IEEE Power Electronics Magazine - June 2016 - 14

32nd Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
March 26th-30th 2017 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL, USA

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
APEC 2017 continues the long-standing tradition of addressing issues of immediate and long-term
interest to the practicing power electronic engineer. Outstanding technical content is provided at one of
the lowest registration costs of any IEEE conference. APEC 2017 will provide a) the best power
electronics exposition, b) professional development courses taught by world- class exper ts, c)
presentations of peer-reviewed technical papers covering a wide range of topics, and d) venue to
network and enjoy the company of fellow power electronics professionals in a beautiful setting.
Activities and attractions for guests, spouses, and families are abundant in the Tampa area.
Topics of Interest:
1. AC-DC Converters:
a. Single-Phase and Three-Phase Input
b. Power Factor Correction, CCM, DCM, CRM/BCM
Control, Bridgeless
c. Embedded AC-DC Power Supplies
d. External AC-DC Adapters

c. High Power Density Design
d. Thermal Management
e. EMI and EMC
f. Material Science and Nanotechnology
g. Sensors for Power Electronics

2. DC-DC Converters:
a. Hard- and Soft-Switched
b. Resonant Converters
c. Point-of-Load (PoL) and Multi-Phase Converters
d. Voltage Regulator Modules (VRM)

7. Modeling and Simulation:
a. Circuits and Systems
b. Device and Component Modeling
c. Parasitics
d. Software Tools
e. Rapid Prototyping

3. Power Electronics for Utility Interface:
a. Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
b. Power Quality, UPS, Filters
c. Distributed Energy Systems
d. SmartGrid
e. UPS
f. Solid-State Transformers
g. Metering

8. Control:
a. Control of Power Electronic Converters
b. Current-Mode and Voltage-Mode Control
c. Digital Control
d. Sensor and Sensor-less Control
e. Gate Drive Circuits
f. Control ICs
g. MCUs, DSPs, FPGAs, ASICs

4. Motor Drives and Inverters:
a. AC, DC, BLDC Motor Drives
b. Single- and Multi-Phase Inverters
c. Sensor Integration
d. Actuators
e. High Performance Drives

9. Manufacturing, Quality and Business Issues:
a. Quality and System Reliability
b. Design for Manufacturability
c. Fault-Tolerant Systems and Lifetime Predictions
d. Life Cycle Cost Analysis
e. Material Procurement
f. Supplier Qualification
g. Standards
h. Production Processes

5. Devices and Components:
a. Power Silicon MOSFETs, BJTs, IGBTs
b. GaN HEMTs,
c. SiC MOSFETs and BJTs
d. Fast Recovery Diodes
e. Magnetic Materials and Components
f. Capacitors, Supercapacitors
g. Interconnects and Fuses
6. System Integration:
a. Power Electronics Packaging
b. Power Modules
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10. Renewable Energy Systems:
a. Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters and Micro Inverters
b. Maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
c. Wind Energy Conversion Systems
d. Fuel Cells
e. Grid-Tied Systems
f. Bi-directional Power Converters
g. Microgrid Systems
h. Energy Storage Systems

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