Analog Circuits in Power Management: Basics and Challenges

Speaker: Dr. Xiaoming Duan
Affiliation: Silergy Technology, Sunnyvale

Abstract:
Power management is one of the traditional areas in the world of analog design. Its basic function is to provide power to the electronic systems which are continuously evolving in different directions. Nowadays, power management ICs are designed for systems from nano-watt energy harvest systems to kilowatt EV charging system. Some of the basic circuits still used in today’s power management IC products include bandgap references, amplifiers and drivers. In this presentation, some of these basic circuits are discussed from perspective of power management applications in industry, including their design requirements and concerns, feasibility in production, and unmet challenges posed by current and future systems.

Biography:
Xiaoming Duan is Senior Director of IC Design at Silergy Technology Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. He received the BS in EE from Tsinghua University, Beijing in 1998, then the MS from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg in 2004. He received his Ph.D. from North Carolina State University, Raleigh in 2006.

*** Following the seminar, Silergy will sponsor pizza for the attendees. ECE students, both graduate and undergraduate, interested in internships can sign up for one-on-one meetings with the visitors in the afternoon.

For more information, contact Prof. Asad A. Abidi (abidi@ee.ucla.edu)

Date/Time:
Date(s) - Oct 25, 2019
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location:
E-IV Faraday Room #67-124
420 Westwood Plaza - 6th Flr., Los Angeles CA 90095