Date
02/19/2013
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International Rectifier, a world leader in power management technology, announced it will showcase the company's latest power management solutions at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) which is being held at Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, March 17-21, 2013. IR engineering and sales staff will demonstrate IR's latest energy-savings and high power density enabling technologies and products at Booth 101. In addition, IR's power management experts will participate in the following conference events: Monday, March 18, 2013 Plenary session: PSMA Power Technology Roadmap 2013 Summary Presenter: Eric Persson, Executive Director, Field Applications Engineering Time: 3:30p.m. - 4.00p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Industry Session: IS1.1.1. GaN Based Power Conversion: Moving On Participant: Tim McDonald, Vice President, Emerging Technologies Time: 8:30a.m. - 12noon Exhibitor Session: 3. The Status of GaNpowIR® Device Developments at IR Presenter: Dr. Michael Briere, ACOO Enterprises LLC on behalf of International Rectifier Time: 3:00p.m.-3:30p.m. Rap Session: 2. Wide band-gap semiconductors - Primetime or Promises? Participant: Tim McDonald, Vice President, Emerging Technologies Time: 5:00p.m. - 6:30p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Technical Session: T8. DC-DC Converters for Powering VLSI Devices Co-Chair: Zobair Roohani, Senior Field Applications Engineer Co-Chair: Amir Rahimi, Senior Systems/Applications Engineer Location: Room 1 Time: 8:30a.m. Technical Session: T15. Wide Gap/Hi Freq/Hi Density DC-DC Converters Co-Chair: Amir Rahimi, Senior Systems/Applications Engineer Location: Room 1 Time: 2:00p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013 Technical Session: T25. Inverters & Converters Co-Chair: Cahit Gezgin, Field Applications Engineer Location: Room 4 Time: 8:30a.m. Dialog Session: D2. DC-DC Converters Co-Chair: Zobair Roohani, Senior Field Applications Engineer Co-Chair: Amir Rahimi, Senior Systems/Applications Engineer Location: Grand Ballroom Time: 11:30a.m. Technical Session: T32. Industrial and Utility Interface Co-Chair: Cahit Gezgin, Field Applications Engineer Location: Room 4 Time: 2:00p.m. Adam White, IR's Senior Vice President, Global Sales, said: "APEC is the premier global event in applied power electronics. We are pleased to play such an active role in the conference sessions and share our technical knowledge with the engineering community. We also look forward to demonstrating our latest silicon and GaN-based power management platforms and products for a wide variety of applications from computing and communications to power supplies and motor drives." A range of innovative technologies and products will be featured at the IR booth including IR's new multiphase solutions for servers and the latest SupIRBuck® integrated voltage regulators for point-of-load applications. Demonstrations of IR's GaNpowIR® GaN-based platform will also be on display in addition to IR's benchmark MOSFETs, IGBTs, integrated power modules and high-voltage ICs for power supplies, LED lighting, motor control, automotive and high reliability applications.
