Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA) 2024
The IEEE Workshop on Wide Bandgap Power Devices & Applications (WiPDA) provides a forum for device scientists, circuit designers, & application engineers from the Power Electronics & Electron Devices Societies to share technology updates, research findings, experience & potential applications.
Topics of interest
Heteroepitaxial & Bulk Materials Growth
Gate Dielectrics & Surface Passivation
Device Structures & Fabrication Techniques
Device Characterization & Modeling
Very-High Efficiency Or Compact Converters
Safe Operating Areas Of Wide Bandgap Devices, including Short Circuit, Spike, &Transient Tolerance
Harsh Environment (High Temperature) Operation & Reliability
Packaging Power Modules & ICs
Gate Drive & Other Auxiliary Circuits
High-Performance Passive Components
Hard-Switched & Soft-Switched Application Analysis
Applications in Renewable Energy & Energy Storage, Transportation, Industrial Drives, Grid Power Systems, Space and Aerospace
Wide Bandgap System Design Philosophies & Strategies
Special Track: Application (Switching) Reliability
Special Track: ITRW: Technology Roadmap of Wide Bandgap Including Devices, Applications and Packaging
| Date | Location | General Chair | Program Download | |
| WiPDA 2013 | Oct. 27 – Oct. 29 | Columbus, OH | Jin Wang, Ohio State University | WiPDA 2013 |
| WiPDA 2014 | Oct. 13 – Oct. 15 | Knoxville, TN | Burak Ozpineci, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | WiPDA 2014 |
| WiPDA 2015 | Nov. 2 – Nov. 4 | Blacksburg, VA | Rolando Burgos, Virginia Tech | WiPDA 2015 |
| WiPDA 2016 | Nov. 7 – Nov. 9 | Fayetteville, AR | Alan Mantooth, University of Arkansas | WiPDA 2016 |
| WiPDA 2017 | Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 | Albuquerque, NM | Bob Kaplar, Sandia National Labs | WiPDA 2017 |
| WiPDA 2018 | Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 | Atlanta, GA | Maryam Saeedifard, Georgia Tech | WiPDA 2018 |
| WiPDA 2019 | Oct. 29 – Oct. 31 | Raleigh, NC | Victor Veliadis, PowerAmerica/North Carolina State University | WiPDA 2019 |
| WiPDA 2020 | Postponed | |||
| WiPDA 2021 | Nov. 7 – Nov. 11 | Virtual | Sameh Khalil, Infineon Technologies | WiPDA 2021 |
| WiPDA 2022 | Nov. 7 – Nov. 9 | Redondo Beach, CA | Andrea Gorgerino, EPC | WiPDA 2022 |
