n 2018, the International Workshop on Power Supply on Chip (PwrSoC) will be celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA), in partnership with IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) is sponsoring the next workshop in Hsinchu, Taiwan October 17-19, 2018.

The workshop will focus on the integration of electrical power converters for multiple applications and address a broad range of technologies. The complete integration on-die (PwrSoC), integration within package (PwrSiP), and the emerging wide-bandgap (WBG) devices for integrated power management are of prime interest. The workshop covers the integration of both modular and granular electronic power converters for multiple applications, by accessing a broad range of leading-edge technologies.

Since the initial events, hosted by Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland in 2008 and 2010, the workshop has, under the joint leadership of IEEE PELS and PSMA, grown from early initial concepts to present emerging commercial product. From 100 attendees in Cork, the Workshops in the USA, in San Francisco and Boston, attracted close to 200 people, in 2012 and 2014. In 2016, the workshop was hosted by UPM in Madrid and again attracted more than 150 people, coming from both industry and academia.

At the Madrid workshop in October 2016, the increasing commercial interest in integrated power was clearly evident. More than 150 participants were in attendance with greater than 50% from companies across the broad microelectronics supply-chain. Attendees were from semiconductor equipment vendors to foundry and fabrication facilities and OSATs (outsourced assembly and test houses) to power converter and passive component suppliers, system-on- chip (SOC) and electronic system companies.

We are fortunate to have the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) in Hsinchu hosting the 2018 workshop. The General Co-Chairs are Professor Ke-Horng Chen, Chair of the NCTU Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor Cian Ó Mathúna, from Tyndall National Institute, the workshop series originator. Given the current level of industry interest in the technology commercialization and the monumental challenge that poses, it is appropriate that the 10th anniversary workshop should be held in Taiwan, the global center of microelectronics manufacturing.

Prof. Chen says, "I am honored to co-chair the 10th PwrSoC workshop in Taiwan. I believe Taiwan's successful experience in IC design, manufacturing, packaging and systems will surely bring more diversity to this year's workshop. The workshop will gather academics and industry experts from the United States, Europe and Asia with innovative and progressive technologies that provide a global breakthrough in PwrSoC and PwrSiP technologies. Professional attendees of this workshop will make it more successful. Wonderful PwrSoC organization will give participants a feeling of excitement with beautiful landscape and delicious foods in Hsinchu, Taiwan in addition to interesting technical discussions. Finally, academics and industry in Taiwan look forward to VIP participations from all over the world."

Technical Program & Call for Organizing Help

The Technical Program Chair for the 2018 workshop is Prof. Hanh-Phuc Le, Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder. Prof. Le is a very familiar participant in past PwrSoC events, chairing several granular power sessions. He is organizing the Technical Program Committee over the coming months and still needs plenty of help. Anyone interested in participating, please contact Prof. Le directly.

Prof. Le explains, "Building upon previous successes, we are expecting a very insightful technical program this year, with a choice team of session chairs from both academia and industry from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. We will bring to our workshop experts with diverse innovations and technical advancements to address the critical needs in PwrSoC, including capabilities of higher input voltages and larger output currents, higher efficiency, while consuming smaller volume/conversion ampere. Particularly, we will focus one session on the challenges and possible solutions for more integrated Wide-bandgap devices that are expected to push the present limits in PwrSoC design. I believe this will be a great workshop, definitely worth attending for everyone concerned with energy efficiency, integrated power electronics design, manufacturing, and cost."

Our workshop will follow the successful formula from previous workshops with a single track of invited presentations and posters.

Visit the PwrSoc website for more information: http://pwrsocevents.com/

General Co-Chairs:
Professor Ke-Horng Chen. khchen@cn.nctu.edu.tw
Prof. Cian Ó Mathúna. Cian.omathuna@tyndall.ie

Technical Program Chair
Prof. Hanh-Phuc Le. hanhphuc@Colorado.EDU

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