Efficient energy conversion, designing versatile converters, optimizing system integration for demanding applications, and studying subsystem interactions.
Power Electronics
Convert energy efficiently
In the Research Division Power Electronics, we conduct research on particularly power-dense, efficient, high-performance energy converters for energy transition, mobility and digitalization.
Our expertise ranges from system and circuit design, control concepts, mechanical, thermal and electrical system integration to heterogeneous integration and packaging. We use modern model-based design methods and verify our prototype setups with the help of our well-equipped laboratory infrastructure.
Research Topics
- Highly efficient power converters & inverters with focus on resonant topologies aiming for compact hardware designs with high switching frequency.
- Embedded passive power components including improved performance factor with special attention to magnetic component optimization and novel fabrication techniques.
- Emerging control engineering theory supported by signal processing, AI and high bandwidth controller hardware to enable full system/component utilization and lifetime optimized control.
- Multiphysics simulation for power electronics optimization & design. Multi-rate, multi-domain simulation for multi-objective, efficiency/lifetime/volume system optimization including EMC.
- Model based design for EMC in power electronics via incorporation of EMC from beginning in the design by simulation to reduce the number of design cycles, minimize the filter size and component count.
- Power device packaging and characterization utilizing heterogeneous integration technologies and electrical, thermal, thermomechanical characterization & test.
Infrastructure & Services
- Characterization, Test & Prototyping: Rapid prototyping and test infrastructure for precise component & system measurements as well as hardware design.
- Simulation: “SALamander” multi-domain simulation framework for multi-objective efficiency/lifetime/volume system optimization and design.
Industrial branches
E-Mobility solutions
- Battery Test System for EV
- Onboard Battery Chargers for EV
- Power converter and electric drives for EV powertrain testbench
Renewable energy
- Power Converters for Renewable Energy Conversion & Distribution
- Bi-directional AC/DC and DC/DC Converters
- Control Platform for Renewable Energy
Aerospace applications
- Battery Test System for Space Applications
- Power Converters for Battery Charging in Space Applications
Power Device Packaging
- Power Semiconductor Device Characterization
- Die Package Simulation & Optimization
- Advanced Packaging Solutions – Power SiP
- Embedding Enabled Power Solutions
Industrial applications
- Power Converter for Electric Arc Furnace
- Power Converters for Industrial Drives
- DC Transformers
EMI / EMC
- EMI Pre-estimation for Power Converters
- EMI Filter Optimization
- ESD Protection
- Modeling of EMC & Wireless System for NFC & UWB Applications
Research areas & projects
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