work to increase the relationship and identify areas of mutual benefits. Before adjourning, Chair Mike Hayes asked the attendees for their comments and input on the Annual Meeting as a virtual meeting. The response to the virtual meeting was very positive and the number of PSMA members in attendance was comparable to previous in person meetings. Mike Hayes thanked all presenters and attendees for their participation. The minutes from the PSMA Annual Meeting have been posted in the Members Only area of the PSMA web site together with the charts from the presentations.
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Mike is an established technology and thought leader in 'power IoT' promoting synergy opportunities between power electronics, energy harvesting and ICT domains. He has written a number of publications, participated in EU studies, presenting & chairing conferences and workshops related to this. His team delivered the world's 1st indoor energy harvesting power management solution operating indefinitely in indoor lighting conditions and for 72 hours in darkness. The team has also delivered MISCHIEF, the world's leading multi-source energy harvesting compatible PMIC (power management IC) for ultra-low power applications He is currently work package leader on several EU energy efficiency projects and co-ordinator of a 'Powering the Internet of Things' infrastructure project ('EnABLES') worth $6M giving industry access (expertise, equipment, models, feasibility studies) to 11 leading research centers and universities in Europe (Tyndall, Fraunhofer, IMEC, CEA et al.) Mike gained 20 years power electronics industry experience at Artesyn Technologies in various design and senior management roles developing custom power supplies for blue chip telecoms companies. He has previously managed a number of technology collaborations with Power Electronics Ireland and Tyndall. Mike has over 30 years of experience working in the Power Electronics industry & research. He is an active member of the PSMA Packaging, Energy Management and Energy Harvesting Committees. He has been a member of the PSMA Executive Committee since 2016 and now serves as Chair. Mike currently works at Tyndall as head of the ICT for Energy Efficiency Group covering collaborative projects on power electronics & energy efficiency for IoT applications. Tyndall is one of Europe's leading research centers and a world leader in PSiP & PwrSoC domains and an epicenter for micro-power energy harvesting research in Europe. Key achievements to date related to PSMA
Mike continues to identify, promote & drive industry/academic synergies internationally particularly between packaging, MEMS manufacturing, ICT, energy harvesting & power management. This was demonstrated at EnerHarv2018 where over 80 industry and academics participants form 4 continents gathered together forming an ecosystem driven to collaborate together to devise solutions to power the internet of things. This is expected to be a trillion sensor economy by 2025 and a disruptive opportunity for the power electronics community. In 2018 he received a leadership award from University College Cork (Tyndall's parent university) for his various 'powering IoT' initiatives over the past decade. Outside of work Mike is a keen golfer, plays tennis, runs, follows the 'highs and lows' of the Cork hurling team and enjoys travel and leisure time with his family. Provided by Mike Hayes, Head of Group ICT4EE, Tyndall National Institute
Fred Weber is the President of Future Technology Worldwide. LLC (FTW), a Manufacturers Representative firm covering the Great Lakes States with a portfolio of product, component, and service Principals tuned to Power Electronics. Having earned both a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Evansville, and an MBA from the University of Michigan, Fred has a strong technical and business acumen. This has been strengthened by years of product design, project management, and sales experience. His ability to open doors, close sales, and manage accounts has allowed FTW to steadily grow since its founding in 2001. FTW has been a member of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) for almost 10 years. Fred is active in the PSMA Magnetics Committee, and serves as the co-Chair of the Capacitor Committee, and the Transportation Power Electronics Committee and is currently the President of PSMA. "I originally joined PSMA to help support a few of my Principals. I found that the diverse membership of PSMA and their continuous effort to educate, keep abreast of the latest technologies and create a networking community were ideal for my business and my personal professional growth. It is my honor and pleasure to work with the PSMA Board and Executive Staff to help guide PSMA into the future. PSMA has made great strides in the past year(s) to cement its position as the leading Power Electronics Organization. It is my goal to help PSMA continue to build on our position and to grow into industries that have only recently migrated towards Power Electronics. These industries are involved in Vehicle Electrification, Autonomous Vehicles, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Energy Storage to name a few." Provided by Fred Weber, President, Future Technology Worldwide |
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I was honored to be elected as chair of PSMA accompanied by a very strong executive team comprising Fred Weber (President), Trifon Liakopoulos (Vice-President) & Tim McDonald (Secretary/Treasurer). Many thanks and appreciation to outgoing Chair Steve Oliver for his leadership the past two years. I am delighted to announce that we are adding 2 new features to our newsletter, the PSMA UPDATE. The first one will be a 'Message from the Executive Committee'. In this issue I will provide a high-level overview of our vision and activities. In future editions, one of our Executive Committee members will give a brief update and a more detailed insight into some of our activities. As was presented at the PSMA Annual Meeting, we have categorized our vision for the future of PSMA into 4 areas and assigned a champion to each one:
Based on discussions to date, the anticipated strategic areas we have identified are IoT (internet of things), Smart Mobility (clean, efficient, safe and connected transportation) & Energy Storage (from micro-power to grid power). But we are open to suggestions from our members. The second new feature in the PSMA UPDATE will be 'Friends of PSMA' and will start in the next issue. PSMA has links with many other industry associations and we plan to use this space to increase awareness of this and to promote synergies. First up will be the China Power Supply Society (CPSS). If you have suggestions on new links or ways we can improve our current links with other industry associations, we would be delighted to hear from you. 
Finally, please let us know what you like to see in the PSMA UPDATE newsletter. Suggestions are always welcome! Mike Hayes
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Indium Corporation
Indium Corporation is dedicated to providing proven, reliable materials for power electronics in automotive, mobile, 5G infrastructure, and other applications across the globe. This commitment is seen in their collaboration with industry partners and customers to address the challenges facing the industry, as well as in their own devotion to developing cutting-edge materials that meet or exceed the ever-evolving power requirements.
Indium Corporation is a premier materials manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets. Products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil®. Founded in 1934, the company has global technical support and factories located in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the USA. For more information about Indium Corporation, visit www.indium.com. You can also follow our experts, From One Engineer To Another® (#FOETA), at www.facebook.com/indium or @IndiumCorp. Provided by Jingya Huang, Marketing Communications Assistant Manager, Indium Corporation
MinDCet NV
IC Design & Production Our customers require unique integrated circuit solutions, as off-the-shelf products cannot fulfill their requirements. MinDCet develops encompassing solutions in partnership with the customer by guiding them from the idea stage to the implementation of the custom IC. During this process, MinDCet takes care of the entire development and production chain. Dedicated teams of IC designers, layout engineers, characterization/test engineers and application engineers ensure a predictive and controlled flow from idea to final product. Whether your product needs radiation hardening, high temperature-, high-speed-, high-voltage- and high-reliability-capabilities, MinDCet has the expertise and readiness to provide a fitting result.To date, Astronics power engineers have generated dozens of patents for power systems on aircraft.
MinDCet is your single point of contact, taking care of the entire IC process: foundry access, prototyping, characterization, packaging, test development, and the final production and testing. Our network of partners ensures a stable production flow. Since 2019, test development and final production testing are conducted in-house in our new cleanroom facilities. This approach offers significant benefits in timing and cost reduction as the characterization and test steps are combined. Additionally, the closed-loop interaction between our test engineers and IC designers enables short response times, an essential aspect towards a stable production flow.
MinDcet Standard IC Solutions
MinDCet firmly believes in a green future driven by wide-bandgap power electronics. Consequently, we have an established track record in developing supporting ICs for wide bandgap circuits, specifically GaN and SiC gate-drivers, signal isolators and monolithic GaN power ICs. Currently, our unique gate-driver solutions are being launched as standard products to further enable wide-bandgap power electronics applications. Measurement Systems In the early days of MinDCet, we discovered that switched-mode power supply (SMPS) inductors and capacitors were missing the required models to accurately simulate SMPS circuits. As a key component in the power IC development, this deficit triggered our in-house development of the MADMIX and MADCAP equipment. These patented systems allow measurement of AC losses in SMPS inductors and capacitors under real-life, switched-mode stimuli. Although initially developed for internal use, today this equipment is commercially available and found in many labs throughout the world. Future Outlook
Provided by Mike Wens, CEO, Managing Director, MinDCet NV
 Richardson Electronics – Power & Microwave Technologies  or over 70 years, Richardson Electronics has been an industry-leading global provider of engineered solutions, power and microwave components.
With an extensive global supply network and a presence in over 43 countries, we are well equipped to meet the challenges and considerations unique to any location around the world. We speak the local language and transact in local currencies.
Power electronics is one of our two focus markets. Thanks to our history and specialization in vacuum tubes, we have test capability and experience that reach exceptionally high voltages and high power- up to 100kV and over 100KA. We are more than just a specialized distributor. By and large, we are experts in identifying and designing in disruptive and leading edge technologies, introducing new products to the market, developing solutions for our customers' needs, and providing exceptional global support. As a manufacturer and authorized distributor, Richardson Electronics – Power & Microwave Technologies' division provides specialized technical expertise and engineered solutions based on our core engineering and manufacturing capabilities. We also provide solutions and add value through design-in support, systems integration, prototype design and manufacturing, testing, logistics, and aftermarket technical service and repair—all through our existing global infrastructure. Our portfolio of products and detailed product specifications, and other valuable information can be found on https://www.rellpower.com/. Provided by Jeffrey T. Kerner, Business Unit Manager, Power & Energy,
Editors Note: We would like to feature your company in a future issue of the Update. Please contact the Association Office for information about how to submit an article for consideration. |
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If your company is not yet a member of PSMA, visit www.psma.com/membership/benefits to learn more about joining PSMA and adding your voice to the almost 200 companies, organizations and educators who for 35 years have worked together to support the mission and initiatives of PSMA and to influence the directions of the Power Sources Industry.
Consider how you can contribute to the many opportunities this year, here are few to get started:
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, email power@psma.com. In addition, all of the PSMA Technical Committees welcome your participation in planning and organizing industry sessions for APEC 2021. Help to raise the bar for APEC 2021 Industry Sessions with new presenters with different views discussing their perspectives. Regardless of whether APEC 2021 is the traditional in person conference or virtual event, people still need to hear new points of view and interact with others to discuss the emerging opportunities in the power electronics industry. APEC has grown and evolved from the first conference in 1986 with 250 Attendees and 20 Exhibitors while staying true to the original ideals, solidifying its status as the leading conference for practicing power electronics professionals. View the APEC 35th Anniversary presentation to see the conference roots and learn more about the volunteers starting with the original "Gang of 8" who have made APEC so successful!
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This Online webinar series will feature industry experts who will discuss ongoing trends in power technology. The biweekly seminars will be held throughout 2020 and extend into 2021 and will set the stage for the next PSMA Power Technology Roadmap
The webinar series will include a number of highly regarded industry and academic experts covering a variety of topics covering components, systems, packaging and applications. The series began on February 20 with a presentation by Ajay Hari of ON Semiconductor "Utilizing WBG Devices in Next Generation Power Converters." Two webinars were held in May, "JEDEC JC-70 Issues Industry First Guidelines for Testing and Evaluating Wide Bandgap Power Devices" presented by Stephanie Watts Butler, Texas Instruments and Peter Friedrichs, Infineon; and "Powering & Retrofitting IoT Devices for Industry 4.0" by Mike Hayes and Peter Haigh, Tyndall National Institute. Future topics include "Ultra-High Density Double-Sided Half-Bridge Packaging with Organic Laminates", "Advanced Packaging Concepts for Wide Band Gap Power Electronics", "Switching Performance of Wide Band Gap Devices", and many others. Webinars are tentatively scheduled to be held every other Thursday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Central Time. For updates to the schedule and news of webinars that will be added, please visit: www.psma.com/technical-forums/roadmap/news-events and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. To join the PSMA mailing list to receive invitations to all upcoming webinars, sign up at www.psma.com/webforms/psma-email The Power Technology Roadmap provides a consolidated outlook of trends in power conversion technology for the next two to five years. The trends provided in the report are intended to give a broad outlook of the power conversion technologies, components and applications. The complete Roadmap document has been published every two or three years, incorporating the content of the Roadmap Webinars Series conducted over the months prior to publication. The other content for the PTR is sourced from recognized industry experts and comprises write-ups about trends in components, applications, emerging technologies and university research. It also includes a comprehensive projection of key metrics evolution in four selected power conversion technologies (ac-dc front-end power supplies, ac-dc external power supplies, isolated dc-dc converters and non-isolated dc-dc converters). Conor Quinn of Artesyn Embedded Technologies and Dhaval Dalal of ACP Technologies, Power Technology Roadmap Committee Co-chairs, stated; "The PTR webinars provide a window into technology trends and the presentations are unique in terms of their diversity of perspectives, commercial-free tone and the opportunity they offer for the audience to interact with industry experts. We are always looking to enrich and expand our panel of webinar presenters and we welcome suggestions and proposals from prospective speakers." Joe Horzepa, PSMA Executive Director, added that the Committee "welcomes and invites subject matter experts who are willing to actively participate and contribute to the development of the next PSMA Power Technology Roadmap to contact the PSMA Association Office at power@psma.com." |
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Every product sold today must meet the requirements of agency regulations, and ultimately standards. Each country or group of countries may have different requirements. It is critical to know the specific ones which your product must comply and the ones requiring compliance within the next two to four years, products you are probably just commencing to design. Since there are numerous regulations and standards, the SCDB and EEDB databases simplify access to the one you need to find. The specifics for each of these databases and how you can easily find them is as follows. To find the databases, go the PSMA Home Page www.psma.com and follow the links to the database or use the direct links:
The Energy Efficiency Database (EEDB) PSMA Energy Management Committee sponsors the Energy Efficiency Database, which covers energy efficiency regulations globally for power supplies and motor drives. This database presently tracks on a daily basis 56 agencies and 521 regulations. A significant number of regulations are presently under revision, or revision is complete to become active in 2021/2022. Figure 1 shows the regulation selection page. You can select a specific agency by application, country or state, or global region. You can also select a regulation by the application. The "Recent or Upcoming Events" section lists all the latest work on all regulations tracked by the database with the most recent date first.
The Safety & Compliance Database (SCDB) The PSMA Safety & Compliance Committee sponsors the SCDB, which monitors the Power Electronics Standards globally. Presently, this database tracks 778 standards from 50 agencies. The Standards categories include: Product Safety, EMC, Material Toxicity, Environmental, Quality Standard, Performance, Energy Efficiency, and Fundamental Standard. Figure 2 shows the standard selection page. As with EEDB, you may select a specific agency by application, country or state, or global region. If you have the standard number, you can find it quickly in the bottom selection menu box. The "Recent or Upcoming Events" section lists all the latest work on all standards tracked by the database by the latest date first.
And… PSMA Helps You to Stay Up-to-Date Weekly PSMA further simplifies your access to Regulation updates and Standard updates by offering weekly email announcements containing the latest "Recent or Upcoming Events". This permits you to stay current automatically with present change considerations and work in process on standards and regulations upgrades. There are an average of 30 updates each month from agencies around the globe which the PSMA database team gathers and includes in the weekly email updates. To receive this service, which is provided at no cost to the recipient, you just need to sign up, provide your email address and select the update announcements you want to receive - SCDB, EEDB or both. The direct links to sign up for email updates to the EEDB data base is https://www.psma.com/webforms/psma-energy-efficiency-database-email-sign. The direct link to sign up for email updates to the SCDB is https://www.psma.com/webforms/psma-safety-compliance-database-email-sign. |
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Each of the webinar events featured four to six presentations based on homogeneous content for the session followed by a panel question and answer session that continued until all questions from the attendees were answered. This virtual workshop continued the tradition of the first four Power Magnetics @ High Frequency workshops held each year since 2016 by bringing together experts from all aspects of the magnetics industry research and academic organizations, world renowned consultants and the everyday heroes of magnetics design who are responsible for commercializing magnetic products on a regular basis. Registered attendees for this workshop and the Capacitor Workshop originally scheduled in parallel were able to attend both and have access to the workshop materials and webinar recordings from all sessions. Attendees for the event were able to receive Continuing Education Units (CEU) as part of their registration. This Power Magnetics @ High frequency virtual workshop event addressed following issues:
Many thanks to the invited presenters and panelists which included Charles Sullivan (Dartmouth), Minjie Chem (Princeton), Kyle Jensen (Rubadue), Thomas Brander (Wurth Elektronik), Pedro Alou and Alberto Delgado (Universidad Politecnica de Madrid), Jannik Schafer (ETH Zurich), Murat Kaymak (RWTH Aachen University), Rachel Yang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Tom Wilson (Simplis Technologies), Jose Molina (Frenetic), Chris Oliver (Micrometals), Andrija Stupar (Simplis Technologies), J.C. Sun (Bs&T), Phyo Aung Kyaw (Resonant Link), Mike Wens (MinDCet), Steve Sandler (Picotest), Tobias Schuster (Omicron Lab), Kadziolka (MESCO), Marcin Kacki (SMA Magnetics), Rodney Rodgers (AllStar Magnetics), Mark Rine (Hitachi Metals America), John Noble (Spang Power Electronics) and Joel Salas (Ferroxcube) The focus and interactive activities of the workshop series will continue to evolve to support its purpose:
Planning for the sixth Power Magnetics @ High Frequency workshop is now in progress. Based on preliminary survey results the tentative themes for the 2021 workshop are EMI issues caused and solved by magnetic components for the morning lecture presentation session and integrated magnetics for the afternoon lecture presentation session. Magnetic materials on the horizon will be included in the technology demonstration session. Anyone interested in participating as a lecture presenter or as part of the technology demonstration session during the next workshop planned for March 20, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona should contact the PSMA office (power@psma.com). We are looking forward to the sixth workshop and driving the industry forward to meet the expectations of the workshop attendees. Organizing Committee |
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The year 2020 started with a major challenge that hit all of us hard. After months of preparation for the third consecutive PSMA and PELS Capacitor Workshop scheduled on March 14th in New Orleans everything changed dramatically. With a worldwide travel ban and the cancellation of APEC, we had to change the very successful in-person workshop format into a virtual session in just a couple of weeks. Despite the difficulties the Workshop Committee faced, their primary goal was to create the highest possible value to all of the registered attendees which would closely follow the agenda planned for the in-person workshop. Both of the committees, Magnetics and Capacitor agreed, that as an additional bonus, registered attendees would be offered both workshops regardless of which workshop they had originally signed up for. With the tremendous effort of the Capacitor Committee and the magnificent support of the PSMA staff, the virtual workshop outline solidified and the schedule was published accordingly. On three consecutive Tuesdays, that started on April 21st the Capacitor Workshop attracted presenters and attendees from around the world. A mixture of technical based presentations from industry professionals and contributions from professors of international renowned universities were well fitted into the three sessions. Supporting demonstrations as well as a live video panel discussion took place to make this virtual workshop a success. Without exaggeration, the 2020 virtual Capacitor Workshop was a success based on the outstanding efforts of all presenters. With professors and technicians, technical marketing experts and specialists covering a wide range of subjects the value to all attendees was much more than just a replacement of the planned workshop in New Orleans. Brilliant sessions, presented by international speakers from the United States to Europe down to New Zealand had been a promise to all of the participants. Each session concluded with a live and interactive question and answer session and panel discussion that continued until all audience questions were addressed. The feedback was more than just positive. We are pleased to recap that, despite the unique circumstances, the 2020 Capacitor Workshop fulfilled the mission of the workshop organizing committee "to educate the attendees on capacitor trends, technologies, and innovations… to present the best material available to meet the industry's needs." All of the highest praise, and respect is extended to the presenters, the PSMA and IEEE PELS staff and all of the attendees for their contributions. All of the presentations were made available to participants and each session was recorded and is available to all registrants for viewing on demand. Special credits to all the speakers and organizers for their overwhelming efforts and unstintingly contribution listed below:
The 2020 Capacitor Workshop was different in many ways to prior years. With the feedback provided by attendees following each session, we learned a lot about this format and were able to incorporate many of suggestions received in the later sessions. While nothing will fully replace the face to face dialog and interaction during an in-person workshop, the virtual session is an excellent alternative and/or add-on to increase the value and convenience to attract more attendees all over the world. And the virtual format also allowed individuals to participate in both the Capacitor and Magnetics workshops. With these and additional takeaways from the workshops in 2020 and previous years, we are looking forward to an even brighter future and even more successful workshop 2021 in Phoenix AZ, or perhaps virtually again. Provided by members of the Capacitor Workshop Organizing Team: |
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The health, safety, and wellbeing of our attendees/organizers/presenters and their families are our number one priority. Even if there is a decreased risk and lifting of travel bans by the June '20 timeframe, there is still a risk and we decided it was too high to consider maintaining the event, even at-risk. There is also a very important mental aspect to health and wellbeing, which would be put to the test if we were to try and move forward with the event in the absence of high confidence in being able to hold it and/or have delegates be able to travel and show up for it. Notices like these seem to be the norm these days so it appears no further explanation is required as you are likely hearing this type of thing many times a day now. On the bright side, most of the existing team is fully-committed to putting together a new event when the dust settles on this virus so we thank them for that and stay tuned for when we are able to remerge with plans for a near future EnerHarv event!!! Please keep the www.EnerHarv.com site bookmarked. Lastly, we want to extend a very heartfelt and deep gratitude to all members of the EnerHarv Workshop Committee (EWC), our accepted and proposed Keynote/Speakers, our host (NC State University ASSIST Center), our Tech Co-sponsors (IEEE PELS, EnABLES, CPSS), our Media Co-sponsors (How2Power, Bodo's Power Systems), our Industry Sponsors (Wurth Elektronik, Analog Devices), and especially for the financial and administrative backing of our Organizing Sponsor, PSMA. With warm regards and an optimistic, EnerHarviest view toward the future, Mehmet Ozturk, General Chair
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The 3rd biennial 3D-PEIM Symposium is planning on re-inviting as many of the original world-class experts as possible, representing a far-reaching range of disciplinary perspectives to advance the development of future 3D power electronics systems. The Symposium encompasses additive, embedded, co-designed, and integrated packaging technologies with sessions that address mechanical, materials, reliability, and manufacturability issues using small, smart, power-dense components and modules. Professionals and Academics engaged in R & D of power electronics packaging design, and manufacturing processes This Symposium provides attendees an excellent opportunity to gain insight or broaden expertise in 3D power electronics packaging and integration. As in the past, we will arrange the Symposium schedule to provide ample time between sessions for attendees to share ideas, progress, and challenges with leading members of Universities, companies, and international associations and societies. On the last day of the Symposium, attendees will be invited on a guided tour of the Osaka University Laboratory for Power Electronics and Electrical Energy and the Graduate School of Engineering Gallery. Thanks to the Speakers, Session Chairs, and Members of the Technical Program Committee and Steering Committee that worked hard and contributed to building our original 2020 excellent technical program. We want to retain as much of that original Program as possible. So, we encourage those committed to our previous June 2020 event to remain committed to or to re-commit to the 3D-PEIM Symposium in 2021. We intentionally set a firm date for June 21 – 23 so that you could plan appropriately once the crisis is over. General Chair Professor Tsuyoshi Funaki states, "I am glad we are the first to host the 3D-PEIM Symposium outside the U.S.A. It is very appropriate that 3D-PEIM 2021 is held here because there are many power device and peripheral packaging material manufacturers in Japan. Hopefully, the COVID-19 threat will be over so that we can provide an amazing experience for the attendees because we will be re-assembling as many of the world's prominent experts in power electronics packaging and manufacturing that we had planned for this year. I also believe that all attendees will gain significantly advanced packaging knowledge through discussions at this Symposium". Other Organizing Committee Members
If you wish to be a member of the Technical Program Committee, please contact www.3d-peim.org/contact/ or Symposium Sponsor PSMA: power@psma.com The TEN technical sessions will still be:
The Symposium will also include:
Further announcements and the complete Symposium agenda will be posted on the 3D-PEIM Website later this year. Some feedback from attendees at the 2016 & 2018 Symposiums:
We look forward to seeing you in Osaka, Japan, in June 2021. This autumn, we will start again looking for Media, Organizing, Financial, and Technical Partners – please contact info@3d-peim For further information, you can contact: www.3d-peim.org/contact/ or Symposium Sponsor PSMA: power@psma.com Host:
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The technical program committee is working to put together a program of uncompromised caliber and value to include at least one presentation from each of the eight technical lecture presentation sessions. Several presentations will be assigned to each of several webinar sessions which will be less than two hours each during the month of November 2020. There will be a panel question and answer session for the technical presentations of each individual webinar event. Each webinar session will not close until all the questions submitted for that webinar event are answered. In response to the general chair Mark Allen's guidance to " … address options that will help the virtual program try to approach some of the interaction that have made the live workshops so successful in the past …", the technical program is also identifying other features to maintain a level of interaction across a global community which is an integral part to the success of the workshop series. The workshop is the leading international forum for the discussion of the challenges and opportunities in technology, business and supply chain, with intent on advancing the miniaturization and integration of power conversion and power management solutions. The workshop features presentation and dialog sessions of advanced technologies with global academic and industry experts aimed at miniaturizing power management solutions through system architecture, circuits and topology, packaging, and passive components. The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) and IEEE Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS) are joint sponsors for the workshop. Throughout its history, the workshop has spotlighted advanced technologies to build granular power supplies and compelling demonstrations of commercialized products that make a clear case for PwrSoC and PSiP technologies becoming more prominent and mainstream. The technical program chairs for the workshop are Prof Hanh-Phuc Le of University of California at San Diego and Matt Wilkowski of EnaChip. Hanh-Phuc and Matt have both been presenters, session chairs and program chairs for past Power Supply on Chip workshops. A team of world-renowned experts, innovators and pioneers of the Power Supply on Chip technology has been assembled to chair the workshop's nine sessions.
The planning of the technical program, supporting activities as well as identifying workshop partners to contribute to its success are in process. If interested to be a workshop partner, please contact the workshop financial chair, Trifon Liakopoulos, at the following e-mail address: trifon@enachip.com Continuing the tradition of the enthusiasm, market relevance and success of past workshops, we are looking forward to the virtual corridor event in October 2021 bridging discussions and developments since the most recent workshop in Taiwan during October 2018, while progressing along the path to PwrSoC 2021 in Philadelphia, PA. General Chair: Technical Program Co-Chairs For more information about previous and coming PwrSoC events, visit http://pwrsocevents.com. |
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The International Workshop on Integrated Power Packaging (IWIPP) brings together industry, academic and government researchers in the field of power electronics components, electrical insulating materials, and packaging technologies to facilitate and promote the development and commercialization of high-density and high-efficiency power converters. Invited presentations and contributed papers will range from core materials technology and components to power converters. Presenters will address important challenges and present solutions to increase reliability and manufacturability while targeting improved performance and reduced system cost. Call for Papers Packaging and related technologies are the key to creating high-density power sources. Attendance at this important event can keep you and your colleagues on the cutting edge. If you have technology advancements or research accomplishments to present to the community, please consider submitting a digest for review by the technical committee. The call for papers is available at http://iwipp.org/conference/call-for-papers/. The submission portal of the website will be opening on Sept 1, 2020. Additional information regarding the workshop can be found at the conference website: https://iwipp.org/ . IWIPP is sponsored by the PSMA Packaging Committee, which is co-chaired by Brian Narveson, Ernie Parker and John Bultitude. They look forward to seeing all of you at Aalborg University April 28-30, 2021.
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As an industry stakeholder and in service of its membership, the Energy Management Committee of the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) welcomes inputs and data or information from member companies that would be useful to submit. With the continued advancement in power conversion technologies, amended and updated standards for EPSs could result in significant energy savings while remaining economically viable. The DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this RFI until July 6, 2020. As such, the PSMA Energy Management Committee welcomes your input and participation now! If interested, please contact David Chen (david.chen@power.com) and Ed Herbert (psma-eh@fmtt.com), co-chairs for the committee. The Energy Management Technical Committee meets monthly via a one hour teleconference and all are invited and welcome to attend and participate in the activities of the committee – see https://www.psma.com/news/meeting-schedule for information on the next meeting.
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INDUSTRY 4.0 provides for what some call a "smart factory". Within the modular structured smart factories, cyber-physical systems monitor processes, creating virtual copies of the physical world enabling decentralized decisions. Over the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems communicate and cooperate with each other and with humans in real time, and, via the Internet of Services, both internal and pan-organizational services are offered and used by participants of the chain. The effects of applying some part of the INDUSTRY 4.0 upon the automotive industry can be translated into an AUTOMOTIVE 4.0 concept. In 2019, more than 70% of cars were equipped with a color screen, part of the infotainment system, and the demand on the quality of the information delivered to the driver and passengers is very high. We all expect the same user experience from our cars as we get from our other personal devices, home entertainment and high speed connectivity. These increased expectations add complexities in interoperability and safety for the auto-manufacturers, especially when considering the promise of 5G and intelligent vehicles. Whilst the screen is the obvious visible part of the 'iceberg', a lot of computing, sensors and other componentry make cars safer and more reliable. Collectively they are requiring increasingly efficient and robust power solutions. In the car industry, power management is often achieved by a set of power-management integrated-circuits (PMIC), part of the centralized embedded computer system. Semiconductor manufacturers are offering a large range of PMIC's, with the latest generation including digital-control and advanced communication interfaces. If the car industry represents the mass market for automotive infotainment systems, with the development of larger cities and growing demand for inter-city exchanges, existing rail networks are often insufficient on their own and require complimentary fleets of buses to enable passengers to reach destinations effectively. Market Analysts reported that the global demand for buses is projected to grow significantly (more than 7% year-over-year), especially in Asia. All categories included (from local, to long distance transit) the number of buses in use worldwide is expected to exceed eight million units in 2022. Many of them will incorporate advanced infotainment and fleet monitoring equipment requiring stable and reliable power solutions. Connected buses As with airplanes and the new generations of high-speed rail, infotainment equipment is often installed in passenger seat, requiring local power sources immune from line disturbances, with low level of radio-emissions that are able to work without forced air cooling. In addition, bus manufacturers are requiring seat-manufacturers to make seats simpler and easier to maintain (and upgrade), with less cabling and interconnections. To satisfy these requirements seats will depend upon simplified connectivity, limited to only one power cable and an optical fiber for data-transmission, meaning that the power source powering the infotainment equipment must be installed within the seat, placing high demand on power supply manufacturers.
For decades power supplies for such equipment used to house underneath seats, utilizing free air convection cooling. The new generation of power modules however must operate without airflow thus they must be design-optimized for conduction cooling (e.g. baseplate connected to the seat armature). To reduce power losses and optimize cooling, power converters require very high efficiency ratings with dissipative components connected directly to the baseplate (figure 01). Technologies used in high power density converters, in the telecommunication industry, such as planar transformer, thermal via, thermal-drains and in some case heat-pumps are now being implemented throughout the automotive industry. Powering infotainment in automotive applications demands that the power converters comply with international standards, such as ISO7637 specifying electrical disturbances for conducting and coupling test conditions for road vehicles using 12V or 24V batteries (figure 02), requiring the power supplies companies to work in very close cooperation with the equipment manufacturers ensuring the final products operate in full compliance with their environments.
Holistic fleet management Appreciation is rarely given to the fact that modern buses are equipped with an impressive array of advanced electronics equipment requiring stable and sustainable power supplies (Figure 03). For reliability and optimization of fleet management, new generations of buses are equipped with real-time tracking capabilities connected to the navigation system, engine conditioning and safety equipment such as driving behavior analyzers. Monitoring systems are permanently reporting on the status of the vehicles, making it possible to also manage preventive maintenance and report the positioning of the fleet to a central coordinator.
For safety reasons, to guarantee continuity of vital functionality, it is imperative in the event of main battery power failure, that strategic systems include local batteries requiring micro-chargers. These micro-chargers share similarities with the infotainment power supplies, in that they are often installed in confined environments. Thus they share a need for high efficiency designs optimized around thermally managed conduction cooled mechanical formats. Designing to mitigate potential failures, caused by thermal stress, is vital and actively contributes towards high reliability units on the road. Designers must also take into consideration specific demands for battery charging optimization e.g. measuring battery temperature, and in some cases communication between the battery charger and a central monitoring system. Such considerations need to be employed holistically in the overall design process, with suitable comparisons being made with the performances of previous generations of products, mainly based on analog control, the latest generation integrating micro-controllers and real time charging optimization. Some would argue that adding digital control in a micro-charger is overkill technology for such applications, whilst others would counter such arguments claiming that the technology has already proven benefits in terms of reliability and longer battery life-time. But whatever the arguments, due consideration needs to be given to the number of power sources required to supply stable and reliable voltage to infotainment and other electronic equipment employed on buses. Bus manufacturers are increasingly requiring power supply manufacturers to develop standardized DC/DC converters, Chargers, Step down regulators that are easily installed, maintained and capable of higher powered demands, when upgrading equipment. The concept of "One package to fit all" is no longer a dream but has become reality, adding challenging mechanical constraints to the unit's design parameters. For power designers, bus-fleet modernization, and new generations of buses with modern infotainment and impressive array of advanced electronics equipment, there are opportunities to bring advanced power technology to a segment that has historically been very slow at adopting new technologies, taking big steps forward towards AUTOMOTIVE 4.0. Perhaps those early adopters are right to call this the fourth automotive revolution!
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s we all remain impacted by the effects of COVID-19 and as we start to see some early movement toward slowing reopening the world economy, plans for APEC2021 are now being developed. The 
he PSMA Annual Meeting, originally scheduled to be held in New Orleans, was changed to a virtual meeting due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the in-person APEC. Almost 60 PSMA members and guests attended the meeting.
Fred J. Weber, President, Future Technology Worldwide, LLC 
ello friends and members of PSMA.
ince its founding in a small garage in Central New York over 85 years ago, Indium Corporation has established itself as a leader in the research and development of new materials and products to solve the industry challenges of today and the future. Now a global company with 13 facilities worldwide, Indium Corporation believes that materials science changes the world, and their commitment to innovation is reflected in the continuing growth of the company's R&D department. 
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inDCet is experienced in application-specific integrated circuits (ICs) development for power electronics and measurement systems with over 10 years of innovative solutions. The company was founded by Mike Wens and Jef Thoné as a spin-off from the KULeuven University in Leuven, Belgium. Since then, the MinDCet team has grown to become world-renowned specialists in analog-mixed mode and high-voltage IC design. MinDCet's measurement systems business unit is developing and delivering state-of-the-art inductor and capacitor measurement equipment to globally renowned passive component manufacturers and related industries.
an you believe that the PSMA & APEC are both 35 years young this year? We can look back on our accomplishments and look forward to what we will achieve in the next decade. That means that there is still time to add to the list of accomplishments. For inspiration, here are some PSMA accomplishments over the years:
SMA, sponsor of the Third Biennial International Symposium on 3D Power Electronics Integration and Manufacturing (
n May 20, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has 
