Vicor unveiled three new approaches to power xEV electrification at the premiere global automotive engineering event, World Congress Experience (WCX™) in Detroit on April 5 – 7, 2022. Proven Vicor solutions use the highest density power modules and power architectures that can deliver up to a 50% reduction in power losses.
Addressing three top electrification topics, Vicor presentations offer innovative solutions that save packaging space and weight, and that provide power-design ease and flexibility.
Presented by Patrick Kowalyk
Automotive Principal Field Applications Engineer, Vicor
An inventive power architecture that replaces the 12V battery with a “virtual battery,” saving space and weight and replacing legacy technology.
Patrick Kowalyk has been solving power delivery issues for over 20 years with Vicor’s innovative, high power, high density and high efficiency solutions. Patrick is the lead Automotive Principal Field Applications Engineer for Vicor in North America, helping power engineers architect new Automotive power delivery systems. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Using Miniaturized Power Modules to Reduce the Weight and Volume of the Power Electronics
Presented by Greg Green
Director, Automotive Customer Programs, Vicor
Power‑dense modules combined with innovative power architectures deliver unprecedented design flexibility, scalability and space-savings for xEV development.
Greg Green is the Director of Automotive Customer Programs at Vicor Corporation. He has over 33 years of experience in the automotive industry, spanning across manufacturing, design engineering and product line management with OEM’s, and Tier 1 suppliers. Greg’s auto industry experience includes manufacturing, product development, and business development. Greg holds a B.S. Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, and an M.S. in Manufacturing Management from Kettering University.
Presented by: Haris Muhedinovic
Automotive Senior Field Applications Engineer, Vicor
Higher-voltage primary batteries (800V) create a 400V charging station incompatibility that can be solved with onboard charging using compact, efficient and bidirectional power modules.
Haris Muhedinovic works with OEMs and TIERs to design and develop highest performance power solutions for most demanding automotive applications. With his interest in power electronics and electronics systems, Haris is aware of new technologies and trends in industry, which allows him to implement power solutions to meet the most demanding specifications. Haris received his MSc from the University of Sarajevo and has 7 years of experience in power electronics in design and application engineering.
The WCX™ World Congress Experience is where the engineering community convenes on mobility’s biggest hurdles from mass deployment of electric vehicles to developmental timelines for autonomous vehicles to understating of global supply chain constraints impacting the automotive industry. World Congress Experience is an event of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
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A novel way of using power modules to eliminate electric vehicle high-voltage pre-charge circuitry
With a dense power module, engineers can design novel architectures that balance the tradeoffs associated with vehicle pre-charging
Powering 400V accessory loads from an 800V battery
High-density power conversion using a single Vicor power module converts 800V to 400V with the smallest volume, lightest weight, and highest efficiency.
High-density power conversion significantly reduces the size and weight of DC-DC conversion
A traditional silver box power supply is too large and heavy to enable engineers’ goals to increase driving range between charges. Power modules reduce size and complexity while al...
