2005 Conference Proceedings

PLENARY SESSION

I.1 Towards an Integrated Drive for Hybrid Traction
I.2 Packaging and Integration Technologies for Future High-Frequency Power Supplies
I.3 Towards New Power Electronic Technologies for Better Packaging and Higher Levels on Integration
I.4 Issues in the Delivery of RF Current Pulses to a Microprocessor
I.5 Virtual Qualification of Power Components and Modules

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Session I: Advanced Power Semiconductors
T1.1 Design and Implementation of GaN MOS-Gated Bi-Directional Switch
T1.2 Design and Fabrication of Low Voltage Silicon Lateral Trench Power MOSFETs for High Efficiency DC/DC Converters
Session II: Integratable Materials
T2.1 Multifunctional Ferroelectric-Ferrite Nanocomposite Material for Integrated Passive Components
T2.2 Low-Temperature Sintering Nanoscale Silver Paste as an High-Temperature Package Solution
Session III: Control and Sensor Integration
T3.1 Integrated Current Sensing in Embedded Power Modules using GMR Field Detectors
T3.2 Dynamic Performance Analysis of Outer-Loop Current Sharing Control for Paralleled DC/DC Converters
Session IV: Thermal-Mechanical Integration
T4.1 Direct Comparison Between a Heat Sink and a Foam Block Cooling of a Computer Chip
T4.2 Reduced-Order Transient Thermal Model obtained by Graph-Theoretic Partitioning of Finite-Element Meshes
T4.3 Thermoelectric Cooling Using the Transverse Peltier Effect
Session V: Integrated Power Supplies
T5.1 Power Delivery to High Performance ICs Using a Three-Dimensional IC Technology Platform
T5.2 System Integration Study for High Frequency Voltage Regulator Application
T5.3 12V VR Efficiency Improvement Based on Two-stage Approach and a Novel Gate Driver
Session VI: Integrated Modular Motor Drives
T6.1 Soft Magnetic Composites for AC Machines -A Fresh Perspective
T6.2 Modeling of a Radial Permanent Magnet Motor with Trapezoidal Shaped Poles
T6.3 P-Spice Simulation of a PV Powered Single-Phase Induction Motor Drive
Session VII: IPEM-Based Power Conversion Systems
T7.1 Design of a Reconfigurable DC Zonal Distribution System using an Event Driven Controller
T7.2 Conducted EMI Emission Characterization and Prediction of Converter Systems with Variable Operating Conditions
T7.3 Review and Analysis of Modeling and Characterization of Power Electronic Systems
Session VIII: High Denisty Integration
T8.1 Power Density Improvement in Integrated Electromagnetic Passive Modules with Embedded Heat Extractors
T8.2 Integrated L-L-C-T Design for a 1MHz 1kW LLC Resonant Converter
T8.3 Reliability of HDI Substrates – Strength, Toughness and Defect Size Relationships
Session IX: Standard Cell IPEMs
T9.1 Model and Design of an Air-cooled Thermal Management System for an Integrated Motor-controller
T9.2 Robust Controls for Modular Load-Converter Motor Drive Technology
T9.3 Current Control for AC Motor Drives Using a DC-Link Current Sensor and Measurement Voltage Vectors

DIALOGUE SESSIONS

Session I: Advanced Power Semiconductors
SESSION 1: ADVANCED POWER SEMICONDUCTORS
D1.1 Degraded Blocking Performance of 4H-SiC Rectifiers under High dV/dt Conditions
D1.2 Novel High Voltage 4H-SiC Schottky Rectifiers
D1.3 High-Voltage Injection-Enhanced 4H-SiC N-Channel IGBTs with Forward Drop Approaching that of a PiN Junction Rectifier
Session II: Integratable Materials
D2.1 Characterization of Low-Temperature Sintered Nanoscale Silver as a Novel Power Device Interconnect Material
D2.2 Low-Temperature Sintered Nanoscale Silver Interconnections for Chip-Scale Packaging
D2.3 Conformal, Hermetic Micro-packaging Using Indium and Silver for Sealing High Power MEMS Devices
Session III: Control and Sensor Integration
D3.1 Active Thermal-Mechanical Strain Control for Power Modules
D3.2 Integrated Electromagnetic and Electro-Thermal Analysis for Rating of Actuators/Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores
D3.3 Variable Voltage Variable Frequency AC-AC Power Conversion using a Vector Switching Converter
D3.4 Control of the Hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power System
D3.5 Current Regulation for Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives Using Integrated Pilot Current Sensors
D3.6 Giant Magneto Resistive Manipulations to Measure High Voltage
D3.7 Modeling and Simulation for the Start-up Process of the Turbo Subsystem in Hybrid SOFC Power Systems
D3.8 Modeling and Control of Turbine/Generator in the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Systems
D3.9 Relative Temperature Control in Parallel-Acting Power Modules
Session IV: Thermal-Mechanical Integration
D4.1 Thermal Design Considerations for Voltage Regulator Modules
D4.2 Assessment of Thermo-Mechanics for an Integrated Power Electronics Switching Stage
D4.3 Thermal Design Guidelines for Embedded Power Modules
D4.4 Experimental Study on the Double-sided Cooling for Integrated Power Electronics Modules
D4.5 Double Sided Liquid Cooling for MOSFET Chips Using Embedded Power Technology
D4.6 Thermal Modeling of a Mica Capacitor for Resonant Capacitor Bank of a Pulsed DC-DC Converter
D4.7 Investigation of Power MOSFETs for High Temperature Operation
Session V: Integrated Power Supplies
D5.1 Comparison of Integrated Current Sensing Circuits and Implementation for Smart Control of Synchronous Rectifiers
D5.2 High Frequency ZVS Self-driven Full-Bridge Using Full Integration of Magnetics
D5.3 Thermal Impact of Using a Band-limited, Linear Regulator in 120 A/ns Transient Suppression for Future Microprocessor Power Systems
D5.4 Modeling, Analysis and Control of Single-Stage Current Source PFC Converter
D5.5 Modeling, Analysis and Control of Single-Stage Voltage Source PFC Converter
D5.6 Small Signal Modeling of a High Bandwidth Voltage Regulator Using Coupled Inductors
D5.7 The Multi-Frequency Small-Signal Model for Buck and Multiphase Interleaving Buck Converters
D5.8 Improved Resonant Converters with a Novel Control Strategy for High-Power-Density Capacitor-Charging Power Supplies
D5.9 A Novel Input-Side Current Sensing Method to Achieve AVP for Future VRs
D5.10 Analysis and Design of Adaptive Bus Voltage Positioning System for Two Stage Laptop Voltage Regulators
D5.11 Design and Simulation of a 0.8 V, 1 A, 1 A/ns, Transient Voltage Regulator (TVR) Using Switched Capacitors
D5.12 Digital Controller Using Dynamic Pole Placement by Polynomial Approach (R-S-T) for a Boost PFC Converter
Session VI: Integrated Modular Motor Drives
D6.1 2 Phase 4 Phase Motor Drive
D6.2 Introducing the Practice of Asymmetrical Regauging to Increase the Coefficient of Performance of Electromechanical Systems
D6.3 Investigation on the Effect of Capacity Control on Energy Consumption for small HVAC and R Systems
Session VII: IPEM-Based Power Conversion Systems
D7.1 Investigation on the Possible Use of Wavelet Transform in EMC and Power Electronics
D7.2 On the Usage of Wavelet Transform for Studying Conducted EMI in Power Electronics Systems
D7.3 A High Power Density High Voltage Distributed Power System for Pulse Power Applications
D7.4 Electrical and Thermal Dynamic Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
D7.5 Control and Detection Algorithms for the Standardization of a Grid Connected Power Conversion System
D7.6 Power Density Comparison of Voltage-Source and Matrix Converters in an Aircraft Power Conversion System
D7.7 Gate-Driver Layout Transformations for Improved EMI Performance
D7.8 Analysis and Control of Unified Power Flow Controller
D7.9 Digital Redesign Strategy for an Asymmetrical Half-Bridge Converter with Range Winding
D7.10 Development of Current-Scalable Emitter Turn-Off (ETO) Thyristor Module
D7.11 Modular Approach for Characterizing EMI Noise Emission of Switching Power Modules in Power Converters
D7.12 Design and Implementation of a 30 kW Resonant Converter for Capacitor Charging
D7.13 A High Power-Density, High Efficiency Front-End Converter for Capacitor Charging Applications
D7.14 Design Issues for the Transformer for Resonant Converter Charger
D7.15 Design and Evaluation of 33 kW PEBB Module for Advanced, Distributed Power Conversion Systems
D7.16 A Universal Controller for Distributed Control of Power Electronics Systems in Electric Ships
D7.17 A Universal Controller for Synchronous Distributed Digital Control of Power Electronics Conversion Systems
D7.18 Singular Perturbation Methods in Power Electronics
D7.19 Thermal Evaluation of IGBT Integrated Power Electronics Modules
Session VIII: High Density Integration
D8.1 Investigation of Conducted EMI in Converters with an RF Filter
D8.2 Utilization of Stray Capacitances in a Litz Wire
D8.3 Design of Integrated Parallel Resonator-Transformers for High Voltage Pulsed Power Supplies
D8.4 High Voltage Integrated LC Series Resonator with Inter-winding Capacitance
D8.5 Design of a Planar Coupled-Inductor with Optimal Parasitic Parameters
D8.6 Design of an Embedded Bi-planar Coil-Based Integrated Current Sensor for Power Module Integration
D8.7 Comparative Study of Different Converters for High Frequency Power Conversion
D8.8 Process Optimisation of Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) Lateral Embedded Chip Inductors for Microprocessor Power Delivery Applications
D8.9 Integrated LC Series Resonator for a High Voltage Application
D8.10 Transformation between Common Mode and Differential Mode Due to Imperfect Balance of EMI Filters
D8.11 Power Cycling Induced Distortion Resulting From Thermomechanically Induced Fatigue Cracks
D8.12 High Temperature Embedded Power Module
D8.13 Optimally Designed LLC Resonant Converter
Session IX: Standard CEll IPEMs
D9.1 Minimization of Inverter EMI and Switching Losses using Active dv/dt Control
D9.2 Fault Management Techniques for an Integrated Modular Motor Drive
Session X: Education
D10.1 Comparison of Simulation Tools for Power Electronics Education: VTB and ATP-EMTP