Registration & Continental Breakfast

Plenary Session I

1.1: The Economics of Digital Power Conversion, Chris Young, Senior Manager, Digital Power Technology, Intersil/Zilker Labs

1.2: It's Time to Lose the “D” Word, Dave Freeman, Systems Engineering Manager, Texas Instruments

1.3: Digital Power Technology: Evolution, Challenges and Benefits, Alex Levran, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Power-One

1.4: Adaptive Control of DC-DC Converters with Auto-Control™, Anthony Kelly, Vice President of Digital Control, Powervation

Lunch Break (on your own)

Digital Power Developments

2.1: Isolation in Digital Power Supplies Using Micro-Transformers, Baoxing Chen, Senior Staff Engineer, Analog Devices

2.2: Digital Control for Lighting Applications and/or Renewable Energy, Hrishikesh Nene, System and Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments

2.3: Self-Configured Non-Linear Control for DC-DC Converters, Nicola Moschini, Marketing Manager, STMicroelectronics

Networking Break

Round Table Discussion

Digital & Power: Oil & Water or Dollars & Cents?
Moderator: Margery Conner, Technical Editor, EDN

Brian Zahnstecher, Power Engineer, Cisco
Patrick LeFevre, Director Marketing and Communications, Power Modules, Ericsson
David Owen, Power Systems Engineer, Juniper Networks
Randy Malik, Sr. Technical Staff Member, IBM
Chris Young, Senior Manager, Digital Power Technology, Intersil/Zilker Labs
Dennis Roark, Executive Vice President, Power-One

Exhibit Hall Opens

Welcome Reception (hosted in exhibit hall)

Sponsored By:

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Plenary Session II

3.1: Digital Technology and its Impact on Smart Power Systems of the Future, Randy Malik, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM

3.2: Energy Efficiency Regulations and Power Conversion Efficiencies, Henry ML Wong, Sr. Staff Technologist, Eco-Technology Program Office, Intel Corp

3.3: So You Went Digital. Now What?, Dusty Becker, Vice President of Engineering, Emerson Network Power

3.4: Design Challenges of Digital Signal Controller for Digital Power Applications, Charlie Wu, Senior System and Application Engineer, Freescale

Exhibits Open, Hosted Lunch (hosted in exhibit hall)

Power Conversion Track

Applications of Digital Power sponsored by PMBus™ I

4.1: Two-Stage Digitally-Controlled Architecture Provides Energy Efficiency Advantages in Power Amplifier Applications, Laurence McGarry, Marketing Manager, Analog Devices

4.2: Energy Efficient Performance – Redefinition for Enterprise Computing, Henry ML Wong, Sr. Staff Technologist, Eco-Technology Program Office, Intel Corp

4.3: Using Digital Control to Optimize the Power Efficiency of a Synchronous Rectifier, Sean Xu, System and Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments

Advanced Components Track

Semiconductor Devices and Materials

5.1: Integrated Digital Isolation Delivers High Performance Energy Efficiency Benefits, Sajol Ghoshal, Chief Technical Officer, Akros Silicon, and John Camagna, Vice President Engineering, Akros Silicon

5.2: High–Frequency GaN–Based Power Conversion: From Roadmap to Reality, Dr. Michael Briere, Executive Scientific Consultant for International Rectifier

5.3: DrMOS Enables Higher Power Densities in IBA and CCA Architectures, Mike Speed, Senior Marketing Manager, Fairchild Semiconductor

Networking Break

Power Conversion Track

Applications of Digital Power sponsored by PMBus™ II

6.1: A Structural Modeling Flow for Switched Electrical Networks, Magnus Karlsson, Electrical Design Engineer, Ericsson Power Modules

6.2: Non-Linear Digital Control Improves Power Supply Dynamic Performance, Shamim Choudhury, Senior Systems and Applications Engineer, Texas Instruments

6.3: Withdrawn

Advanced Components Track

Materials and Magnetics

7.1: Status of Commercially Available, Cost-Effective, Low-Loss SiC Power Transistors in 2009, Jeff Casady, Chief Technology Officer, SemiSouth

7.2: Application and Design of Planar Magnetics – Implications of Digital Control, Harold Eicher, VP Engineering, Champs Technology

7.3: Withdrawn

Registration & Continental Breakfast

Tools & Techniques

8.1: A Loop Compensator Tool for DC-DC Converters, Magnus Karlsson, Electrical Design Engineer, Ericsson Power Modules

8.2: Utilizing Power Loss Models in a Digital Activity Based System Efficiency Optimizer, Alain Chapuis, VP Engineering, Power-One

8.3: Comparison of Digital Control Loops Analytical Models, Laboratory Measurements, and Simulation Results, Philip Cooke, Advanced Engineering and Software Development, Infineon Technologies; Tom Wilson, SIMPLIS Technologies; Rohan Samsi, Primarion, an Infineon Company

8.4: Digital Control Scheme for Robust Clock Synchronization and PWM Phase Interleaving in Digital Controller Multi-POL Applications, Eamon O'Malley, VP of Digital Design, Powervation

Conference Adjourns

Post-Conference Seminar (optional) - Registration fee: $79.00

Introduction To Microcontrollers, Presenter: Robert V. White

Abstract

Microcontrollers and other programmable digital devices are becoming common in power supply design. Although not often used for the real time PWM loop, they are very useful for housekeeping, protection, data logging and communication. In server power supplies, using a microcontroller for functions like startup sequencing, over temperature protection, and fan speed control can save 100 discrete parts. Aside from the material cost, this is a significant savings in manufacturing cost and a significant reduction in the calculated failure rate.

For many power supply engineers, the world of microcontrollers is a total unknown. Just finding the starting point can be difficult. Trying to talk with an embedded controller engineer can often seem like speaking another language. The jargon and terminology of microcontroller development is overwhelming to the uninitiated.

This seminar provides an introduction - a roadmap and translation guide to the world of microcontrollers and programmable devices. The overall goal is provide the attendee with the basic knowledge of the tools and processes needed for developing microcontroller-based circuits and systems. A complete description of this seminar is here.