With the increasing requirements towards higher power density, efficiency and reliability, multi-domain modelling, analysis and design of power electronic systems will be of paramount importance to the industry in the future. Today, research and devel­opment teams are mostly reliant on single-discipline software that does not allow for the simultaneously study of, e.g., electro-thermal or thermo-mechanical properties of a system. Furthermore, the electro­magnetic effects and the high frequency losses in magnetic components and parasitics of inter­connections can only be derived using FEM simu­lation that requires high computational effort. This is also true for the study of conducted electromagnetic emissions and electromagnetic couplings, which can impair the performance of EMI filters at high frequen­cies. Experimental analysis of such effects is involved and time consuming, and often does not allow the designer to arrive at an optimized solution and/or to ensure best in class performance, in a short design cycle time.  Accordingly, the focus now is on the development of user-friendly, multi-discipline simu­lation packages and design platforms that provide virtual prototyping capability, including also, e.g., the ability to estimate reliability.

In order to provide orientation at an early stage of this possible revolution in power electronic systems design, leading experts from academia, research institutions and software companies will present the state-of-the art in modelling of active and passive power components cooling systems and EMI, provide information on their first user-friendly, multi-disciplinary simulation platforms and will predict the expected future innovations in the field.

Prof. Johann W. Kolar (ETH Zurich) will chair the seminar together with Mr. Thomas Harder (ECPE).

All presentations and discussions will be in English.