Power Electronics
The power electronics team at the IES has extensive know-how in circuit design for a wide range of applications.
Services
- Feasibility studies
- Concepts and analyses, simulation and design of power electronics circuits
- Analysis and optimization of existing designs
- Design of magnetic components
- Development and realization of functional models and prototypes
Core Competences
- Development of switched mode power supplies for AC and DC applications
- Development of power factor corrector frontends (PFC)
- Development of wireless power transfer systems
- Simulation and design of magnetic components
Current and Completed Projects
- Bidirectional high power converters for programmable power supplies
- 3 kW photovoltaic and battery inverter for salt batteries
- Inductive charging systems for electric vehicles with power levels up to 22 kW
- 300 W and 900 W battery charger, including pre-compliance testing
- Low cost high density 35 W LED driver
- Isolated 9 kW DC-DC module for laboratory power supplies
- Universal USB charger supporting USB-PD (Power Delivery) standard
- High voltage power supply with output voltages up to 60 kV / 750 W
More power electronics projects can be found under the Institute Projects.
Infrastructure at the Power Electronics Laboratory
The power electronics laboratory is equipped with a modern infrastructure and specialized devices for power electronics development. These include, among others:
- Oscilloscopes
- Programmable power supplies
- Programmable loads
- Power meter for AC and DC measurements
- Impedance and LCR analyzer
- Frequency response and loop gain analyzer
More about the infrastructure at the Power Electronics Laboratory
ECPE European Center for Power Electronics
The ECPE is a network of companies and universities, which hold a leading role in the area of power electronics. the Power Electronics Laboratory at the IES is a competence center of the ECPE as the only representative of a Swiss University of Applied Sciences.