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2010/05/01 |
Bodo's Power Systems / May 2010 |
| | CIPS 2010 - a Real Success! |
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230 power electronics experts attended the CIPS 2010, the 6th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems. The conference topic was on power electronics systems, high and medium power modules and reliability. The program included 71 technical papers: Two keynotes, 11 invited, 42 oral and 16 posters. The authorship was well balanced: 26 from industry, 28 from academia, 7 from both, and 13 from research institutes. |
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Prof. Eckhard Wolfgang & Prof. Dieter Silber, ECPE |
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 complete article
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2010/04/01 |
Bodo's Power Systems / April 2010 |
| | ECPE received the Award Competence Network 2010 |
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ECPE received from the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology the award Competence Network 2010. The competition „Strategy-making and strategic Communication“ was targeting at more than 100 innovative and powerful Networks in Germany. ECPE was highest awarded for the contribution „Power Electronics – Key Technology for efficient and sustainable Energy Use“. |
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Bodo Arlt |
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2010/03/01 |
Bodo's Power Systems / March 2010 |
| | THE EXPERT'S VIEW
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Now is the Time for Strategic Thinking and Action
at European Level
We are experiencing changing times from the carbon era to the age of solar power, and from an energy consuming society to an energy efficiency society.
The European Union's ambitious climate goals for the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions cannot be achieved without the extensive use of power electronics. |
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Thomas Harder |
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2010/01/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / January 2010 |
| | CIPS 2010 Programme Finalized |
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CIPS stands for the 6th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems Integration. It will be held from March 16 to 18, 2010, at Nuremberg’s Maritim Hotel which is located close to the main railway station. It will be co-organized by VDE ETG and ECPE and technically co-sponsored by IEEE PELS as well as by ZVEI. |
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Bodo Arlt / Prof. Eckhard Wolfgang |
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complete article
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2009/11/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / November 2009 |
| | Potential of SiC and other Wide Bandgap Semiconductors in Power Electronic Applications
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ECPE Seminar in cooperation with EPE Association
The third User Forum for the first time also considered other wide bandgap devices, in particular Gallium Nitride (GaN) as its subtitle expresses. The user Forum 2009 took place right after EPE conference in Barcelona. Prof. Andreas Lindemann (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany) took the chair together with Prof. José Millán (Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica --- CNM Barcelona, Spain) and Mr. Thomas Harder (ECPE) |
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Bodo Arlt / Prof. Andreas Lindemann |
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complete article
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2009/10/16 |
Power Electronics Europe - October 2009 |
| | On the Road to Higher Efficiency |
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After the Silicon Carbide User Forums organised by ECPE in 2006 and 2007, the time had come to continue the exchange between experts involved in converter and device development. The third User Forum (September 11-12, Barcelona, Spain) also considered other wide bandgap devices for the first time, in particular Gallium Nitride (GaN). Again, it has focused on typical power electronic systems. The use of wide bandgap is highly promising for electric drives, converters in transportation and power supplies. Additionally, an insight in recent material and device technology, which is the base for future system development, has been given. |
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Achim Scharf |
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2008/07/29 |
Bodo's Power / August 2008 |
| | ECPE Workshop
Built-in Reliability into Power Electronic Systems
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End of June 65 engineers and scientists came together to discuss progress made in
power electronics reliability engineering. The applications focused on automotive,
aerospace and railway power electronics.
The new "Robustness Validation" process,
which has been worked out by members of the automotive and supply industries under the
umbrella of ZVEI, SAE, JSAE, was presented and discussed.
Prof. Eckhard Wolfgang (ECPE) has chaired the workshop together with Michel
Mermet-Guyennet (Alstom PEARL) and Thomas Harder (ECPE).
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B. Arlt / Prof. E. Wolfgang |
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2008/04/02 |
Power Electronics Europe / April 2008 |
| | CIPS2008 - Strengthening Europe's Position in Power Electronics |
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The program for this years's Conference on Integrated Power Electronic Systems (CIPS) from March 11-13 in Nuremberg/Germany included 11 conference sessions with the presentation of 55 technical papers. 84% of them came from nine European Countries, 8% from North America, and 8% from Far East. The program also included 12 invited papers, athored by qualified experts coming from important industrial and academic organisations.
General Chairman J. Daan van Wyk was proud to announce the participation of more than 180 delegates for thsi first stand-alone conference, while in previous years CIPS has been held in conjunction with ISPSD or PESC. For the first time a session on 'Technology Roadmaps' for Power Electronics has been organised, and five contributions gave an insight to the ECPE initiative on technology roadmaps. |
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Achim Scharf |
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complete article
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2008/04/01 |
Bodo's Power / April 2008 |
| | Guest Editorial by Thomas Harder
"Energy Efficiency and the More-Electric-World" |
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For many years, power electronics has been
a well developing industrial segment with
solid annual growth rates and a very dynamic
technology progress e.g. in power semiconductor
technology or system integration.
As a cross functional discipline, power electronics
is a key and enabling technology for
many industrial segments such as automotive,
home and office, communication,
automation, energy supply and distribution,
etc. But in spite of this important role, power
electronics is not well recognised outside the
power community, there is almost no awareness
in public. This was one motivation for
European power electronics industry to
found the ECPE Network with one focus on
public relations and lobbying for power electronics
in Europe, apart from the other activities
in precompetitive research as well as
education and advanced training.
Two negative consequences of this shadowy
existence are that research funding programmes
do not target at power electronics
innovations, and that power electronics is
not attracting young engineers. |
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Bodo Arlt / Thomas Harder |
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complete article
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2008/03/31 |
Bodo's Power / April 2008 |
| | The 5th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems CIPS 2008 |
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CIPS 2008 took place in Nuremberg/Germany from March 11 to 13, 2008. 232 attendees from industry, research institutes and universities came together at the Georg-Simon-Ohm University where they enjoyed an exciting and diversified programme. The conference was organized by ETG, the Power Engineering Society within VDE, and co-organized by ECPE, the European Center for Power Electronics. |
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B. Arlt / Prof. E. Wolfgang / Prof. D. Silber |
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2007/10/01 |
Bodo's Power Systems / October 2007 |
| | Silicon Carbide Switches become reality
ECPE 2nd SiC User Forum
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The SiC User Forum this way became a platform to share experience and ideas, to discuss and find out which power electronic systems are predestinated for usage of SiC and how to appropriately design-in those novel, almost ideal but also challenging components. It aimed at finding and pointing out approaches to exploit the high potential of SiC and to support its beneficial introduction in power electronic systems.
SiC User Forum 2007 —attended by some 120 international participants —took place right after EPE conference 2007 in the Danish capital Copenhagen. Prof. Andreas Lindemann (Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Germany) took the chair together with Dr. Hiromichi Ohashi (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) and Mr. Thomas Harder (ECPE).
The major findings of the event are summarised in the following: |
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Bodo Arlt / Prof. Andreas Lindemann |
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2007/10/01 |
Bodo's Power Systems / October 2007 |
| | CIPS 2008 - 5th International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems
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Call for Papers:
Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 2007 |
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2007/08/03 |
Bodo's Power Systems / August 2007 |
| | ECPE 2nd SiC User Forum |
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Potential of SiC in Power Electronic Applications
After the first Silicon Carbide (SiC) User Forum organised by ECPE in 2006, technology has developed further - in particular new power electronic systems with SiC components and new SiC devices have been reported. Time has thus come to continue the exchange between experts involved in converter and device development. The second SiC User Forum will focus on typical power electronic systems. |
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Bodo Arlt |
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2007/07/18 |
Power Electronics Europe - July/August 2007 |
| | Potential of SiC in power electronic applications |
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EPE's programme will be enhanced by a SiC User Forum. After the first Silicon Carbide (SiC) User Forum organised by ECPE in 2006, technology has developed further - in particular new power electronic systems with SiC components and new SiC devices have been reported. Time has thus come to continue the exchange between experts involved in converter and device development. The second SiC User Forum will focus on typical power electronic systems. |
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Achim Scharf |
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2007/06/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / June 2007 |
| | ECPE Demonstrator Programme
Industrial Drives - System Integration |
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The main goal is to significantly reduce the converter size of an industrial drive for an
asynchronous machine compared to state-of-the-art commercial units.
By Delft University of Technology,Electrical Power Processing research group (EPP),
Prof. J. A. Ferreira |
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2007/06/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / June 2007 |
| | ECPE Demonstrator Programme
Power Supplies with Ultra-High Power Density |
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This article describes results of the “Power Supplies with Ultra-High Power Density”
Demonstrator Programme performed by the Power Electronic Systems Laboratory (PES)
at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.
By Prof. J. W. Kolar ETH Zurich,
Power Electronic Systems Laboratory (PES) |
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complete article
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2007/06/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / June 2007 |
| | Energy Efficiency - the Role of Power Electronics |
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The position paper from ECPE summarises
the results and key statements from the
European Workshop on ´Energy Efficiency -
the Role of Power Electronics´ held on 7
February 2007 in Brussels with 125 participants
from 20 European countries.
The presentations
from the workshop are available
for download on the ECPE web site. |
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complete article
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2007/05/21 |
Bodo's Power Systems / PCIM Show Special 2007 |
| | Hot Show Events
Stop at the Podium at its Best |
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ECPE Students Day: Power Electronics Engineers needed ! |
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2007/05/18 |
Power Electronics Europe - May/June 2007 |
| | Hot Topic Energy Efficiency |
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Energy saving, improved energy efficiency and environmental protection are ubiquitous topics in society, in Europe and globally. Despite many efforts to save energy, demand for electricity is expected to grow, and much faster in comparison with other energy sources over the next three decades.
Power electronics is the key technology to controlling the flow of electrical energy from the source to the load precisely, according to the requirements of the load. |
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Achim Scharf |
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complete article
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2007/05/18 |
Power Electronics Europe - May/June 2007 |
| | Power Supplies with Ultra-High Power Density |
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The pre-competitive research in power electronic systems in ECPE is based on long-term research roadmaps, and has its focus on automotive and industrial power electronic systems. The research activities are focussing at so-called demonstrator projects where new ambitious power electronic systems or sub-systems are developed and realized by leading European Competence Centres. This article describes results of the Demonstrator Programme “Power Supplies with Ultra-High Power Density”.
Prof. J.W. Kolar, Power Electronic Systems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
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2007/05/18 |
Power Electronics Europe - May/June 2007 |
| | System Integration in Industrial Drives |
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The main goal of the ECPE Demonstrator Program “Industrial Drives – System Integration” is to significantly reduce the converter size of an industrial drive for an asynchronous machine compared to state-of-the-art commercial units. The best power density on the market for inverters in the power range of concern (~2kW) is about 1kW/l. Thereby, the development of the key technologies in the project is focused on compact design, manufacturability and costs.
Prof. J. A. Ferreira, Electrical Power Processing research group (EPP), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
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2007/05/18 |
Power Electronics Europe - May/June 2007 |
| | System Integrated Drive for Hybrid Traction in Automotive |
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The integration of the power electronic inverter with an electrical machine in the automotive powertrain is in the focus of the ECPE automotive Demonstrator Programme where the existing cooling circuit from the internal combustion engine is also used for the direct liquid cooling of the power electronics. The mechatronic integration of motor and power electronics leads to an ultra-high power density of 75 kVA/l for the inverter. The high temperature of the cooling medium of up to 115°C in combination with this high power density poses a unique challenge.
Martin März, Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB), Erlangen, Germany |
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2007/05/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / May 2007 |
| | ECPE Demonstrator Programme
System Integrated Drive for Hybrid Traction in Automotive |
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The ECPE research activities funded by the ECPE partner industries is focussing at so-called demonstrator projects where new ambitious power electronic systems or sub-systems are developed and realized by leading European Competence Centers. This article describes results of the “System Integrated Drive for Hybrid Traction in Automotive” Demonstrator Programme performed by the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) in Erlangen/Germany. |
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2007/05/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / WEB News |
| | Energy Efficiency – the Role of Power Electronics |
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The position paper from ECPE summarises the results and key
statements from the European Workshop on 'Energy Efficiency – the
Role of Power Electronics' held on 7 February 2007 in Brussels with 125 participants from 20 European countries.
The presentations from the workshop are available for download on the ECPE web site. |
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2007/04/11 |
Elektronik Praxis / WEB News |
| | Trendanalyse
Die neue Bedeutung der Leistungselektronik |
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Leistungselektronik ist zur Schlüsseltechnik
bei der Regelung elektrischer Energie
geworden, und zwar in der gesamten
Verfahrenskette von der Erzeugung bis zum
Verbraucher. Die entsprechenden
Leistungshalbleiter sorgen für den präzisen
Energiefluss entsprechend den Lasten und
sind verantwortlich für Zuverlässigkeit und
Stabilität der Stromversorgungsinfrastruktur. |
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2007/04/02 |
Bodo's Power Systems / April 2007 |
| | Power Electronics Engineers Needed |
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The big question is what activities can the ECPE and all of us in the Power Electronics industry put in place that will attract students to Power Electronics, make them aware that the car of the future accelerates quickly and noiselessly due to Power Electronics, cause them to understand that the wind turbine is producing electricity of high quality due to Power Electronics and that the way to significant energy savings in industrial environments, air-conditioning and home appliances is possible only due to Power Electronics. |
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By Claus Petersen, CEO Danfoss Silicon Power |
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Guest Editorial
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2005/06/21 |
Power Systems Design Europe - May 2005 |
| | ECPE Joint Booth with Competence Centers |
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2005/06/21 |
Power Electronics Europe - 04/2005 |
| | European Center for Power Electronics |
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2004/04/01 |
Power Electronics Europe |
| | ECPE becomes operational |
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2004/04/01 |
Power Electronics Europe |
| | ECPE becomes operational |
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2004/03/01 |
Elektronik Praxis (Sonderheft 1, März 2004) |
| | Leistungselektronik - Schulterschluss soll Vorsprung sichern |
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2003/06/15 |
Power Electronics Europe (No.4, 2003) |
| | European centre for power electronics established |
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ECPE (Engineering Centre for Power Electronics) is a new registered association headquartered at the ETC (Energy Technology Center) in Nuremberg/Germany. Founding members are Conti Temic, Epcos, Infineon Technologies, NMB-Minebea, Semikron International, SEW-Eurodrive, Siemens and STMicroelectronics. The aim of ECPE is to boost Europe´s strength and its leading role in key power electronics application areas. Membership is open to all European companies including European subsidiaries of abroad companies. |
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