APEC 2024 professional education seminars cover range of key topics

These seminars are divided into six tracks, each comprising three sessions. Session One and Session Two are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 25th, and Session Three for Monday morning, Feb. 26th. Detailed speaker, time and location information about each session can be found on the APEC website on the Professional Education Seminars page.

Here is a summary of the seminar tracks and scheduled session topics:

Systems

·   Advanced Power Electronics for Smart Battery Testing, Analysis, and Digital Twin-based Battery Management Systems

·   DC Fault Protection: Current Status, Fundamental Challenges, and Future Outlook

·   Solid State Transformer: Topologies, Use Cases, Design Considerations, and Challenges

EMI and Magnetics

·   Modern Magnetic Technologies for Very High Efficiency and Power Density

·   EMC Workshop for Power Supply Designers

·   EMI/EMC Debugging with Oscilloscopes

Design

·   Optimal LLC Converter Design: From First Harmonic Approximation through Design Oriented Analysis

·   Three-Level Neutral-Point-Clamped Converters When Two Levels are Not Enough

·   PV Inverter Design – Topologies, Control and System Considerations

High Power Density

·   Compact Control Loops for Switched-Inductor DC-DC Power Supplies

·   Direct to Chip (DtC) DC-DC Converters for AI Chips

·   Technologies for Achieving Ultra-High Efficiency and Ultra-High Power Density DC-DC Power Converters

Applications

·   Power Electronics Technologies for Data Center Energy Saving and Decarbonization

·   The Complete Guide to PCB Layout for HV GaN Power Stages

·   High-Power GaN Devices and Applications

Control

·   Advanced Power-Electronics Control for Practicing Engineers

·   State Space Based Control as an Alternative to Conventional Loop Design

·   Practical Implementation of Mixed-Signal Controllers for Conventional and Emerging High-Frequency DC-DC SMPS

Professional Education Seminars are included in ‘Full Registration’ or can be attended via ‘Professional Education Seminars Only’ registration. Discounts are available to IEEE and PSMA Members. To register, please go to: https://apec-conf.org/registration.