In this column, I will be talking mainly to young power electronics engineers who will soon be graduating or have recently graduated. The need to decarbonize and electrify the world’s
In the global power system of 2050, we will need around four times the power generation capacity and the ability to transfer up to three times as much electrical energy
Power systems worldwide are going through a paradigm change from centralized generation to distributed generation, for which control and power electronics are two key enabling technologies. However, it has been
Power Integrations has announced that Jennifer A. Lloyd, PhD will be the company’s next chief executive officer, succeeding Balu Balakrishnan, who has served as CEO since 2002. A former member
I am writing this after just getting home from the IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2025). As usual, it was a great conference. The Georgia World Congress Center was
The transition to a sustainable energy future calls for a paradigm shift in all the aspects of R&D, including the design and production of power converters, integral components of modern
E-mobility is advancing rapidly, driven by the need for high system efficiency and low carbon emissions, with power electronics emerging as a pivotal technology that opens numerous future opportunities. At
This article explores the power electronics converters in particle accelerators, highlighting key challenges and requirements. Specific examples of converter designs and their associated challenges for upcoming large-scale accelerator projects are
Power Integrations, a designer of high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, announces a two-fold increase in power output from the HiperLCS™-2 chipset. Featuring advanced half-bridge switch technology and an innovative
Last year, the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (ECCE) 2024, held in Silicon Desert (Phoenix, AZ) USA, 20–24 October, was a vibrant conference with more than 2400 attendees from
