Refereed And Peer Reviewed Publications

Practical Issues In Monitoring And Reporting Input And Output Power, IEEE Control And Modeling In Power Electronics Workshop (COMPEL 2010)
Sampling And Averaging Considerations For Measuring AC Input Power, APEC 2009
Data Communications Issues For Digital Power Management, APEC 2007 (Principal Co-Author)
Configuring Systems For Operation From Three Phase Power, APEC 2007 (Principal Co-Author)
Understanding And Using PMBus™ Data Formats, APEC 2006 (Co-Author)
Electrical Isolation Requirements In Power-Over-Ethernet (PoE) Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE), APEC 2006
Using Redundant DC Power In High Availability Systems, APEC 2006
Digital Power System Management, APEC 2005
Using On-Board Power Systems, Intelec 2004
Cost Effective Embedded Energy Systems, Intelec 2004
Emerging On-Board Power Architectures, APEC 2003
Computers In The Central Office - A Primer On Powering Equipment From -48 V, APEC '98
Principles Of Fault Tolerance, APEC '96 (Principal co-author)
Fault Tolerance In Distributed Power Systems, European Power Electronics Conference EPE '95
How To Select DC-DC Converters, APEC '95
Constant Power Limiter: A Linear Approximation, APEC '94
Futurebus+ Power Requirements, APEC '93
Component Tolerance And Circuit Performance: A Case Study, APEC '93
An Introduction To Six Sigma With A Design Example, APEC '92
Isolated Feedback For Off-Line Switching Power Supplies With Primary Side Control, APEC '88 (Co-Author)
Integration of the Power Electronics Design Process with Computers, APEC '87

Seminars

Any of these seminars can presented to your organization upon request. I can adjust and update the content as needed to best fit your organization's training needs.

Putting GaN To Work In Your Power Supply, APEC 2012 Professional Education Seminar (In press)
Introduction To Microcontrollers, APEC 2011 Professional Education Seminar
Writing Specifications For Power Supplies And DC-DC Converters, Prof. Education Seminar, APEC 2011
Introduction To Microcontrollers, IEEE PELS Seminar, Westminster, Colorado, November 2009
Introduction To Microcontrollers, Darnell Digital Power Forum, 2009
Microcontrollers For Power Supply Engineers, APEC 2009 Professional Education Seminar
Understanding And Using The PMBus™ Protocol, APEC 2008 Professional Education Seminar
Designing Power Systems For Electronic Equipment, APEC 2007 Professional Education Seminar
Using The PMBus™ Protocol, Darnell Digital Power Forum, 2007
Digital Power System Management, APEC 2006 Professional Education Seminar
Digital Power System Management, APEC 2005 Professional Education Seminar
Using The PMBus™ Protocol To Manage Your Power System, Darnell Digital Power Forum 2005
Writing Specifications For Power Supplies And DC-DC Converters, Prof. Education Seminar, APEC 2004
Power Systems For Electronic Equipment, Professional Education Seminar, APEC 2002
Power Systems For Electronic Equipment, Professional Education Seminar, CIEP '96
Specifying Power Supplies And DC-DC Converters, Professional Education Seminar, APEC '95
Power Systems For Electronic Equipment, Professional Education Seminar, APEC '94
High Power Factor AC-DC Converters, Professional Education Seminar; APEC '90 (Co-presenter)

Other Significant Publications

High Step-Down Ratio Buck Converters With eGaN Devices, How2Power.com, November 2010 (co-author)
A New Method Of Monitoring And Reporting Average Input Power, Darnell Power Forum 2010
Digital Power: After The Hype, Invited Presentation, APEC 2010 Plenary Session (In Press)
PMBus™ – Coming To A Server Near You, IBM 2009 Power And Cooling Symposium
PMBus™ Overview And Examples, Embedded Power Conference 2008 (Co-author)
Presentation Tips And Tricks, IEEE Denver PELS Meetings, November 2006
Sampling And Averaging Considerations For Measuring Input Power, IBM 2007 Power And Cooling Symposium
Digital Control Concepts For Power Supply Engineers, Darnell Digital Power Forum 2006
Basic Concepts of Digital Control for Power Supply Engineers, IBM 2006 Power And Cooling Symposium
PMBus™ - Enabling Intelligent Power System Management, Darnell Digital Power Forum 2006
Managing Blade Power With The PMBus™ Protocol, Server Blade Summit 2005
Considerations For A Power System Management Protocol, Darnell Digital Power Forum, 2004
Design Of The Futurebus+ 2.1V Terminator Supply And Distribution, EDN, 26 May 94, (Co-author)

Patents

Semiconductor Junction Temperature Emulator, #4669025, 1987, Co-inventor. Describes a way to do closed loop thermal control of an electronic system using a simple constant power dissipater.
An Electrical Device With A Leaded Cell Assembly, #6429507, 2002, Co-inventor. Describes a unique packaging of power semiconductors to increase the conversion density of a power converter.

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Original: 12 October 2009, Modified: 9 October 2011