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■ Education of existing and potential
customers. The customers are typically
coming from the automotive
business, but still need to be educated
in techno-economical tradeoffs
related to an ICS development.
Conclusion
The development of an ICS, a complex
and unique product, with a number of
technologically sophisticated subsystems,
requires the know-how and close
collaboration of engineers from various
fields of expertise. It takes a lot of
time, dedication, and upfront investment
as well. We do believe in the
bright future of such a device in this
emerging application since BRUSA has
acquired the largest OEM series contract
in the industry so far.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by BRUSA Elektronik (München)
GmbH, Munich, Germany. Authors would like to thank
BRUSA management, especially T. Nindl, L. Böhler, A. Diefenthaler,
and many other colleagues for support.
About the Authors
Darko Vracˇar (darko.vracar@brusa.biz) received the Dipl.Ing.,
Magister, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering
from the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade,
Belgrade, Serbia, in 2000, 2007, and 2023, respectively.
His major field of study was power converters and drives. He
is with BRUSA Elektronik (München) GmbH, Munich, Germany.
He has 22 years of industrial experience. Some areas
of expertise are implementation of telecom and datacenter
power supplies, and research and development of power
electronics' systems, such as solar inverters, SMPS for industrial,
automotive, and telecom applications. He has published
several papers related to power converters and drives and
holds one patent in power conversion systems. His research
interests include simulation, control, and design of power
converters. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Sebastian Wüstner received the Ph.D. degree in
computational physics from Imperial College London in
2012. From 2012 to 2014, he worked as a Postdoc at Imperial
College researching active light-matter interaction of
metamaterials and plasmonics via simulation. His interest
in wireless charging systems, magnetic coupling, and soft
magnetic materials started with moving to industry in
2014. He currently works as the Head of simulation and
the Head of mechanical design at BRUSA Elektronik
(München) GmbH, Munich, Germany. His interests are in
the advancement of inductive charging through new
topologies and materials, in modern simulation technology,
and the concept of digital twins.
42 IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE z September 2023
The development of
an ICS, a complex and
unique product, with
a number of
technologically
sophisticated
subsystems, requires
the know-how and
close collaboration of
engineers from various
fields of expertise.
Alkiviadis Boulos received the
B.Eng. degree in electrical power engineering
from the University of
Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K., in 1998, and
the master's degree in power engineering
from Herriot Watt University, U.K.,
in 1999, and in control theory and
applications from Coventry University,
U.K., in 2001, where he received the
Ph.D. degree in vehicle electrical
power supply and electrical energy
management systems, in 2020. He has
an automotive experience of over 21
years in the fields of systems engineering,
simulation, software development,
vehicle product development, power
electronics, and electrification. He is
currently the Director of engineering at
BRUSA Elektronik (München) GmbH,
Munich, Germany.
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