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| Monday, September 10th |
| 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. |
Plenary Session I
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1.1 Digital Moves Ahead of Analog in Power Conversion Performance, Chris Young, CTO, Zilker Labs
1.2 Qualification and Verification Considerations for Power Supplies Containing Digital Technologies, Par Ingvarsson, Global Quality Manager, Ericsson Power Modules
1.3 Can "Digital Power" Provide Efficiency Improvements Over Present Analog Solutions? Laszlo Balogh, Technical Fellow, Fairchild Semiconductor
1.4 Digital Power Management and Power Control and its Impact on the Industry, Randy Malik, STSM Power Technology & Qualification, IBM
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| 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. |
Lunch Break (on your own) |
| 1:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. |
Converter Design Considerations
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2.1 Standard Design of Digitally Controlled Interleaving PFC, Wei Zaho, Ainbin Qiu, Jianhong Zeng, Chee Pan and Jianping Ying, Delta Power Electronics Center and Sam Li, Delta Electronics
2.2 Simple Digital PWM Technology Reduces the Cost of AC-DC Conversion, Mark Muegge, Product Line Director, iWatt
2.3 A Novel Resonant Topology for Offline Power Conversion Enabled by Advanced Mixed Signal Control, Gehan Amaratunga, CTO and Founder, CamSemi
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| 3:30 P.M. – 3:45 P.M. |
Networking Break |
| 3:45 P.M. – 5:15 P.M. |
Roundtable Discussion
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Can Digital Power Really Deliver Improved Efficiency?
Moderated by Paul Rako, Technical Editor, EDN Magazine
Ravindra Ravi Ambatipudi, National Semiconductor
Laszlo Balogh, Fairchild Semiconductor
Mikhail Guz, Power-One
Randy Malik, IBM
Dave Freeman, Texas Instruments
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| 5:15 P.M. – 7:30 P.M. |
Exhibits Open
Hosted Reception in Exhibit Hall |
| Tuesday, September 11th |
| 7:30 A.M. – 8:30 A.M. |
Breakfast with Darnell
- "Digital Power - Where are Today's Opportunities?"
- Linnea Brush, Senior Research Analyst, will present the results of two surveys conducted to determine the trends in digital power product introductions and the industry's perception of the leading products, technology, cost and value in digital control.
"Breakfast with Darnell" is a limited-seating event. Reservations are required.
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| 9:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. |
Plenary Session II - Sponsored by ENERGY STAR
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3.1 Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Bill Weihl, Directory of Energy Strategy, Google
3.2 Developments in Power Supply Efficiency for High Density Data Center Servers, Brian Fortenbery, EPRI Solutions
3.3 ENERGY STAR Data Center Initiatives and Report to Congress, Rich Brown, Energy Analysis Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Andrew Fanara, Product Development, ENERGY STAR Program
3.4 Metrics for Describing Data Center Power Efficiency, Bruce Shaw, Director of Worldwide Commercial Marketing for AMD and board member of The Green Grid
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| 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. |
Hosted Lunch in Exhibit Hall
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| Power Conversion Track |
| 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
Practical Benefits of PMBus and Digital Control I
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4.1 Real-Time Efficiency Optimization Thru Digital Control, Steve Pullen, VP System Engineering, Primarion
4.2 Digital Control Design Techniques to Optimize for Efficiency and Transient Response, Sean Xu and Vahid Yousefzedah, Texas Instruments
4.3 Maximizing the Benefits of a Digital Power Controller Implementation in a DC-DC Converter Design, Oleg Volfson, Field Applications Engineer, Zilker Labs
4.4 Architecting Digital Power Chips to Speed the Adoption of Digital Power, Gus Mehas and Zaid Salman, Intersil
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| 3:00 P.M. - 3:15 P.M. |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:15 P.M. – 5:15 P.M. |
Practical Benefits of PMBus and Digital Control II
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5.1 Digital Power Architectures: Pushing the Envelope with Functionality and Flexibility, Ross Fosler, Senior Design Engineer, ColdWatt
5.2 PMBus Application Profiles Developed to Address the Need for Commonality in Monitoring and Control of Power Supplies, George Richards, Power System Engineer, Dell Computers
5.3 Intelligent Energy Management for Improved Efficiency, Per-Johan Wiberg and Torbjorn Holmberg, Ericsson Power Modules
5.4 Fully DSP Controlled Three-Stage Front-End, Marco Esposito, Software Design Engineer, ROAL Electronics
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| Mission Critical Facilities Track |
| 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
Optimizing Energy Efficiency
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6.1 Energy Efficiency Design Criteria for UPS Systems, Brad Thrash, Product Manager, GE Power Quality
6.2 Greening of the Data Center, Jeff Polick, Regional Manager, APC/MGE
6.3 Improved Data Center Energy Efficiency and Thermal Performance by Advanced Airflow Analysis, Magnus Herrin, President, ANCIS
6.4 Green Power and Digital Power Integration in the Data Center, Jack Pouchet, Director Green Initiatives, Emerson Network Power
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| 3:00 P.M. - 3:15 P.M. |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:15 P.M. – 5:15 P.M. |
Optimizing Power Architectures in Critical Facilities
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7.1 Power Reliability and Cost Trade-Offs: A Comparative Evaluation Between Tier III and Tier IV Data Centers, Montri Wiboonrat, Assumption University
7.2 Data Center Power Delivery Architectures: Size and Total Cost of Ownership, Paul Yeaman, Manager, Vicor
7.3 Power Provisioning and Impacts on Energy Efficiency Profiles, Intel
7.4 Don't Waste a Watt – Using Flywheels for Efficiency in Critical Power Applications, Gary Rackow, VP for the Americas Active Power
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| Wednesday, September 12th |
| 9:00 – 10:30 A.M. |
Advanced Components
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8.1 Planar Magnetics for High-Density Converters, Bud Tapscott, CTO, M-Flex
8.2 Epcos
8.3 Super Barrier Rectifier - A New Generation of Power Diode, Chris Hruska and Roman Hamerski, Diodes FabTech Inc.
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| 10:30 – 10:45 A.M. |
Networking Break |
| 10:45 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. |
Digital Tools and Techniques
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9.1 Easy Compensation with Digital Power Controllers, Chris Young, CTO, Zilker Labs
9.2 An Intuitive GUI Smooths the Transition to Digital Power, Brendan Daly, Applications Engineer, Analog Devices
9.3 Digital PWM Controller with Non-Linear Control Loop Improves Power Supply Dynamic Performance, Shamim Choudhury and Dave Freemen, Texas Instruments
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| 12:15 P.M. |
Conference Adjourns |
| 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
Post Conference Seminar: "Using the PMBus™ Protocol" |
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