Photos: ©2022 Daniel Vogl LUH (center), Bernhard Wicht

he eighth edition of the biennial International Workshop on Power Supply on Chip (PwrSoC) took place at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, from September 27 through 29, 2023. It has been the 15th anniversary of PwrSoC. One hundred forty five global experts came together to discuss the miniaturization and integration of power conversion and management solutions - on-chip, in-package, and module level. The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) is a co-sponsor of PwrSoC together with the IEEE Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS).

Bernhard Wicht, professor at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, and Bruno Allard, professor at Ampere lab, Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon, France, have been the General Chair and the Technical Program Chair, respectively.

The workshop started with a plenary talk by Dr. Soh Yun Siah, Vice President of Technology Development of GlobalFoundries. Single-track sessions with invited talks and a poster session covered a broad range of highly relevant topics on Granular Power Supply, Integrated Magnetics, Capacitors and Energy Storage, Topologies and Control, Systems and Applications, System Integrated Packaging and Manufacturing, Wide Band Gap Integration. The technical program included talks by industry experts from Infineon, Intel, Murata, ST, TDK, Texas Instruments, and researchers from Tyndall and Fraunhofer, as well as from academia.

These are the winners of the Best Student Poster Award who received a Student Travel Grant:

• Zhiguo Tong and Junwei Huang, University of Macao, Macao, China: A 42W Bidirectional Power Delivery Voltage-Regulating Cable
• Michael Halamicek, University of Toronto, Canada: Integration of Isolated DC-DC Converter Based on Class-E Resonant Converter and Thin-Film Microfabricated Magnetics
• Ferdinand Pieper, University of Hannover, Germany: Multiphase DC-DC Converters with Fully Integrated Inductors

Best Student Poster Award Winners:

For the first time, PwrSoC scheduled a Women-in-Engineering (WIE) Tea Break intended as a forum to discuss topics related to the professional development of women in engineering.

Women-in-Engineering Tea Break:

There were a lot of opportunities for networking and socializing. The Welcome Reception in the historic main building of the university and the Gala Dinner at the Gartensaal of the New Town Hall in Hannover will be unforgettable. A technical tour took place at Baker Hughes in Celle near Hannover.

Nearly 60% of the attendees were from industry. Regional distribution: 60% from EMEA, 27% from Asia, and 14% from North America.

This workshop would not have been possible without the generous support of these industry partners: Nano Dimension, Wurth Elektronik, X-FAB, Bosch, GlobalFoundries, and Institut Carnot I@L.

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