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03/21/2026 | Power electronics

Department of PE at the PSMA Magnetics Workshop and APEC in San Antonio with several presentations

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Pierre Küster, Pramod Apte and Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Zacharias represented the University of Kassel at the PSMA Magnetics Workshop in the USA in March 2026

Am Samstag, den 21.03. wurde der PSMA Magnetics Workshop in San Antonio durch die Keynote von Prof. Zacharias eröffnet
Prof. Zacharias diskutierte in seinem Vortrag „Physics based Model Approaches to Develop Analytical Calculations and Simulations of Magnetic Losses in Ferrites” die unterschiedlichen Verlustmechanismen, deren Modellierung sowie Folgen in Ferriten
Pierre Küster stellte das Poster „Comparison of DC biased Inductances with Small- and Large-Signal AC-Excitation” vor
Pramod Apte stellte in einem Vortrag sein Paper „Integrated Resonant Structures Using Stray Capacitance of Litz Wire Strands for Resonant Converters” vor
In der großen Dialogue Session zum Abschluss der Konferenz stellte Pierre erneut sein Poster vor

On Saturday 21 March, the PSMA Magnetics Workshop in San Antonio was opened by a keynote address from Prof. Zacharias. In his presentation, “Physics-based Model Approaches to Develop Analytical Calculations and Simulations of Magnetic Losses in Ferrites”, Prof. Zacharias discussed the various loss mechanisms, their modelling and their consequences in ferrites, thus providing a good start to the workshop. In addition, during the workshop’s poster session, Pierre Küster presented a poster on the completed “H2EASY” project, with the focus primarily on magnetic components.


As a jury member of the IFEC competition, Prof. Zacharias also had his hands full the following Sunday. On Monday, we were represented with a poster in the Preview Dialogue Session. Pierre presented the poster “Comparison of DC-biased Inductances with Small- and Large-Signal AC Excitation”, addressing the question of which inductance is actually effective during operation in power electronic systems.


On Wednesday, we presented a paper in Technical Lecture Session 18. Pramod Apte gave a talk presenting his paper “Integrated Resonant Structures Using Stray Capacitance of Litz Wire Strands for Resonant Converters”. Pramod demonstrated that it is possible to integrate the resonant capacitance of an SRC converter into the litz windings of the transformer.


We were also present with a contribution on the final day of the conference. In the large dialogue session at the end of the conference, Pierre presented his poster once again.