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Check the APEC website for details (https://apec-conf.org/). On March 18, the Saturday prior to the start of APEC2023, PSMA and PELS will be sponsoring the Eighth Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop. For more information see the separate article on the workshop in this issue of the UPDATE. The APEC 2023 Committee is looking forward to seeing you.
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The detailed agenda for the meeting is available on the PSMA web site and includes reports from each of the technical committees and stimulating discussions on new PSMA initiatives for 2023 and beyond. The APEC 2023 Conference Chair will review the progress on APEC 2023 and there will be a report on plans for APEC 2024 in Long Beach, CA. There will also be an invited presentation from iNEMI to review their activities and opportunities to continue to strengthen the relationships between PSMA and iNEMI. Members and guests are also welcome to remain for the Board of Directors meeting that will immediately follow the Annual Meeting. Participation in these meetings will provide you with the opportunity to network with colleagues from other companies and to influence the direction of the PSMA and the power sources industry.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the active PSMA Technical Committees will hold open meetings during the week of APEC 2023. All are invited to participate or to just drop in any of these committee meetings to hear and provide input as the committee activities are being planned for the coming year. Visit the PSMA website to see the schedule of PSMA meetings and events at APEC 2023. On March 18, the Saturday prior to the start of APEC 2023, PSMA and PELS will be sponsoring the eighth annual High Frequency Magnetics Workshop -"Power Magnetics @ High Frequency." Additional information on the workshops is available in a separate article in this issue of the Update. Be sure to visit us at the PSMA booth in the APEC hub, at the exhibition area during APEC. PSMA is again sponsoring the popular PSMA/ APEC Passport Program in the Exhibit Hall. Visit the booths of participating PSMA members to enter a raffle drawing for some great prizes. New this year, the Passport will be part of the APEC app! We look forward to a good turnout at the PSMA meetings and a very busy and exciting week. Student Mentorship Program at APEC 2023 PSMA is excited to invite you as a potential Mentor in our Inaugural Student Mentorship Program for APEC 2023. Mentors provide valuable professional guidance, support and wisdom to emerging power electronics engineers in STEM career tracks. The inaugural cohort of APEC student participants are recipients of APEC's Student Attendance Support Program. Each student is from a different educational institution with an associated technical paper. Your participation in the PSMA's mentorship program puts you on the ground floor of this exciting endeavor, and gives you access to the industry's rising stars. Please contact power@psma.com with your mentoring interest and we will seek to match you with the ideal candidate for you. For the latest information on all of the activities planned during APEC 2023, visit us at www.psma.com.
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In this issue we would like to introduce you to Brian Zahnstecher who will complete his second term at the 2023 PSMA Annual Meeting.
Brian Zahnstecher Brian Zahnstecher sits on the Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Board of Directors, is Co-founder & Chair (Emeritus) of the PSMA Reliability Committee, Co-chair of the PSMA Energy Harvesting Committee, Co-founder & Co-chair of the EnerHarv workshop. Brian is a Sr. Member of the IEEE, Chair (Emeritus) of the IEEE SFBAC Power Electronics Society (PELS), IEEE PELS North America Regional (R1-3) Chair, and is the Principal of PowerRox. He Co-chairs the IEEE Future Directions (formerly 5G) Initiative webinar series and is the founding Co-chair of the IEEE 5G Roadmap Energy Efficiency Working Group and has lectured on this topic at major industry conferences. Provided by Brian Zahnstecher, Principal, PowerRox |
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Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. As of 2021/22, ASTRI has transferred almost 1,250 technologies to the industry and has been granted over 1,000 patents in the Mainland, the US, and other countries. What We Offer
ASTRI has a rich portfolio of commercially viable technologies readily available for market deployment. There were close to 1,250 cases of technology transfers conducted through research contract, technology licensing and other forms of partnership, generated a total of over HK$450 million income received from industry.
ASTRI has teams of brilliant researchers led by competent professionals, many of whom are prominent technologists in their respective fields. ASTRI has 600 staff, with 23% holding PhD degrees and more than 56% holding Master's degrees.
ASTRI has produced a volume of home-grown and patent-protected technologies. Since its establishment, the institute has filed more than 1,300 patents and more than 1,000 of which have already been granted in US, China and worldwide. Provided by Dr. Ziyang GAO, Associate Senior Director of Integrated Circuits and Systems, ASTRI
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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By joining with other leaders in the Industry, you and people in your company will have a greater voice and influence on the directions of the Power Sources Industry. Some specific benefits of membership include:
PSMA membership dues are modest in comparison to the many benefits offered. Is your company a member of PSMA? If not, why not? You can find the membership application on the PSMA web site at https://psma.com/webforms/psma-membership-application. |
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Participating in one or more PSMA committees is the best way to increase the benefits from your company and your personal PSMA membership. People involved in PSMA Technical Committees all agree that their investment returns multiple benefits that surpass the time spent participating – both for their company and for their own careers. Just ask someone who is a committee member. The PSMA Technical Committees provides the opportunity to network with knowledgeable people in your area of interest who are influencing the power sources industry. You are personally encouraged to join a committee and get involved in their activities. If you are at APEC, the face-to-face meetings are a great chance to learn about the committees and meet some of the committee members. Throughout the year, most committees meet about once a month for one hour by web conferencing. You are welcome to attend and monitor any committee meeting before making a decision to join the group. If you are interested in attending or learning more about the meetings, please contact the Association Office at power@psma.com for joining information.
This is an open invitation to participate in or join any committee. Bring your experience, interest and enthusiasm to influence and impact the direction of the organization. Currently PSMA has the following active committees:
Your participation will contribute added value to the subject and enhance your own knowledge. This is also a great way to network with your colleagues and meet new ones. For more information describing the committees and the dates for the next meetings, please view the PSMA web site or contact the PSMA office at power@psma.com.
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The purpose and focus of the workshop is to identify the latest improvements in magnetic materials, coil (winding) design, construction and fabrication, evaluation and characterization techniques and modelling and simulation tools. The Workshop will target the advancements that are deemed necessary for power magnetics to meet the technical expectations and requirements of new market applications for higher operating frequencies and emerging topologies driven by continuous advances in circuits topologies and semi-conductor devices. The target audiences for the 2023 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop include the designers of power magnetic components for use in electronic power converters, those who are responsible to implement the most technologically advanced power magnetic components necessary to achieve higher power densities, specific physical aspect ratios such as low profile, higher power efficiencies and improved thermal performance. The target audiences also include people involved in the supply chain for the power magnetics industry ranging from manufacturers of magnetic materials and structures, fabricators of magnetic components, providers of modelling and simulation software as well as manufacturers of test and characterization equipment. The morning technical session will feature a keynote presentation and four lecture style presentations. In addition to the brief Q&A period after each presentation, there will be two panel discussions with the presenters who will address attendee questions in more detail. The schedule for the morning session is:
During the provided breakfast, lunch and the networking hour at the end of the workshop there will be an interactive session of tabletop technology demonstrations and posters each addressing specific technical disciplines and capabilities consistent with the workshop agenda. Interaction between the attendees and the presenters is highly encouraged during this portion of agenda as a segue between the technical presentation sessions. The technical capabilities and disciplines that will be demonstrated and displayed during the technology demonstration/poster session are as follows:
The third technical session will feature a keynote presentation and three lecture style presentations. There will be a brief Q&A period after each presentation. At the end of the session, all the presenters will re-assemble for a twenty-minute panel discussion to address attendee questions in more detail. The schedule for this session is as follows:
The technical sessions of the workshop will close with remarks by Alexander Gerfer of Wurth Elektronik summarizing the Best of the Best from the magnetics program and their impact on the evolution of power magnetics positively contributing to the power electronics industry. There will be a networking hour with refreshments after the afternoon technical presentation session has completed. This will be last opportunity to interact with the technology demonstration presenters and the student poster presenters as well as opportunity to relax and have informal dialogues with other workshop attendees. Registration for the workshop is open and you can register at https://www.psma.com/power-magnetics-high-frequency-workshop-2023-registration. The latest information on the workshop as well as registration information is available on the PSMA website at: http://www.psma.com/technical-forums/magnetics/workshop Workshop Partners:
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The Workshop is the leading international forum for the discussion of the challenges and opportunities in technology, business, and supply chain, intent on advancing the miniaturization and integration of power conversion and power management solutions. The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) and IEEE Power Electronics Society (IEEE PELS) are joint sponsors for the Workshop. Founded in 1831, Leibniz University is one of the nine leading Institutes of Technology in Germany, with ~30.000 students. Named after the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the university lives the spirit of Leibniz, combining global thinking and interdisciplinary research. The PwrSoC Workshop will take place in the historic main building of the university close to Hannover city center. Technical Sessions and Members of the Technical Program Committee PwrSoC is organized as a single-track workshop. Each session typically has four presentations by experts from industry and academia. The Technical Program Committee of PwrSoC 2023 consists of the Technical Program Chair, Professor Bruno Allard, Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon, France, and 16 international experts. The sessions planned for the three days of the Workshop are:
Partnership Options For the first time this year, PwrSoc-23 extends the partnership opportunities to the "Gala Dinner" and the "Welcome Reception" in addition to traditional Platinum and Gold options. For more information, please visit the workshop webpage http://pwrsocevents.com/. If you are interested in becoming a PwrSoC23 Partner, please contact:
For more information about previous and coming PwrSoC events, visit http://pwrsocevents.com.
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At this point you may question what this has to do with power electronics and how the power supply community may be affected by this new requirement? Where is the threshold between a Point-of-Load, a multi kilowatts power supply or even an Electrical Vehicle? Which power electronics segment will have to comply with the DPP? Read on to better understand and debug what is DPP. Having the whole life cycle in mind! All regulated products will have Digital Product Passports making it easier to repair or recycle them and to facilitate the tracking of substances of concern along the supply chain. The aim of the passport is to provide producers and other key supply chain actors, as well as consumers and market surveillance authorities, with relevant information for ensuring the sustainable management of products. If well designed, and if aligned with existing industry initiatives, these Digital Product Passports could help to promote the circular economy and circular business models. This may sound quite hypothetical and even complex but let's consider a practical example with the booming energy storage segment and batteries. The battery industry showing the way! With high levels of concern for the long term sustainability of the battery industry, in 2017 two major initiatives took place in Europe and the USA. Both of these were similarly aimed: to develop an innovative, competitive and sustainable battery value chain in Europe and the USA with high regards for the environment and society. In Europe on October 11, 2017, the European Commission hosted auto, chemical and engineering executives in Brussels to strengthen battery manufacturing in the EU and to develop a European ecosystem to reduce dependency and risk in the supply chain of what will become the heart of energy transition and mass electrification. This was followed by the launch of the European Battery Alliance (EBA) as part of Europe's clean and digital transition and a key enabling technology, essential to the automotive sector's competitiveness. In the USA, in the same year, a public-private collaboration platform was founded at the World Economic Forum to help establish a sustainable battery value chain by 2030, The Global Battery Alliance (GBA). It can be said that 2017 has been the EU/USA cornerstone for the battery industry setting the basic principles of what will become the DPP and a completely new way of working, integrating the full life-cycle for all batteries (i.e. industrial, automotive, electric vehicle and portable) in the EU and US markets. Within the whole chain, industrial suppliers will take responsibility for sourced materials, with restricted use of hazardous substances, minimum required content of recycled materials, carbon footprint, performance and durability and labeling, as well as meeting collection and recycling/reuse targets. The overall process is very complex and both alliances have developed a standardized process, of which the Digital Product Passport is the ultimate representation. From concept to practice
In Europe on April 25 2022, a consortium of German world-class leaders and market drivers from industry and science combined their forces, launching the Battery Pass to support EU circular battery data. A technological feature of the project is the provision of a comprehensive solution for securely sharing information and data across different organizations and value-chain participants in the field of traction batteries, based on mandatory standard datasets and an interoperable technical implementation approach required to meet the EU regulation. In the United States in October 2022, the Global Battery Alliance announced a major milestone with the publication of the Greenhouse Gas rulebook as the first indicator for the Battery Passport, consisting of:
What is the next step for DDP and power electronics?
References: Powerbox (PRBX): EU Green Deal: New proposals to make sustainable products the norm and boost Europe's resource independence The Ecosystem Digital Product Passport (CIRPASS) European Battery Alliance The EU Battery Pass The USA Global Battery Alliance LI-Bridge Will the power supply industry adopt the cradle-to-cradle business model?
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he APEC 2023 is just weeks away. We hope everyone has made their plans to escape the cold weather and join us in warmer-than-most-places, Orlando, Florida. Here's a run-down of the activities and events that make APEC a must-attend event every year. 
our members of the Board of Directors are elected at the PSMA Annual Meeting held every year during the APEC conference. Each Director serves a three year term and is eligible to be reelected for one additional term. 
daClock provides strategic technical marketing which includes:
ong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong's competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI's core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under four Technology Divisions: Trust and AI Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies and Integrated Circuits and Systems. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, Re-Industrialization and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.
