2006 Conference Proceedings

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

SESSION 1: DISTRIBUTED POWER SYSTEMS AND MODULAR POWER CONVERTERS
T1.1 MHz Switching Frequency Single-Switch CCM Power Factor Correction Converter
T1.2 The Combination of Thermal and Electrical Improvements in a 1U 100A VRM
T1.3 “Multi-Time Scale Modeling of Power Electronic Converter

SESSION 2: POWER ELECTRONICS PACKAGING AND INTEGRATION
T2.1 Improvements in Light Load Converter Efficiency by Variable Inductance Integratable Inductor Fabricated using LTCC Technology
T2.2 Stochastics-Based Design Maps for HDI Packages
T2.3 Improving of the Technology for a Functionally Integrated Multifunction Power Electronics Module

SESSION 3: HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS
T3.1 Analysis of New 18-Pulse Direct Symmetric Autotransformer Rectifiers with Dual AC-Voltage Feeding Capability
T3.2 Implementation of Control and Detection Algorithms for Utility Interfaced Power Conversion Systems
T3.3 An Improved Three-Level LCC Converter with a Novel Control Strategy for High-Frequency High-Power-Density Capacitor-Charging Power Supplies
 
SESSION 4: ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
T4.1 Common mode EMI Noise Suppression in Bridgeless Boost PFC Converter
T4.2 Active dv/dt Control for Reduction of Inverter EMI with Minimized Switching Losses
T4.3 Electromagnetic Modeling of Integrated Transmission Line DM EMI Filter

SESSION 5: ADVANCED POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
T5.1 Enhancement-Mode n-Channel GaN MOSFETs on p and n- GaN/Sapphire Substrates
T5.2 Design, Simulations and Fabrication of 80V & 250V Silicon Lateral Trench Power MOSFETs
T5.3 SPICE Models of SiC JFETs and BJTs for Circuit Simulations

SESSION 6: HIGH DENSITY POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS
T6.1 High Power Density Nanocrystalline Core Transformer Design for Resonant Converter Systems
T6.2 Multi-Disciplinary Design for an IGBT/SiC Diode Half-Bridge IPEM
T6.3 Analytical Estimation of RCL Parasitic Components in Power Electronics Boards

SESSION 7: POWER MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL CONTROL
T7.1 Voltage Divider and its Application in the Two-stage Power Architecture
T7.2 High Power Density, High Efficiency System Two-stage Power Architecture for Laptop Computers
T7.3 Twisted core coupled inductors for Microprocessor Voltage Regulators
T7.4 Proposed High Resolution DPWM Methods

SESSION 8: MOTOR DRIVES
T8.1 Using the Dynamic Behavior of Superimposed Fields for Point Field-Based Current Sensing
T8.2 Power Converter Design Issues for an Integrated Modular Motor Drive
T8.3 Recursive Identification of Electric Drives using Gray-Box Models
T8.4 A Novel Modular Permanent Magnet Drive System Design

SESSION 9: THERMAL ISSUES IN POWER ELECTRONICS
T9.1 Model and Design of an Air-Cooled Thermal Management System for an Integrated Motor-Controller
T9.2 Thermal Modeling of IPEM using Microchannel Cooling
T9.3 Electrical and Thermal Design of an Integrated Power Electronic Module
T9.4 Thermo-mechanical Stress Investigation and Power Cycling Test for Embedded Power Modules with Planar Metallization on Brittle Substrates

DIALOGUE SESSIONS

SESSION 1: DISTRIBUTED POWER SYSTEMS AND MODULAR POWER CONVERTERS
D1.1 A Multi-Agent Approach for a Self-Reconfigurable Electronic Power Distribution System
D1.2 Modeling, Analysis and Control Design of Single-Stage Current Source PFC Converter
D1.3 Modeling, Analysis and Control Design of Single-Stage Voltage Source PFC Converter
D1.4 Design and Evaluation of a 33 kW PEBB Module for Distributed Power Electronics Conversion Systems
D1.5 Three-Dimensional SVM for Modular Power Electronics Systems
D1.6 Fast-Processing Modulation Strategy for the Neutral-Point-Clamped Converter with Total Elimination of the Low-Frequency Voltage Oscillations in the Neutral Point
D1.7 Optimal Design Methodology for LLC Resonant Converter

SESSION 2: POWER ELECTRONICS PACKAGING AND INTEGRATION
D2.1 Hermetic Micro-packaging using Indium and Silver for High Power MEMS Devices
D2.2 Technology for an Improved Class of Integrated Electromagnetic Passive Modules
D2.3 Asymmetric Structures: a New Class of Integrated Electromagnetic Power Passives
D2.4 Processing of Multiferroic Barium Titanate-Ferrite Nanocomposite

SESSION 3: HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS
D3.1 D-Q-0 Average and Small-Signal Models for Three-Phase Equivalent Single-Phase PFC Converter Nonlinear Loads
D3.2 Average Modeling of Three-phase and Nine-phase Diode Rectifiers with Improved AC Current and DC Voltage Dynamics
D3.3 Analysis of New Step-Up and Step-Down 18-Pulse Direct Asymmetric Autotransformer-Rectifiers
D3.4 Analysis of New Step-up and Step-down Direct Symmetric 18-pulse Topologies for Aircraft Autotransformer-Rectifier Units
D3.5 Multi-level Modeling of Autotransformer Rectifier Units for Aircraft Applications
D3.6 Evaluation of Average Models for Nine-phase Diode Rectifiers with Improved AC and DC Dynamics
D3.7 On Linear Multivariable Control Theory and the Stability of AC Power Systems
D3.8 Comparative Study of Three-Phase PWM Rectifiers for Wind Energy Conversion

SESSION 4: ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
D4.1 Effects of Interactions between Filter Parasitics and Power Interconnects on EMI Filter Performance
D4.2 Inductor Winding Capacitance Cancellation Using Mutual Capacitance Concept for Noise Reduction Application
D4.3 High Frequency Modeling of a Converter with a Transmission-Line EMI Filter
D4.4 Frequency Scaling Effects of Passive Components in High Frequency Power Conversion

SESSION 5: ADVANCED POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
D5.1 Evaluation of SiC JFETs for use in a Three-Phase Current-Source Converter
D5.2 Improving the Switching Performance of High Voltage SiC Junction Rectifiers
D5.3 Power MOSFETs Paralleling Operation for High Power High Density Converters

SESSION 6: HIGH DENSITY POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS
D6.1 A Parallel Resonant Converter for Capacitor Charging with Phase-Locked Loop Frequency Tracking Control
D6.2 Measurement of Air Capacitive Currents for High Voltage Utility Applications
D6.3 Experimental Strain Measurement for the Development of Active Thermal-Mechanical Strain Control in Power Modules

SESSION 7: POWER MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL CONTROL
D7.1 High-Bandwidth Designs for Voltage Regulators with Peak-Current Control
D7.2 Dynamic Current Sharing Analyses for Multiphase Buck VRs
D7.3 DCR Current Sensing Method for Achieving Adaptive Voltage Positioning (AVP) in Voltage Regulators with Coupled Inductors
D7.4 Digital Controller for a Boost PFC Converter in Continuous Conduction Mode
D7.5 Implementation of Digital Regulation Stratigies for an Asymmetrical Half-Bridge Converter for a Distributed Power System

SESSION 8: MOTOR DRIVES
D8.1 Integrated Current Sensing for Switches in Half-Bridge Configuration
D8.2 Stability of a Synchronous Generator Coupled to a Large Prime Mover
D8.3 Sensorless Speed Vector Control of a Trapezoidal back-EMF PMSM Machine using Pseudo-Park Transformation for Fan Motor Drives

SESSION 9: THERMAL ISSUES IN POWER ELECTRONICS
D9.1 Software for FEMLAB-Based Reduced-Order Modeling of Thermal Behavior Using Mesh Partitioning
D9.2 Spray Evaporative Cooling with Mixtures
D9.3 Transverse Thermoelectric Effects for Cooling and Heat Flux Sensing
D9.4 Thermal modeling and electrical analysis of the Nano-silver paste Die-attached Power Device Package at high temperature
D9.5 Thermal Modeling and Analysis of Integrated Modular Motor Drive
D9.6 Toward a Five-Phase Permanent Magnet Modular Motor with Low Torque Pulsation
D9.7 Extraction of Temperature Information from Parallel Boost DC/DC Converters