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Industry Sessions

IS03 - Innovations in Motor Drives

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
8:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
Location: Level Four, A410

Presentations:

  • 8:30 AM – 8:55 AM ET
    Comparative Study of Surface Mount SiC MOSFETs in13kW Motor Drive for HVAC E-Compressor in EVs

    Industry Session Presenter: Yuequan Hu, PhD – Wolfspeed

    Co-Author: Zongzeng Hu – Wolfspeed

    Co-Author: Fulin Zhang – Wolfspeed

  • 8:55 AM – 9:20 AM ET
    Design and Optimization of SiC-Based 11kW Motor Drive with High Efficiency

    Industry Session Presenter: Iris Liu – wolfspeed

    Co-Author: Frank Wei – wolfspeed

    Co-Author: Carter Chen (he/him/his) – wolfspeed

    Co-Author: Anuj S. Narain, MSEE – Wolfspeed

  • 9:20 AM – 9:45 AM ET
    Enhance Traction Motor Efficiency using a GaN based Four-Level Flying Capacitors Inverter

    Industry Session Presenter: Marco Palma, MSCee MBA – Efficient Power Conversion

    Co-Author: Fabio Mandrile (he/him/his) – Politecnico di Torino

    Co-Author: Fausto Stella, PhD – Politecnico di Torino

    Co-Author: enrico vico – Politecnico di Torino

    Co-Author: salvatore musumeci – Politecnico di Torino

    Co-Author: radu bojoi – Politecnico di Torino

    Co-Author: vincenzo barba – Politecnico di Torino

    Co-Author: Eric Armando – Politecnico di Torino

  • 9:45 AM – 10:10 AM ET
    Highly integrated coin-sized 1 kW GaN-based motor drive

    Industry Session Presenter: Edward A. Jones, PhD (he/him/his) – Infineon Technologies Austria AG

    Co-Author: Maurizio Incurvati, PhD (he/him/his) – Infineon Technologies Austria AG

  • 10:40 AM – 11:05 AM ET
    Meeting Standby Power Regulations in Motor Drive Applications

    Industry Session Presenter: Mark Angelo Tarvina (he/him/his) – Power Integrations

    Co-Author: John Emmanuel A. Tan – Power Integrations

    Co-Author: Juan Paolo Quismundo, MSc – Power Integrations

  • 11:05 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Reduction of Motor Bearing Currents in Variable Frequency Drives Using CoolBLUE® and NaLA® Cores

    Industry Session Presenter: Tobias Trupp (he/him/his) – MAGNETEC GmbH

    Co-Author: Andreas Heim – Magnetec Inc.

    Co-Author: Benjamin Keßler – MAGNETEC GmbH

  • 11:30 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    Three-Phase Integrated GaN IPM Technology for Enhancing Power Efficiency and Density for Motor-Drive System

    Industry Session Presenter: Toshio Yamanaka (he/him/his) – Texas Instruments

    Co-Author: Manu Balakrishnan – Texas Instruments

    Co-Author: Hely Zhang, MD – Texas Instruments