Congratulations To APEC 2024's Best Presentation Award Recipients!

An important skill for engineers and technical professionals is the ability to communicate their work clearly and concisely. To encourage the development of presentation skills APEC each year gives a Best Presentation award to one presentation in each technical session (lecture and dialogue). The Session Chairs score each presentation on a number of criteria including the quality of slides, the quality of the presentation, and how well the presenter responded to questions. Having a presentation selected for an APEC Best Presentation Award is a significant professional accomplishment.

APEC congratulates this year's award recipients and thanks them for their contribution to making APEC the premier conference for showcasing the latest power electronics research and technology.

Session Number

Session Title

Paper Title

Presenter

T01

AC-DC Converters I

An Optimization Method for Planar Transformer Winding Losses in GaN Based Multi-Output Flyback Converter

Bin Li

T02

Resonant DC DC Converters

A 60 A Switched Tank Converter with Buck-Boost Sigma Regulation for 48 V Bus Down-Conversion

Simone Zaffin

T03

Motor Drives

Investigation of Motor Winding Overvoltages in Integrated WBG-Based Motor Drive Systems

Yalda Azadeh

T04

Design Techniques for Wide Bandgap Power Modules

A 400W, 250kHz (2kW Peak) Integrated GaN Half Bridge Power Module in a Non-Isolated Buck Converter

Douglas C. Hopkins

T05

Control of Power Electronic Converters I

Active Current Sharing and Source Management Methods on Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrid System for Drones with High Power Density

Dong Hwan Kim

T06

Wireless Power Transfer: Applications

A Pulsed 6.78 MHz Inductive Wireless Power Transfer System for Quantum Cascade Lasers

Shukai Wang

T07

Power Electronics for Renewable Energy System Applications

A Modified Middle Point Clamped (MMPC) DC-DC Converter for All-DC Wind Generation Systems

Awais Karni

T08

Magnetics Modeling & Simulation

High-Performance High-Power Inductor Design for High-Frequency Applications

Mansi Joisher

T09

Bi-Directional DC DC Converter

Resonant Commutation Technique for Scalable Electronic-Embedded Transformer DCX with Bidirectional Switch

Yuliang Cao

T10

Solid-State Transformers

A 100 kW, 405 kHz HFT for Power Electronic Building Blocks (PEBBs) with a Compact MV Electrical Insulation Design

Sharifa Sharfeldden

T11

Inverters

A 7-Level Interleaved Hybrid Active Neutral Point Clamped Converter for High-Frequency Low-Inductance Motors

Arjit Bali

T12

Converter & Components Modeling & Simulation

Modelling the Effect of the DC Link Decoupling Capacitor of a Commutation Power Loop Using a Thevenin-Based Frequency Domain Approach

Ayooluwa Ajiboye

T13

Control of Power Electronic Converters II

High-Bandwidth Control of a 21 kW Unfolding-Based AC-DC Converter Using Extra Element Theorem and Current Emulation Technique

Aditya Zade

T14

GaN Devices

Evaluation of Monolithic AC GaN Switch in a Vienna Rectifier for UPS

Qinghong Yu

T15

Power Electronics for Hybrid & Electric Cars

Digital Closed Loop Control of a Three Port Series Resonant Converter for Electric Vehicles

Kyle Kozielski

T16

Magnetic Applications I

Design and Performance Comparison of Multi-Frequency Inductors for Megahertz Wireless Power Transfer

Rachel S. Yang

T17

POL & Multiphase DC DC Converters

Ultra-Low-Profile Twisted Core Inductor for Vertical Power Delivery Voltage Regulator

Adhistira Madhyasta Naradhipa

T18

Protection & Control for Utility Interface & UPS

Mixed Duty-Ratio and Frequency Modulation Control for a Soft-Switched Inversion Stage of a High-Power-Density Online Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

Maida Farooq

T19

High Performance Drives

A 14-Level FCML Inverter for Electric Vehicles with Optimal Capacitors Achieving 175 kW/kg and 380 kW/L Power Density

Logan Horowitz

T20

SiC Devices

Electro-Thermal Trade-Off for AC-Current Injection & Series-Clamping-Diodes Based Rds-On Estimation Circuit

Furkan Karakaya

T21

Gate Drive Circuits

5-MHz Operation of a DC 565-V SiC-MOSFET Half-Bridge Inverter by Reducing Thermal Resistance of General-Purpose Gate Drivers

Koji Orikawa

T22

Wireless Power Transfer: Topology

Drone Charging Stations on Telecom Towers with Series-Stacked Capacitive Differential Wireless Power Transfer

Mian Liao

T23

Renewable Energy Technologies

Simplified Fixed Frequency Phase Shift Modulation for a Novel Single-Stage Single Phase Series-Resonant AC-DC Converter

Huanghaohe Zou

T24

Charging systems

A Single-Phase Integrated Onboard Charger with a Wide Voltage Range for Plug-In Electric Vehicles

Harish Karneddi

T25

Hybrid Switched Capacitor DC DC

A Gallium Nitride-Based 48V-to-1V Point-of-Load (PoL) Converter for Aerospace Telecommunications and Computing Applications

Nathan Ellis

T26

DC DC Converter Applications

A Practical Auxiliary Circuit for Voltage Fluctuation Reduction in Multi-Core CPU Power Supplies

Yijie Qian

T27

Topologies & Passives for Utility Interface

Influence of Voltage Dependency of Capacitors on a 3-Phase Common Mode Feedforward Current Sense Current Injection Active EMI Filter

Stefan Haensel

T28

Design Techniques for Noise & EMI Reduction

Discussion on Gate Driver CM Noise and its Minimization Using Wheatstone Bridge Structure with Integrated Rogowski Sensor

He Song

T29

Practical Design Considerations for Power Modules

Breaking Barriers: Unleashing the Potential of High-Efficiency 500 W 4-to-1 IBC Through Innovative 3D-PCB Design and Power Inlay Semiconductor Technology

Juan Sanchez

T30

Device Modeling & Simulation

Frequency-Tuning Matching Network for Load-Varying Applications

Zhechi Ye

T31

Renewable Energy System Control

Impedance Profile Prediction for Grid-Connected VSCs Based on Feature Extraction

Yang Wu

T32

Power Applications, Heating, AC

Single-Ended Direct AC-AC Converter for Domestic Induction Heating Based on a Bidirectional GaN-FET

Pablo Guillén

T33

AC-DC Battery Charger Converters

Wide Operating Range Single-Stage Bidirectional Impedance Control Network-Based Onboard Electric Vehicle Charger

Firehiwot Gurara

T34

Soft Switching DC DC Converters

Rotation Control of Synchronize Rectifier to Improve Thermal Performance of LLC Converter Under Boost Mode Operation

Feng Jin

T35

Si Devices

Evaluation of Current, Delay, and Temperature Influence and Diode Selection on the Switching Behavior of a SiC/Si Hybrid Switch

Adrian Amler

T36

Energy Storage Management

State of Health Estimation and Remaining Useful Lifetime Prediction of Battery Based on the Real Dynamic Forklift Profile

Xingjun Li

T37

Power Electronics for Aerospace

Tape Wound Magnesil vs. Air Core Magnetics: High Temperature DC-DC Power Conversion

Nitish Jolly

T38

Reliability & Thermal Performance of Power Modules & Components

A Compact Vertically Stacked Converter Module with Thermal Balancing and High-Power Dissipation Capability

Jingyuan Liang

T39

Digital Controllers & Control ICs

A Wide Input Voltage Range Buck Converter with Constant-Charge PFM Control

Paolo Melillo

T40

Wireless Power Transfer: Modeling & Control

Misalignment Estimation in a Three-Phase Transverse-Pole DWPT System

Vatan Mehar

D01

AC-DC Converters II

New Single-Stage Single-Phase Isolated Bidirectional AC-DC PFC Converter

Mafu Zhang

D02

High-Power DC-DC Converters

Capacitive Based Isolated Resonant Switched Capacitor Solid State DC Transformer

Miroslav Vasic

D03

Low-Power DC-DC Converters

Power Amplifiers with Reactance Steering Network for Efficient Driving of Variable Impedance Inductively Coupled Plasma Coils

Tanuj Sen

D04

Utility-Interface Converters

Stability Analysis of Second-Order Harmonic Active Filters for Input-Series/Output-Parallel Solid State Transformers

Andrea Cervone

D05

Motor Drives & Inverters

Broken Rotor Bar Detection in AC Induction Motors Using Cascaded Flux-Current State Observer

Jin A Choi

D06

Devices & Components

Modeling the Effect of Gate-Drain Parasitic Capacitance of a SiC MOSFET in a Half-Bridge During the Soft Turn-Off and Hard Turn-on Transition

Ayooluwa Ajiboye

D07

Power Converter Design, Packaging & Integration

A Compact Power Stage Design for 10-kV SiC Device-Based Converters with Heatsink Electric Field Shaping

Zihan Gao

D08

Modeling & Simulation

Modeling Framework to Compare High Voltage Vertical GaN PN and Merged PN-Schottky Diodes

Samuel Atwimah

D09

Control I

The Output Voltage Estimator for Primary-Side Regulated Active-Clamp Forward Converter

Junho Shin

D10

Control II

Carrier-Based Modulation Scheme Plus Neutral-Point Current Control for Balancing Neutral-Point Voltage of Three-Phase Four-Leg Three-Level Inverter Over Entire Power Factor

Li Zhang

D11

Wireless Power Transfer

Modeling and Analysis of Duty Cycle Mode Voltage Ringings in Wireless Power Transfer Systems

Haoquan Zhang

D12

Renewable Energy Systems

Optimal Design and Operation of Long-Distance Deep-Water HVAC Transmission for Offshore WECS Integration with FPSO Unit

Lenon Schmitz

D13

Transportation Power Electronics

Optimizing a Full-Bridge Capacitor-Clamped LLC Resonant Converter for EV Charging Considering the Effect of Leakage Inductance of the Auxiliary Transformer

Jiayang Wu

D14

Harvest, AC & HF Power Applications, & Power Quality

Low-Power Solid-State Transformers to Replace Line-Frequency Class 2 Transformers

Allen Nguyen

D15

High Frequency Magnetics

Interleaved PCB Winding Planar Transformer for Electric Vehicle Charging CLLC Converters

Hans Wouters

D16

Magnetic Design & Optimization

A Multilevel Converter Testbench for High-Frequency Power Magnetics Characterization

Neha Rajput

D17

Magnetic Applications II

Analysis of Eddy Currents and Thermal Modeling of Planar Magnetic Components with Metal Housing

Atsushi Hasenuma