IS05 - Gate Drivers and their Applications

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

8:30 AM - 11:55 AM CT

Location: 210

Industry Session Chair(s)

8:30 AM - 8:55 AM CT

Methods to control bootstrap overcharge in half-bridge gate driver ICs
Industry Session Presenter: Alex Mazany – Texas Instruments
8:55 AM - 9:20 AM CT

Gate driver features and considerations for bidirectional FETs in single-stage matrix converters
Industry Session Presenter: Alex Mazany – Texas Instruments
9:20 AM - 9:45 AM CT

Optimization of Double-Pulse Half-Bridge Operation in Traction Inverters Using a Novel High-Resolution Current-Mode Gate Driver
Industry Session Presenter: Long V. Nguyen, MS (he/him/his) – Skyworks Solutions
Co-Author: Ion C. Tesu (he/him/his) – Skyworks Solutions
9:45 AM - 10:10 AM CT

Adaptive Gate Strength Implementation for Reverse-Conducting Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor Based Electric Vehicle Traction Inverter Applications
Industry Session Presenter: Lathom Louco – BorgWarner
Co-Author: Andreas Mayer – BorgWarner
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM CT

Mitigating False Turn-On in Power MOSFETs Using Current Mode Gate Drivers: Advancements in Gate Drive Control
Industry Session Presenter: Matthew Segada (he/him/his) – Skyworks Solutions
11:05 AM - 11:30 AM CT

Decoding the isolated gate driver’s datasheet: Clarity beyond the bullet points
Industry Session Presenter: Emanuel Eni, PhD – Infineon Technologies AG
Co-Author: Gabriel Cretu – Infineon technologies