Electric motors are widely used in several electronic applications; they are everywhere Market analysts estimate that 11 billion electric motors are added to the market annually and consume 45 percent of all electrical energy. In this podcast with Jose Quinones, Staff Applications Engineer at Qorvo’s Programmable Power Management Group, we will analyze the fundamental concepts every designer, maker, or student must master to face a motor control application.  

The silicon carbide (SiC) industry is growing in many markets. The electric vehicle (EV) market is preparing to move toward SiC inverters, as Tesla has already done. Mercedes-Benz has adopted onsemi’s SiC technology for traction inverters as part of a strategic collaboration. In this podcast with Pietro Scalia, director of automotive traction solutions at onsemi, we will discover the phase of manufacturing of SiC solutions, design issues, and what's behind its cost.

GaN power devices should be the ideal choice for power conversion applications in space because they are more robust than hard rad MOSFETs when exposed to various forms of radiation. The electrical and thermal performance of GaN has also demonstrated superior operation in a space environment. In this podcast, Bel Lazar, Chief Executive Officer of EPC Space, will analyze the importance of GaN for the space industry. Bel Lazar brings 30+ years of experience in the semiconductor, aerospace, and defense technology fields. In addition to his role as CEO of EPC Space, Bel currently serves as COO of Efficient Power Conversion (EPC).

From Nov. 15 to 18, electronica 2022 will bring the international electronics industry together at the Munich exhibition grounds. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Renewable Energies, Smart Grid, and Energy Storage will be the major topics covered by the Power Electronics Forum at electronica 2022. Here is the full agenda. In this podcast, onsemi president and CEO Hassane El-Khoury, Silanna Semiconductor North America CEO Mark Drucker, and of Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) CEO Alex Lidow will introduce the Power Electronics Forum.

Power-switching transistors built with gallium nitride (GaN) are superior to those built with silicon (Si). Odyssey Semiconductor has developed a method to achieve area-selective doped regions in GaN, opening the door to the realization of vertical-conduction devices. In this podcast with Mark Davidson, CEO of Odyssey Semiconductor, we will analyze the structure of GaN for high voltages.

The anticipated global energy goals cannot be met with current clean technology. Perhaps the only clean, abundant energy source that can meet the anticipated demand gap is fusion. But for us to succeed, a lot of R&D is required. In this podcast with Todd Ditmire co-founder of Focused Energy, we will discover the current situation and the next challenges for fusion energy.  

In this podcast we will analyze battery technology with Vincent Pluvinage, CEO and co-founder of OneD Battery Sciences which has developed SINANODE, a set of technologies that “supercharge” the amount of energy stored, speed of charging, power delivered to EV batteries. This proprietary and patented technology increases energy density and lifetime while reducing costs of EV batteries. Let’s talk with Vincent.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed in the U.K. in June saw 200,000 car enthusiasts and motorsports fans spend four days ogling over a vast array of both combustion engine and electric Formula 1 cars, supercars, hypercars, and vintage cars, as well as watching their favorite cars aim to break the record on the famous Goodwood 1.16 mile hill climb. In this podcast, Nitin Dahad, editor of embedded.com, will tell us about his experience at the Goodwood festival. He interviewed executives of some relevant OEMs, such as Lamborghini and Mercedes.

Replacing fuel combustion vehicles with electric vehicles is one of the best alternatives in order to reduce CO2 emissions. Electric mobility is a crucial driver of the energy revolution, and it is predicted to boost demand for renewable energy. Today’s biggest challenge is to recharge the battery in the shortest time. In this talk with John De Souza, president and co-founder of Ample, we will discuss the main challenges occurring in e-mobility and the next step.

PowerUP Expo is a Virtual Conference and Exhibition with the goal of envisioning the future of power electronics. It will take place June 28–June 30. The main topics are wide bandgap, low power and other semiconductors, and energy trends. Let’s listen to the voices of the speakers who are supporting us in this upcoming event!