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Viewpoint .......................................................................................... 4 Measurement ............................................................................ 60-63 Summer here we come Next-Generation Current Probes for High-Speed and High Power- Events ............................................................................................... 4 Density Applications News ............................................................................................ 6-15 By Dr Chris Hewson, Power Electronic Measurements Ltd Blue Product of the Month ............................................................ 16 High Power Switch ................................................................... 64-65 Win a MCP3913 AFE Evaluation Board! Record Performance with IGCTs, Cool! Microchip By Björn Backlund and Christoph Holtmann, ABB Switzerland Ltd., Semiconductors Green Product of the Month ......................................................... 18 Improved System Ef¿ ciency, Increased Power Density Portable Power ......................................................................... 66-72 and Superior Stability Performance Evaluation of Enhancement-Mode GaN Transistors in Microsemi Class-D and Class-E Wireless Power Transfer Systems By Alex Lidow Ph.D. and Michael De Rooij, Ph.D.; Guest Editorial ............................................................................... 20 Ef¿ cient Power Conversion From Chip to System By Andreas Lindemann, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität, Motion Control .......................................................................... 74-77 Chair for Power Electronics, Magdeburg, Germany Opening doors By Justin Bauer, Microchip Market ............................................................................................. 22 Electronics Industry Digest Reliability ................................................................................... 78-81 By Aubrey Dunford, Europartners Power Cycling Community 1995-2014, an overview of test results over the last 20 years Market ........................................................................................ 24-25 By Aaron Hutzler, Felix Zeyss, Stephan Vater, Adam Tokarski, Smart Materials for Power Conversion, Energy Harvesting Andreas Schletz and Martin März, Fraunhofer Institute of and Smart Grid Applications Integrated Systems and Device Technology, Nuremberg, Germany By Jeff Shepard, President Darnell Group Capacitors ................................................................................. 82-84 Markets ...................................................................................... 26-27 Reliable when it’s Hot and Humid PCIM Europe 2014: Growth Engine Renewable Energy By Martina Auer, Director Product Marketing Film DC, TDK By Marisa Robles Consée, Corresponding Editor; Bodo’s Power Systems Magnetic Components ............................................................. 86-87 Technology Driving Markets ......................................................... 28 High Permeability, High Impedance Mn-Zn Ferrite Material Power Conversion: The End of the Road for Silicon for Wide Frequency EMI Applications By Alex Lidow Ph.D.; Ef¿ cient Power Conversion By Chao-Ming Wang, Xin Jin, Yang-Zhong Du and Cover Story ............................................................................... 30-33 Su-Ping Wang; Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics CO., LTD, High Power IPMs (HiP) Simplify Design Hengdian, Zhejiang 322118, China By Llewellyn Vaughan-Edmunds and Andrea Gorgerino, Test and Simulation .................................................................. 88-89 International Recti¿ er Hardware-in-the-Loop testing as a Key Element in IGBT ........................................................................................... 34-36 the Development of High Performance Battery Emulators The Next Generation RC-H5 IGBT Optimized for Induction Cooking By Maksym Shkadron, Oliver König and Roland Greul; and Resonant Applications BU Electri¿ cation and Racing Test Systems; AVL List GmbH By Thomas Kimmer, In¿ neon Technologies AG Design and Simulation ............................................................. 90-93 Power Module ........................................................................... 38-40 Rapidly Design, Prototype, and Test your DSP Controller with PSIM Real Life Innovation with Practical Applications and Typhoon HIL By Siegbert Haumann, Danfoss Silicon Power By Ivan Celanovic and Nikola Celanovic Typhoon HIL Inc., USA; Reliability ................................................................................... 42-44 Hua Jin, Powersim, Inc, USA and Simone Castellan, 600V GaN-on-Si Device’s Extended Lifetime Testing Show University of Trieste, Italy High Levels of Reliability Results Design and Simulation ............................................................. 94-95 By Carl Blake, Kurt Smith and YiFeng Wu of Transphorm, Inc. Fast Compensator Design and Optimization for Power Converters Technology ................................................................................ 46-48 based on Graphical Visualization CIPS 2014 - A Race towards the Lowest Inductive Power Module By Antonio Lazaro and Andres Barrado, By Prof. Eckhard Wolfgang, ECPE, and Prof. Dieter Silber, Carlos III University of Madrid; Hua Jin, Powersim Inc. Univ. 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Please age applications in handhelds to spanning- Creative Direction & Production mark your calendars for what has become up to station-class with several kilovolts. Repro Studio Peschke a tradition, the podium discussion that I will [email protected] moderate at this year’s PCIM Europe. This In recent years, Bodo’s Power Systems year I have chosen the subject “Mature magazine has regularly presented articles Free Subscription to quali¿ ed readers Wide Band Gap Semiconductors.” Ex- from the industry which signal that we are Bodo´s Power Systems perts in