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2023 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop

Registration for the 2023 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop on Saturday March 18, 2023 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL is now open.

Registration Rates (Early Bird Pricing Deadline: Friday February 10, 2023)*
  • Member Early/ Regular     $295/ $345
  • Non-Member Early/ Regular  $395/ $445

Previous workshops have sold out, so early registration is encouraged. There will be a $25 surcharge for onsite registration, if seating is available.

Breakfast, lunch and a reception are included in the workshop registration. 

Partnership Opportunities available. Sign up to be a Workshop Partner Please contact the organizing committee through via e-mail to power@psma.com for more information. Click here for the pricing and benefits:

Platinum Partner                            
$2500 

  • Company logo in web page linked to URL of choice
  • Company recognition at entrance
  • Company logo on daily introduction and break slides
  • Company recognition in ‘blast e-mail’ announcing registration
  • Company logo on social media promotion
  • Register at preferred PSMA rate
  • Company supplied logo can be displayed within workshop
  • Company exhibit table by registration desk onsite
  • Company may provide branded lanyards for participants (~150 pcs)

Gold Partner      
$1500 

  • Company logo in web page linked to URL of choice
  • Company recognition at entrance
  • Company logo on daily introduction and break slides
  • Company recognition in ‘blast e-mail’ announcing registration
  • Company logo on social media promotion
  • Register at preferred PSMA rate

 

Workshop Partners:

Platinum Partners    
Gold Partners   Media Partner
     

To encourage student participation, the registration fee will be waived for up to four students for the Power Magnetics @ High Frequency workshop Saturday March 18, 2023 in Orlando, FL.

The application deadline was Friday January 6, 2023. The selection of the recipients will be by the workshop committee, and their decision is final. Applicants will be notified by email by January 20, 2023. Recipients must register by January 27, 2023 to receive the fee waiver.

 

 

Power Magnetics @ High Frequency
Saturday March 18 2023
Prior to APEC 2023
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, FL 32819

The PSMA Magnetics Committee together with IEEE PELS will hold the eighth "Power Magnetics @ High Frequency" Workshop as an in-person event on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, the day before and at the same venue as APEC 2023.

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:

  • Keynote: The Broad Spectrum of Technical Requirements for Power Magnetics Across Power Levels and Applications; Mike Ranjram, Arizona State University
  • Resonant Magnetics for Capacitive Wireless Power Charging; Khurram Afridi, Cornell University
  • Mike Ranjram and Khurram Afridi will lead a panel discussion on technical specifications for magnetic components in general. Everyone's participation is encouraged.
  • Design of Planar Transformer and Inductor for 7 kilowatt Application; Harold Eicher, Champs Technology
  • Wireless Power Transfer - Useable in Robots; Cem Som, Wurth Elektronik
  • Low-profile Integrated Magnetics for Low-power Applications; Ranajit Sai, Tyndall National Institute
  • The 5 morning presenters will lead a panel discussion regarding the challenges of addressing technical requirements across a wide range of applications. Everyone's participation is encouraged.

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:

  • Technology Demonstrations
    • Manufacturing Test Equipment for Validation of Physical and Electrical Properties of Magnetic Cores; Mike Arasim, Fair Rite
    • How Capacitor Influence the Performance of a Flyback Converter; Lukas Hoelscher, Wurth Elektronik
    • Novel Soft Magnetic Material for Smaller and More Efficient Powder Core Inductors; Aminul Mehedi, CM Materials
    • Pitfalls with Inductance Measurements; Lukas Mueller, Micrometals
    • Magnetics Optimization - The Fast and Reliable Way; Lucas Nicieza Moro, Frenetic
    • Hybrid Electric and Magnetic Component Prototypes; Mike Ranjram, Arizona State University
    • REDEXPERT – How More Data Helps You in Understanding the Capacitors; Jon Izkue Rodriguez, Wurth Elektronik
    • Oscilloscope Probe and Channel Deskew for Voltage and Current Measurements; Mike Schnecker, Rohde & Schwarz
    • Distinction of Validation of Magnetic Material, Core and Coil; JC Sun, Bs&T
    • Enabling Concurrent Design of Electric and Magnetic Circuits using the SIMPLIS Magnetics Design Module; Tom Wilson, Andrija Stupar, SIMPLIS Technologies
    • Emerging Magnetic Materials and Magnetic Structures; Chuck Wild, Dexter Magnetics
  • Posters
    • Parasitic Capacitance in Magnetic Components; Shaokang Luan, Aalborg University
    • Design and Optimization of High-Power Medium Frequency Transformers for Medium Voltage Applications; Zhicheng Guo, University Texas Austin
    • Design and Fabrication of Resonant Inductors for Capacitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems; Sounak Maji, Cornell University
    • High Power Density Impedance Control Network DC-DC Converter Utilizing an Integrated Magnetic Structure; Firehiwot Guara, Cornell University

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:

  • Keynote: Custom Magnetics - Stories of Conflict, Tradeoff and Creation; Victor Quinn, Exxelia
  • Addressing Temperature Ratings and Safety Agency Regulations in Magnetics Design; Doug Eaton, Triad Magnetics
  • Use of Potting and Encapsulating Resins in Power Magnetic Component – matching chemistry to performance; Darryl Lallande, Elantas
  • A Novel Insulation Method and Practical Considerations for MV/MF Transformer Designs in SST Applications; Mahmoud Mansour, Utah State University
  • The 4 afternoon presenters will lead a panel discussion to address topics of interest relative to technical performance trade-offs, reliability, manufacturing, and safety.  Everyone's participation is encouraged.

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.

More information including the agenda for the 2023 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop will become available on this page over the coming months.

Organizing Committee
Steve Carlsen, Independent
Ed Herbert, PSMA
Chema Molina, Frenetic
Rodney Rogers, Allstar Magnetics
George Slama, Wurth Elektronik
Chuck Wild, Dexter Magnetic Technologies Inc.
Matt Wilkowski, EnaChip

PSMA Magnetics Committee and PELS TC2 High Frequency Magnetics Workshop

Power Magnetics @ High Frequency
Saturday March 19 2022
Prior to APEC 2022
George R Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas

The PSMA Magnetics Committee and IEEE PELS held the 7th "Power Magnetics @ High Frequency" Workshop on Saturday, March 19, 2022, on the day before and at the same venue as APEC 2022 in Houston, TX. The 2022 workshop marked the successful return to in-person after two years of virtual workshops.

The morning technical lecture session of Saturday June 19 focused on Effects of Core Geometries on Magnetic Characteristics with presentations by Charles Sullivan and Thomas Guillod, Dartmouth College; Juan Aguarón, Frenetic; Rico Wach, TRIDELTA Weichferrite; JC Sun, Bs&T; and Alex Hanson, University of Texas – Austin. The afternoon technical lecture session focused on Magnetics Design for Manufacturability, Reliability and Safety with presentations by George Slama, Wurth Elektronik; Vladimir Alexiev, Power Integrations; Matt Dvorak, BH Electronics; and Dennis Feucht of Innovatia Laboratories. Student poster presentations by Ping Wang, Princeton; Diego Serrano, Princeton; Michael Solomentsev, University of Texas; and Moien Mohamadi,University of Illinois at Chicago were available during the breakfast and lunch sessions. Technology demonstrations by Chema Molina, Frenetic; JC Sun, Bs&T; Arturo Mediano, University of Zaragoza; Dheeraj Jain, Wurth Elektronik; Brad Yourish, Magnetics; James Lau, Coil Winding Specialists; Adrija Stupar and Tom Wilson, SIMPLIS Technologies; Mark Rine, Hitachi Metals; and Mike Arasim, Fair-Rite were available during the breakfast and lunch sessions. The technical program closed with a summary overview "Best of the Best" by Alexander Gerfer of Wurth Elektronik of the technical presentations, poster presentations and technology demonstrations. Alex Hanson, Mike Arasim and Chema Molina represented the Magnetics Workshop during the joint Capacitors and Magnetics Rap Session during the networking hour to close out the workshop.

2022 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop

2022 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop

2022 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop

2022 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop

2022 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop

The successful return of the 2022 workshop to the in-person format provides the enthusiasm and momentum for a successful 2023 workshop. More details regarding the agenda for the 2023 Power Magnetics @ High Frequency Workshop as well as registration for the workshop will become available on this page over the coming months.

Organizing Committee
Steve Carlsen, Independent
Ed Herbert, PSMA
Chema Molina, Frenetic
Rodney Rogers, Allstar Magnetics
George Slama, Wurth Elektronik
Fred Weber, Future Technology Worldwide
Chuck Wild, Dexter Magnetic Technologies Inc.
Matt Wilkowski, EnaChip