Very High-Frequency Power Electronics: Research Directions, Wireless Power Transfer, and Other New Applications

Monday, December 17, 2018

Prof. Juan Rivas-Davila, assistant professor, electrical engineering, will explain the research directions of his group as well as some of the challenges faced in designing converters in the HF and VHF frequency range. He will also discuss some of his lab’s recent findings regarding the performance of Wide Bandgap power devices when operating at frequencies above 10MHz, and some preliminary results of their work on wireless power transfer in automotive applications.