PROCEEDINGS

OF THE SIXTH

INTERNATIONAL

PCI 83
CONFERENCE

April 19-21, 1983

Orlando, Florida, USA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Technical Papers and Authors No. No.

A 6kV/500A Switching Device with Thyristors: Dream or Reality

—H. Bonhomme, W. Legros, University of Liege, and B. Kaczmarek, Research Lab., ACEC(Be-
lgium) A1.1 1
Reduction of Switching Ripple in Power Converters
—Dr. R.D. Middlebrook, Power Electronics Group, California Institute of Technology (USA) .. A2.1 6
Reverse-Bias Second Breakdown of High Power Darlington Transistors
—D. Y. Chen and EC. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
and D.L. Blackburn and D. W. Berning, National Bureau of Standards,
Semiconductor Devices & Circuits Div. (USA) A3.1 15
Design Application and Characterization of New Power Semiconductor Devices for PWM Drives
—John Driscoll, General Electric Co., Semiconductor Products Dept. (USA) A3.2 26
Forum: Military Power Supply Design (no papers available) A4
Design Optimization of Switching Transformer
—James A. Williamson, Williamson Windings, Inc. (USA) A5.2 37
Development of a Rotary Signal Transformer for the Galileo Spacecraft
—Colonel W.T. McLyman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology (USA) A5.3 48
Design of 25kW (peak) 3-Phase Full-wave SCR Bridge Regulator
—P.R.K. Chetty, R. V. Subbiah, John Dhyanchand and Don Fair,
Sundstrand Advanced Technology Corporation (USA) A6.1 60
Some Design Considerations of Switching Regulators Employing Current Injected Control
—Z.D. Fang, T.H. Lee and EC. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (USA).. A6.2 76
Multiple Power Source Integrator
—James C. Bowers and H.A. Nienhaus, University of South Florida,
and James L. Brooks, U.S. Navy - CEL (USA) A6.3 96
Overcurrent Protection of High Power Semiconductors with High Speed Fuses
—Ronald E. Mollet, Bussman Division, McGraw-Edison Co. (USA) A7.1 102
Voltage Transients and Power Conversion Equipment
—S.R. Korn, General Electric Co., Semiconductor Products Dept. (USA) A7.2 112
Design Goals for Packaging Power Semiconductor Devices for Applications
in Industrial Controls
—Sidney W. Frey, Allen-Bradley Co., and Albert H. Berman, Power Transistor Co. (USA) A7.3 125
High Frequency Power Conversion with FET-Controlled Resonant Charge Transfer
—R.H. Baker, Gould Inc., Modicon Programmable Control Division (USA) A8.1 130
A New BIMOS Switching Stage for 10kW Range
—E. Hebenstreit, Seimens AG, Components Group (West Germany) A8.2 140
Digital Compensation for Closed-Loop Servo Positioning System
—John T. Lee and James L.K. Wong, Fine/1 Systems Inc. (USA) A8.3 146
A New Power MOSFET with A Fast-Recovery Internal Inverse Diode
—E. Dobray and P. Freundel, Siemens AG, Components Division (West Germany) A8.4 152
Status and Emerging Directions of MOSPOWER Technology
—Dr. Richard Blanchard, Siliconix, Inc. (USA) A8.5 162
Communications for Industrial Control
—Robert A. Morgan, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Power Electronics &
Drives Systems Div. (USA) A9.1 175
Fiber Optics in Motor Control
—David A. Krohn and Edmond I. Vinarub, EOTec Corporation (USA) A9.2 180
Hybrid Power Modules - An Overview
—Jan Collmer, Collmer Semiconductor, Inc. (USA) A10.1 185
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A Practical Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) Inverter Using Asymmetrical SCR's (ASCR's)
—Sridhar R. Babu, General Electric Co., Semiconductor Products Dept.,
and Dr. Jon J. Spijkerman, Ranger Scientific, Inc. (USA) A10.2 191
Applications of Reverse Conducting Thyristor Modules
—Joachim Baab and Friedhelm Fischer, Brown, Boveri & Cie AGfWest Germany) A10.3 201
A 100W Multiple Output Switching Power Supply Using Fast Darlingtons
—Carlo Conti and Altio Nicotra, SGS-ATES Discrete Division (Italy) A11.1 209
Characterizing C-E and D-S Diodes for Switching Applications
—Al Pshaenich, Motorola Inc., Semiconductor Group (USA) A11.2 218
Wide Input Range Multiple Output Power Supply
—Steven E. Summer, Consultant, and Leonard Zuckerman, Litton Amecon Division (USA) A11.3 228
Simplifying Power Supply Design with Power MOSFETs and Integrated Circuits
—Bruce D. Rosenthal, Intersil, Inc. (USA) A11.4 237
A Resistance Welder Control System with Weld-Quality Feedback and Communications
—D. Jurek, Square D Company (USA) C5.1 245
Small Rotor Automation
—John H. Kopmeier, Jr., Andrew Chmela, and Heinz H. Schmeisser, Ameco Corp. (USA) . C5.2 254
A New Feedback System for Isolated Closed Loop Control
—Richard Valley, Unitrode Integrated Circuits Corp. (USA) C7.1 273
Effects of Base Drive on Switching Times
—Tinus van de Wouw, N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken,
Semiconductor Applications Laboratories, (The Netherlands) C7.2 280
CERN Power Converter Requirements and Topologies for the LEP Machine
—H.W. Isch, J.G. Pett and P. Proudlock,
European Organization for Nuclear Research - CERN (Switzerland) C7.3 292
A New McMurray Type Inverter with Asymmetric SCRs
—Franz C. Zach, Karl H. Kaiser and Leopold J. Faschang,
Inst f. Allg. Elektrotechnik und Eletronik - Power Electronics University
of Technology (Austria) C9.1 302
How to Predict and Limit Volt-Second Unbalance in Voltage-Fed Push-Pull Power Converters
—Dr. Richard Red/, Technical University of Budapest (Hungary), and Moshe Domb
and Nathan O. Sokal, Design Automation, Inc. (USA) C9.2 314
Buck Converter Regulator Operating in the Sliding Mode
—Faruk Bilalovic, Osman Music and Asif Sabanovic, Energoinvest,
Institute for Control and Computer Science (Yugoslavia) C9.3 331
R-C Diode Turn-Off Snubber: Peak VCD, Snubber and Transistor Power Dissipations,
and Optimum Design, for Use in Transformer-Coupled Power Converters
Having Non-Negligible Transformer Leakage Inductance
—Moshe Domb, Lambda Electronics (Isreal) and Nathan O. Sokal,
Design Automation, Inc. (USA) C9.4 341

Late Listings
Power Semiconductor Trends for the 1980's
—John Mungenast, Power Semiconductors, Inc. (USA) A1.2 350
Technical Aspects of Power Devices
—Hal Ruhl, Power Semiconductors, Inc. (USA) A1.3 355
Trends in Japanese Electronics
—Hideo Shikata, Sanrex America (USA) A1.4 358
Analysis of Integrated Magnetics to Eliminate Current Ripple In Switching Converters
—Slobodan Cfuk and William M. Polivka, Power Electronics Group,
California Institute of Technology(USA) A5.1 361

Any papers not received from the authors at publication date are not included in these Pro-
ceedings and may be obtained directly from the author(s) upon a written request to them. Any
papers received after deadline, but in time for printing, will be found at the end of this contents
listing.
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