Leo Lorenz of Infineon Technologies

Abstract: The main challenge in Power Electronics Systems and Power Device development is directed by a simultaneous increase in Power Density, Efficiency and Reliability. Elevated power density and efficiency will be achieved by new developments on Si-devices and components based on wide Bandgap material, advanced packaging technologies and future power circuit topologies as well as switching strategies. Embedded power integration on chip level will meet the requirements for ultrafast switching and new chip interfacing technologies with a match in the coefficient of thermal extension for the individual materials. In the presentation the development trends of power semiconductor devices and power electronic system developments in Europe will be shown and discussed in detail

Biography:

LEO LORENZ received the M.Eng degree from Univ. of Berlin Germany in 1976  and the PhD. degree (first class Hons.) from University of Munich in 1984 (Germany).

He is currently Technology Advisor for New Power Semiconductor Devices at Infineon Technologies Munich. From 1988 to 1998 he was Senior Director at Siemens responsible for Power Semiconductor Devices in Automotive & Industrial Application. From 1998 to 2012 he served as Senior Principle in Application and Concept Engineering for all power semiconductor Technologies in Munich/Singapore/Shanghai. In this field he has published more than 400 Journal/conference papers with a high citation rate and is the owner of more than 60 patents. He gave more than 50 key note presentations at high level Summits and Conferences.

Dr. Lorenz is one of the Key Founder of ECPE (European Center of Power Electronics) and since the foundation in 2003 President of this organization. He is Founder/Co-founder of several conferences such as CIPS (Conference on Integrated Power Systems),  PCIM Asia, EPE, etc. He received the Siemens Innovation Award and from the German Industry Society the Innovation Award in 2002.

Beside these he received several high level IEEE Awards e.g. IEEE-ISPSD Outstanding Contributory Award in 2010 (Japan), the IEEE- Gerald Kliman Innovator Award in 2011 (USA) and the IEEE- William E. Newell Power Electronics Award in 2012 (USA), Ernst Blickle Award in 2015 (Germany)

He is a distinguished lecturer at several Universities since 2003. He owns an IEEE- Fellowship since 2006 and is a Member of German Academy of Science since 2005. Dr. Lorenz is in the Advisory Board of several Research Institutions e.g. Fraunhofer Institute, Robert Bosch Center, CORPE Denmark etc. and a Technology Advisor/Reviewer of Governmental Organizations and Funding Programs.

Leo Lorenz of Infineon Technologies

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