MARKET NEWS 5 www.power-mag.com Issue 1 2024 Power Electronics Europe Arrow Electronics staffs High-Power Centre of Excellence with eInfochip The centre at the company’s Swindon facility in the UK will assist customers develop high-power solutions, a critical component in advancing electrification and sustainability initiatives. High-power designs are essential for energy efficiency in net-zero projects such as electric vehicles, renewable energy, battery storage and grid infrastructure, for example. Challenges include a lack of power expertise, stringent functional safety and reliability requirements, intricate PCB layout and the necessity for costly testing equipment, explains the company. The High-Power CoE is equipped with a highpower lab and an experienced engineering team from eInfochips. The goal is to empower innovators to navigate the complexities of highpower electronics design effectively, says the company. “The Swindon facility is known for its configurable power supply capabilities, and the CoE builds on its legacy by investing in new equipment and engineering talent. We can now offer turnkey design services from the Swindon facility,” says Murdoch Fitzgerald, vice president, global engineering and design services at Arrow Electronics. The CoE will design products for all customers of Arrow and its subsidiaries, such as Richardson RFPD, supporting customers in planning and managing high-power product roadmap and lifecycles. https://www.einfochips.com/high-powercentre-of-excellence/. A lab to develop and test microelectronic circuits for quantum computers and develop AI algorithms for the early detection of variances in power systems, has been opened by Infineon. The lab in Oberhaching near Munich will use AI to simulate and better predict the ageing and failure characteristics of microelectronics in the power market. It will develop the necessary algorithms and introduce practical measurements to establish the data basis for training neural networks and verifying behaviour. This will help better estimate the service life of power converters and will aid in detection of anomalies. The insights will contribute to proactive maintenance to prevent equipment failure. It will also focus on ensuring microcircuits are stable and small in size, reliable and can be produced on an industrial scale. Approximately 20 researchers will work at the lab. “Infineon plans to reinvent the core element of the quantum computer. One of the central tasks of the new quantum laboratory will be to develop and test electronic systems for ion trap quantum computing with the objective of integrating these systems in the Quantum Processing Unit,” says Richard Kuncic, Senior Vice President and General Manager Power Systems at Infineon Technologies. A cryostat has been installed, which can maintain cryogenic temperatures as low as 4°K (- 269°C) for qubits, the smallest units for calculations with quantum computers. These are extremely sensitive and only adequately stable under extreme conditions, typically temperatures below -250°C, and at the lowest possible pressures. At the same time, electronic systems have to keep working in these extreme conditions, when many materials change their properties, including their electric behaviour. Pictured from left to right: Chuck Spinner, Head of Central R&D Power Systems and Solutions (PSS); Hartmut Hiller, Head of R&D; Adam White, President Power Systems and Solutions; Richard Kuncic, Head of Power Systems). http://www.infineon.com Lab is dedicated to quantum electronics and power AI
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