DC-DC Conversion Handbook: A Supplement to GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion

Demand for information is growing at unprecedented rates and society s insatiable appetite for communication, computing and downloading, is putting ever-increasing demands for improved efficiencies and performance on data centers.

The first challenge - how will power conversion systems continue to improve in order to keep pace with the rapid improvements in computing power and the need for efficient data centers...

The second focus - to create power conversion solutions using GaN devices and making performance comparisons with silicon power transistors traditionally used in power conversion systems...

And, finally - to propose, create, and test a new power delivery architecture taking advantage of the superior performance attributes of GaN.

Key Features:

- Written by leaders in the power semiconductor field and industry pioneers in GaN power transistor technology and applications.

- Features practical guidance on formulating specific DC-DC conversion circuit designs when constructing power conversion systems using GaN transistors

- A valuable learning resource for professional engineers and systems designers, as well as electrical engineering students, needing to fully understand high performance GaN devices.

Dr. David Reusch is currently the Executive Director of Applications Engineering at EPC Corporation. He earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 2012, where he also earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) degrees. While working on his Ph.D. he was a Bradley Fellow at the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES).

Dr. Reusch has first-hand experience designing with GaN transistors to meet the demands for lower loss and higher power density in power converters. He is a member of the IEEE, has published over 25 papers, is a US patent holder, and is a co-author of the textbook, GaN Transistors for Efficient Power Conversion, second edition.

Dr. John Glaser received his BSEE (1987) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and his MSEE (1991) and Ph.D. (1996) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona. Prior to 1998, he developed mobile RF power amplifiers for Motorola and worked on high-voltage DC-DC converters for TWT amplifiers for Hughes Missile Systems Co.

From 1998 to 2014, Dr. Glaser worked at General Electric Global Research in Niskayuna, NY, serving both technical and project leadership roles. This work included high performance switch-mode power converters, VHF amplifiers, induction heating, electronic ballasts, and magnetics, for applications ranging from lamp drivers to MRI.

In 2014, Dr. Glaser joined Efficient Power Conversion Corporation as Director of Applications Engineering, where he develops applications, circuits, and methods to maximize the benefit of gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors and to drive adoption in the power electronics community. Current interests are high efficiency VHF power processing and wide band-gap (silicon carbide and gallium nitride) power device testing, modeling and application.

Dr. Glaser has published more than 25 papers and has been granted 29 US patents, with several more pending. Dr. Glaser is a Senior Member of the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).