Special Presentation Sessions

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
8:30 am – 12:00 Noon

SP1.1 Nanotechnology - Session Chairs: Chuck Mullett, ON Semiconductor; Anthony Laviano, NANOWorld; Arnold Alderman, Anagenesis, Room: Primrose A

SP1.1.1 Funded Research Today
G. Castellucci, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg , MD

SP1.1.2 Overview of Nanotechnology Applications and Relevant Intellectual Property
J. Rosedale, Woodcock Washburn, LLP

SP1.1.3 Thermal Management at the Nanoscale
A. Balandin, University of California, Riverside, CA  

SP1.1.4 Nanostructure Materials for Lithium-Based Energy Storage
N. Hudak, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

SP1.1.5 Development of Piezoelectric Nanocomposites for Energy Harvesting and Storage
K. Loh, University of California, Davis, CA

SP1.1.6 Manufacture of Nano Structures for Power Electronic Application
B. Hunt, Etomate, Simi Valley, CA

SP1.1.7 Nanoscale Catalyst-A Leapfrog Increase in Energy Storage
K. McGrath, QuantumSphere, Santa Ana, CA

SP2.1 Industrial - Session Chairs: John Jovalusky, Qspeed, Room: Primrose B

SP2.1.1 Renewable Energy: Application Specific MOSFETs for micro inverter and resonant topologies
R. Chung, Fairchild Semiconductor, Austin, TX

SP2.1.2 System Approaches to LED Dimming for Residential and Commercial Light Fixtures
E. Wittenbreder, Technical Witts, Flagstaff, AZ, C. Coleman, ASIC Advantage, Sunnyvale, CA, and D. Humbert, ASIC Advantage, Sunnyvale, CA

SP2.1.3 Medium Power Variable Speed Drives Improve System Performance
T. Hopkins, STMicroelectronics, Schaumburg, IL

SP2.1.4 Power over Ethernet in the Industrial World
D. Feldman, Microsemi, Irvine, CA

SP2.1.5 Measuring Current, Power and Energy in Industrial and Home Environments
V. Sukumar, Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA  

SP2.1.6 Power Management Techniques in Portable Medical Applications
S. Carson, ON Semiconductor, Dallas, TX

SP2.1.7 Deep Dark Secrets of MOSFETs
P. Schimel, International Rectifier, El Segundo, CA  

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
8:30 am – 10:15 am

SP1.2 Power Electronics - Session Chair: Dan Kinzer, Fairchild Semiconductor, Room: Primrose A

SP1.2.1 Strategies for Power Management Semiconductor Suppliers
M. Vukicevic, iSuppli, El Segundo, CA

SP1.2.2 The Power Supply Industry (Death of Entrepreneurship?)
M. Mankikar, Micro-Tech Consultants, Santa Rosa, CA

SP1.2.3 SiC Power Electronics: a 10 year market projection
P. Roussel, Yole Developpement, Lyon, France

SP1.2.4 IEEE Power Electronics Standards-the necessary tools for every power electronics engineer
Y. Khersonsky, self, Morgan Hill, CA, N. Hingorani, Los Altos Hills, CA

SP2.2 Automotive - Session Chairs: Bob White, Embedded Power Labs, Room: Primrose B 

SP2.2.1 Opportunities for Power Electronics in Electric Vehicles
M. Towers, IMS Research, Wellingborough, UK

SP2.2.2 Intelligent Battery Management and Charging Systems for High Cell Count Automotive Applications
J. Rice, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

SP2.2.3 Analog power driver solutions to increase efficiency and reduce emissions in small (1 and 2 cylinder) combustion engines
R. Ferrara, Freescale Semiconductor, Tempe, AZ

SP2.2.4 Doing More With Less – Smart Power Driver Solutions to Improve Modularity, Flexibility and Efficiency in Body Electronics
R. Browarski, Infineon, Detroit, MI

Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm

SP1.3 Inductive Component Technology - Session Chairs: Stephen Carlsen, Raytheon and Ed Herbert, Room: Primrose A

SP1.3.1 Catalog Power Inductors Support Power Industry Trends
D. Schaefer, BI Technologies, Yankton, SD 

SP1.3.2 Trends in Magnetic Cores and Custom Magnetic Components
V. Quinn, RAF Tabtronics LLC, Piffard, NY and M. Swihart, Magnetics, Pittsburgh, PA

SP1.3.3 Planar Magnetics Advancements for Power Electronics Applications
J. Marinos, Payton America Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL  

SP1.3.4 Foil Windings in Power Inductors: Methods of Reducing AC Resistance
W. Lundquist, West Coast Magnetics, Stockton, CA  

SP1.3.5 Rogowski Coils: Back to the Future
B. Hamilton, Pulse Engineering, San Diego, CA

SP1.3.6 Piezoelectric Transformers versus Conventional Ones: Pros and Cons
R. Prieto, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

SP1.3.7  Application Oriented Design of Piezoelectric Transformer Driving and Control Circuitry and Topologies
M. Radecker, Fraunhofer Institute, Berlin, Germany  

SP2.3 Consumer - Session Chair: Len Crane, Coilcraft, Room: Primrose B

SP2.3.1  The Promise of LED Backlights
S. Ohr, Gartner, San Jose, CA

SP2.3.2 The Growth Potential of Wireless Power
R. Sanderson, IMS Research, Wellingborough, UK

SP2.3.3  Qi: Making Wireless Power Work
S. Terry, Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

SP2.3.4 Cost Effective Alternatives to Discrete IGBTs in Consumer Appliance Motor Drives
N. Clark, Powerex, Youngwood, PA

SP2.3.5 Low Power Audio Trends in Portable Mobile Devices
S. Voleti, National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA

SP2.3.6 EPRI Research on Efficiency Trends in Consumer Electronics
B. Fortenberry, The Electric Power Research Institute, Knoxville, TN

SP2.3.7 - Cancelled

Thursday, February 25, 2010
8:30 am – 11:30 am

SP1.4 Power Supply on a Chip - Session Chairs: Brian Narveson, Texas Instruments and Cian O'Mathuna, Tyndall National Institute, Room: Primrose A

SP1.4.1 Market Trends 2010 Update: The Power Supply in Package (PSiP) and Power Supply on Chip (PwrSoC)
A. Alderman, Anagenesis, El Segundo, CA, and C. O'Mathuna, Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland

SP1.4.2 A 60MHz 50W Fine-Grain Package Integrated VR Powering a CPU from 3.3V
G. Schrom, F. Faillet, J. Hahn, Intel, Santa Clara, CA

SP1.4.4 On-chip Transformers Facilitate Integration for Isolated Power Supplies
B. Chen, Analog Devices, Norwood, MA

SP1.4.3 On-chip Inductors and Transformers
J. Wang, Power Gold, Phoenix, AZ

SP1.4.5 Integrated Inductors in PwrSoC: Today & Tomorrow
A. Lotfi, T. Liakopoulos, M. Wilkowski, Enpirion, Hampton, NJ

SP1.4.6 A 400A Fully Integrated Silicon Voltage Regulator With In-Die Magnetically Coupled Embedded Inductors
J. T. DiBene II, Intel, Santa Clara, CA  

SP2.4 Powering Comunications - Session Chairs: Van Niemela, Fairchild Semiconductor, Room: Primrose B

SP2.4.1 Emerging and Evolving Communications Standards - Power Systems Considerations
C. Quinn, Emerson Network Power, Minneapolis, MN

SP2.4.2 Simple Approach Accelerates Digital Power Adoption
M. Soldano, Analog Devices, San Jose, CA

SP2.4.3 Digital Power for Wireless Infrastructure Applications
C. Young, Intersil, Austin, TX

SP2.4.4 New Additive Manufacturing Process for MCPCB Improves Thermal Performance
T. Morris, IRC, Corpus Christi, TX

SP2.4.5 Total Efficiency Architecture for Telecom Power 
D. Rosenbluth, Lineage Power, Plano, TX

SP2.4.6 - Cancelled 

Thursday, February 25, 2010
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm

SP1.5 Power Electronics and Alternative Energy - Session Chairs: Edward Sidor, International Business Consultants, and John Bowers, Sandia National Laboratories, Room: Primrose A

SP1.5.1 Alternative Energy Industry: Overall Perspective
E. Daniels, BP Solar, San Francisco, CA

SP1.5.2 Power Electronics for Alternative Energy – where to focus your resources
K. Closson, Nerac, Tolland, CT

SP1.5.3 Solar Conversion - A System Solution to Alternative Energy Demand
C. Qian, Microsemi, Bend, OR

SP1.5.4 The Power Electronics Interface with Wind Turbines
J. Lynch, Northern Power Systems, Barre, VT

SP1.5.5 Active Power Filter / VAR Compensator for a Smarter Grid
G. Smedley, One-Cycle Control, Irvine, CA

SP1.5.6 Critical National Needs Addressed through Innovation - The TIP
G. Castellucci, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

SP1.5.7 Energy Storage in the Future Grid
J. Johannes, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

SP2.5 Computing - Session Chairs: Edward Stanford, Intel, Room: Primrose B

SP2.5.1 High Voltage DC Distribution: System Chassis to Green Datacenter of the Future
R. Malik, IBM Power Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC

SP2.5.2 Distributed/Renewable Energy & Data Centers
L. Downey, Nextek Power Systems, Detroit, MI

SP2.5.3 Power Factor and Efficiency: always a good marriage? or how to get high efficiency at low load
F. Pansier, NXP Semiconductors, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

SP2.5.4 How Efficient is your Power Supply Really?
D. Breig, Emerson Network Power, Minneapolis, MN

SP2.5.5 PMBus-Coming to a Server Near You
R. White, Embedded Power Labs, Highlands Ranch, CO

SP2.5.6 The ENERGY STAR Power Supply Ecosystem – Storage Systems and a Look Back to Existing Programs
E. Haines, ICF International, Washington DC

SP2.5.7 - Cancelled