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    T09 - Point-of-Load DC-DC Converters

    Wednesday, March 25, 2026
    8:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Location: 214A

    Presentations:

    • 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM CT
      A Point-to-Point Time-Optimal Dynamic Voltage Scaling for High-Performance Processor VRMs

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Yijie Qian (he/him/his) – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Kaifu Pan – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Ju Zhou – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Shen Xu – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Weifeng Sun – Southeast University

    • 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM CT
      Powering AI Accelerators by Power Modules with Minimized Power Distribution Network Losses

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Paul Yeaman (he/him/his) – Infineon Technologies

      Co-Author: Ravidasa Hegde, MS Electrical Engg (he/him/his) – Infineon Technologies

      Co-Author: Wenkang Huang – Infineon Technologies Americas

      Co-Author: Surendhar Somasundaram – Infineon Technologies

      Co-Author: Danny Clavette – Infineon Technologies AG

      Co-Author: Darryl Galipeau – Infineon Technologies

    • 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM CT
      A Series-Capacitor Based Zero-Bias Trans-Inductor Voltage Regulator

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Chenxi Li (he/him/his) – ShanghaiTech University

      Co-Author: Chenghan Zhu – ShanghaiTech University

      Co-Author: Haoyu Wang (he/him/his) – ShanghaiTech University

    • 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM CT
      An All-GaN 90.6% Peak Efficiency Switch-Rationalized 48V-to-Point-of-Load Hybrid Power Converter with Digitally Auto-Locked Vᴄꜰ Control Achieving 1,158A/Inch3 Current Density

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Hua Chen (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology

      Co-Author: Yuanqing Huang – Analog Devices, Inc

      Co-Author: Arijit Raychowdhury – Georgia Institute of Technology

    • 9:50 AM - 10:10 AM CT
      A Concept of Linked Coupled Inductors

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Alexandr Ikriannikov, PhD – Analog Devices

      Co-Author: Xu Huang (he/him/his) – Analog Devices

    • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM CT
      A Triple-Path 12V/24V-to-1V GaN-Based Hybrid DC-DC Converter

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Saket Jha (he/him/his) – Univeristy of California San Diego

      Co-Author: Rafaella Gomes (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego

      Co-Author: Hanh-Phuc Le – University of California-San Diego

    • 11:00 AM - 11:20 AM CT
      A PWM Density Adjustment Strategy for Transient Enhancement Applied to Processor Power Supply

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Yijie Qian (he/him/his) – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Zhenying Sun (he/him/his) – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Xiaohan Hu – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Shen Xu – Southeast University

      Co-Author: Weifeng Sun – Southeast University

    • 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM CT
      Compensation-Winding-Current-Based Constant On-Time Control of Trans-Inductor Voltage Regulators (TLVRs)

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Shuyu Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley

      Co-Author: Yicheng Zhu (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Austin

      Co-Author: Nathan Biesterfield – University of California, Berkeley

      Co-Author: Robert C.N. Pilawa-Podgurski – UC Berkeley

    • 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM CT
      Two-Phase Patterned-Magnetic-Flux Coupled Inductor for Vertical Power Delivery

      Technical Lecture Presenter: Youssef E. Elasser, PhD – NVIDIA

      Co-Author: Sudhir Kudva, PhD – Nvidia

      Co-Author: Ahmed Nabih – NVIDIA Research

      Co-Author: Rose Abramson – NVIDIA Research

      Co-Author: Mostafa Mosa – Nvidia

      Co-Author: C. Thomas Gray – NVIDIA Research