www.pels.org Vol. 7, No. 1 March 2020 For your engineering success 64 Features 16 Electric Vehicle Batteries Eye Solid-State Technology Prototypes promise lower cost, faster charging, and greater safety Ashok Bindra 20 A Novel Current-Balancing Method for Paralleled MOSFETs in High-Current Solid-State Switch Applications Paralleling a large number of semiconductor devices by adding inductances in series Alinaghi Marzoughi and Khaled Bahei-Eldin Departments & Columns 4 From the Editor Electric Vehicle Batteries Enter a New Era Ashok Bindra 8 President's Message The IEEE PELS Footprint Is Expanding Across the Globe Frede Blaabjerg 12 Happenings Power Electronics-Enabled Operation of Power Systems Qing-Chang Zhong 28 Generate and Analyze Standard Testing for Power Supply Quality Determining how equipment is affected enables better protection and greater customer satisfaction Brian Hsu and Jorge Velazquez 35 Modeling the Magnetic Behavior of N-Winding Components Approaches for unshackling switching superheroes Alex J. Hanson and David J. Perreault 46 The Increasing Role of Design Automation in Power Electronics Gathering what is needed Kevin Hermanns, Yarui Peng, and Alan Mantooth 52 Patent Reviews What Does Copyright Protect About Software? Art MacCord On the cover 56 Expert View Gallium Nitride Integration: Breaking Down Technical Barriers Quickly Alex Lidow To commercialize solid-state battery technology, key automotive original equipment manufacturers have made significant investments and partnerships with companies developing electric vehicle batteries. 64 Society News HOUSE- ©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/SL-F, CAR & CHARGING STATION-©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/ CHESKY_W 88 Event Calendar 92 White Hot You Need More Than Cookbooks Robert V. White Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPEL.2019.2959110 March 2020 z IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE 1http://www.pels.org http://www.ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/SL-F