| Tuesday, November 13th |
| 8:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. |
Registration
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| 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. |
Plenary Session
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1.1 From Digital Confusion to Digital Conversion, Patrick LeFevre, Marketing Director, Ericsson Power Modules
1.2 Effective Policies and Measures in Energy Efficiency for Electronic Equipment, Bogdan Atanasiu, European Commission Joint Research Centre (Ispra, Italy)
1.3 Digital Power and System Energy Management, Juha Pennanen, National Semiconductor
1.4 Digital Control Design Techniques to Optimize for Efficiency and Transient Response, Juergen Schneider, Systems Engineer, Texas Instruments
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| 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. |
Lunch Break |
| 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
Digital Power Applications
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2.1 Digital Signal Controllers Improve Efficiency for Solar Power Inverters, Olivier Monnier, Business Development Manager, Texas Instruments
2.2 Digital Control in a MicroTCA Power System, Per-Johan Wiberg, Strategic Product Marketing, Ericsson Power Modules
2.3 Fully DSP Controlled Three-Stage Front-End, Fabrizio Tozzo, R&D Director, ROAL Living Energy
2.4 A Time Domain Approach to Digital Power Control, Anthony Kelly, VP of Digital Control, Powervation
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| 4:00 P.M. – 4:15 P.M. |
Networking Break |
| 4:15 P.M. – 5:15 P.M. |
Round Table Panel Discussion
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"Will Digital Power Ever be Adopted?"
Moderated by Graham Prophet, Editor, EDN Europe
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Panelists:
Steve Underwood, Power-One
Laurence McGarry, Analog Devices
Patrick LeFevre, Ericsson Power Modules
Francois Malleus, Texas Instruments
Roberto Cappelloni, ROAL
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| 5:15 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. |
Welcome Reception
Exhibits Open |
| Wednesday, November 14th |
| 9:00 A.M. – 10:30 A.M. |
Implementing Digital Control
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3.1 Digitally Controlled Power Supply Design Made Easy, Martin Staebler, FAE Manager, Texas Instruments
3.2 Maximizing Benefits of Digital Power Control Implementation, David Blatt, Zilker Labs
3.3 Architecting Digital Power Chips to Speed the Adoption of Digital Power, Luc Van De Perre, Intersil
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| 10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. |
Networking Break |
| 10:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. |
Design Tools and Techniques I - Sponsored by PMBus TM
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4.1 Easy Compensation with Digital Power Controllers, Chris Young, Zilker Labs
4.2 Using Algorithms to Control DC-DC Converter Applications, Martin Staebler, FAE Manager, Texas Instruments
4.3 Real Time Efficiency Optimization via Digital Control, Deepak Savadatti, Vice President, Primarion
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| 12:15 P.M. – 1:45 P.M. |
Hosted Lunch in Exhibit Area
Exhibits Open |
| 1:45 P.M. – 3:45 P.M. |
Design Tools and Techniques II
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5.1 A Novel Resonant Topology for Offline Power Conversion Enabled by Advanced Mixed Signal Control, Gehan Amaratunga, CTO, CamSemi
5.2 Digital POL Control Loops, Steve Underwood, Power-One
5.3 Tuning Techniques for Digital Control in DC-DC Converters, Dr. Paolo Mattavelli, University of Padova, Italy
5.4 An Intuitive GUI Smooths the Transition to Digital Power, Laurence McGarry, Analog Devices
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| 3:45 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
Networking Break |
| 4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. |
Advanced Components for Power Conversion
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6.1 Space Saving Power Capacitor Chips for Converters, Christian Tropp, Epcos
6.2 Super Barrier Rectifier - A New Generation of Power Diode, John Chiem, DIODES
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| Thursday, November 15th |
| 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. |
Digital Power Case Studies
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7.1 Digitally Controlled Board Mounted Power Supplies – Practical Guidelines for Hardware Designers, Andrzej Wojtasik, Application Engineer, Ericsson Power Modules
7.2 Data Center Tier IV Reliability Enhancement, Montri Wiboonrat, Assumption University
7.3 High-Efficiency Resonant Converter Implementation, Antonio Bersani, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer, Microchip
7.4 Digital PWM Controller with Non-Linear Control Loop Improves Power Supply Dynamic Performance, Juergen Schneider, Systems Engineer, Texas Instruments
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| 11:00 A.M. – 11:15 A.M. |
Networking Break |
| 11:15 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. |
Dialog with Darnell
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Digital Controller IC Product and Pricing Trends
Jeff Shepard, President, and Linnea Brush, Senior Analyst, Darnell Group
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| 12:15 P.M. |
Conference Adjourns |
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