Advanced Automotive Tech Forum

The automotive industry is off to the races in vehicle electrification and vehicle automation. To enable electric vehicles to charge faster, automotive power electronics designers need wide bandgap semiconductor materials (GaN/SiC ) and a new powertrain architecture that can meet the EV’s efficiency and power density requirements. It is critical to limit greenhouse gas emissions in order to safeguard the environment. Electric mobility contributes significantly to the reduction of these pollutants. The growing number of electric vehicles (EVs) is strongly related to the charging station infrastructure: the more electric cars on the road, the more charging points are accessible, and the better infrastructure provides an incentive for some individuals to switch to an electric car. Furthermore, for vehicles to think ahead, cars are asked to detect and classify objects and track and predict where and how those objects are likely to move next. Above all, the connection between the automotive industry’s two hot-test trends – EVs and AVs – is a dramatically changing electrical and electronics (E/E) architecture.

Conference Program

How do you build the most efficient electric powertrain? By Steve Lambert, Head of Electrification, McLaren Applied

Improvements in on-board charger performance using the latest SiC FET technology. By Dr. Anup Bhalla, Chief Engineer Power Devices, UnitedSiC/Qorvo

The Road to EV Adoption: GaN, BMS and the integrated powertrain. By Ryan Manack, Director of Automotive Systems Systems Engineering Marketing, Texas Instruments

Driving towards a greener future with Silicon Carbide. By John Palmour, CTO and Co-founder, Wolfspeed

Perspectives on the next generation of fast EV Chargers. By Elisabeth Preuss, Global Application Manager, Infineon Technologies

The Route to Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles. By Igor Spinella, CEO and CTO, Eggtronic

Electrifying our Mobility: How Evolving EV Use Cases are Driving Charging Infrastructure Innovation. By Gopal Mitra, Industrial Segment Leader, ABB Power Conversion and Daan Nap, Global Business Development Manager EV charging, ABB Power Conversion

Panel discussion - Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for EVs

Electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles are on the lookout for power-conversion solutions that are both efficient and cost-effective. Wide bandgap semiconductors provide superior performance compared to silicon. In this panel, we will discuss the main challenges and which benefits GaN/SiC can offer to the automotive industry.

Panelists: Dilder Chowdhury, Director Strategic Marketing for Power GaN technology, Nexperia; Pietro Scalia, Director Automotive Traction Solutions, onsemi; Filippo Di Giovanni, Strategic Marketing Manager, Power Transistor Macro Division, STMicroelectronics.

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For More Information Read the following technical articles:

Special Project: Electric Vehicles Shift to the Express Lane

Are We Ready for the Switch to Electric Vehicles?

GaN for Electric Vehicles

Delivering on the EV Range Extension Promise of SiC in Traction Inverters