IS27 - Commercial Monolithic Bidirectional Switches are Here. Are They Ready for Adoption in Your Power Converter Products?

Thursday, March 26, 2026

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Location: 206

Industry Session Chair(s)

Alireza Omidi, PhD Student (he/him/his)

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

10:20 AM - 10:45 AM CT

The Benefits of Monolithic GaN Bidirectional Switch for Hard and Soft-switching Single-stage Converters
Industry Session Presenter: Eric Persson (he/him/his) – Infineon Technologies Americas Corp
10:45 AM - 11:10 AM CT

B-TRAN® Bidirectional High-Power Switch Enabling Solid-State Circuit Breakers and EV Contactors
Industry Session Presenter: Bhuwenesh Gupta, Ideal Power – Ideal Power
11:10 AM - 11:35 AM CT

Dual-Stage to Single-Stage: GaN BDS Enabling the Next Leap in Power Design
Industry Session Presenter: Marco Ruggeri, MS (he/him/his) – Renesas
Industry Session Presenter: Pietro Scalia (he/him/his) – Renesas Electronics
11:35 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Single-stage Power Converter Enabled by GaN Bidirectional Switches
Industry Session Presenter: Bin Li (he/him/his) – Navitas Semiconductor
Co-Author: Llew Vaughan-Edmunds – Navitas