Power Electronics Online Conference 2026: From Design to validation | Virtual Event

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Power Electronics Online Conference: From Design to Validation

The landscape of power electronics is evolving rapidly, driven by demands for greater efficiency, reliability and grid integration. Access the Rohde & Schwarz Power Electronics Online Conference on demand to explore how modern power electronic systems can be designed, characterized and validated reliably from component level to grid-connected applications.

Wide-bandgap technologies such as SiC and GaN, higher DC-link voltages, and increasing power densities are raising the bar for measurement accuracy, EMC compliance and validation workflows. This online conference addresses the practical challenges engineers face when moving from design to verification under real-world conditions.

Gain insights into key topics shaping power electronics development today:

Power semiconductors for grid applications – challenges of grid applications and the qualification of Si and SiC power semiconductors
GaN in HB motor inverters – benefits of using GaN devices in high-voltage motor inverter topologies
Passive component characterization – understanding key parameters, identifying parasitic elements and non-ideal behavior
Automation in power device testing – reducing uncertainty in double-pulse testing and dynamic measurements
EMI debugging and filter design – practical tips for using near-field probes and actionable strategies to design, test, and validate EMI filters
80 PLUS certification – reliably measure power and verify efficiency under challenging, real-world conditions
Harmonics and flicker compliance testing – standards-based verification for grid-connected power electronics

The conference brings together experts from Rohde & Schwarz, Hitachi Energy, Infineon Technologies, PE-Systems, Würth Elektronik, University of Bremen, University of Zaragoza and ZES ZIMMER to share practical insights on achieving higher efficiency, power density and performance.

The sessions combine application-focused presentations with practical measurement and validation approaches using oscilloscopes, network analyzers and precision power analyzers. Learn how Rohde & Schwarz test and measurement solutions support reliable design decisions, compliance testing and validation workflows across the power electronics lifecycle.

Register now to watch all sessions on demand and access expert insights anytime.

Power electronics testing

Power Semiconductors: Shaping the future power grid - Performance and Reliability for future decades

Presented by Tobias Keller, Hitachi Energy

This keynote will focus on the challenges of grid applications and the qualification of such power semiconductors.

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From Nominal Values to Real Behavior: Importance of a Proper Characterization of Passive Components in Power Converters

Presented by Gabriel Rojas, Rohde & Schwarz,

This presentation shows the importance of selecting and characterizing passive components using LCR meters.

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Measure Twice Cut Once – How Automation Lowers Uncertainty

Presented by Ian Jannasch , PE-Systems

This presentation explores how transitioning from manual "bench-top" testing to automated dynamic characterization is no longer a luxury, but a necessity for lowering design uncertainty.

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Filter Design for 800 V DC Grid

Presented by Andreas Nadler, Würth Elektronik

The seminar discusses specialized measurement strategies required to validate system performance and ensure compliance with electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards in high-voltage environments.

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Measuring Current Transients in Power Electronics

Presented by Hauke Lutzen, University of Bremen / M-Shunt

This session will discuss how the transfer function of the measurement system influences the captured time-domain current waveform.

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Achieving 80 PLUS certification - Precise efficiency measurement for data server power supplies

Presented by Patrick Fuchs, ZES ZIMMER

This webinar explains why conventional measurement approaches reach their limits and how precision power analyzers enable reliable determination of true input and output power under distorted waveforms and dynamic load conditions.

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Smaller, reliable, more efficient motor control applications with Infineon’s CoolGaNTM

Presented by Veit Hellwig, Infineon Technologies

This keynote provides an in-depth look at how Infineon’s CoolGaN™ technology enhances motor drive applications by improving efficiency, reducing power losses, decreasing the size of bulk capacitors, and eliminating the need for bulky heatsinks.

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Mastering EMI Troubleshooting with Oscilloscopes

Presented by Prof. Dr. Arturo Mediano, University of Zaragoz

This session will give you hands-on strategies to tackle real-world EMC challenges.

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Solving Conducted Emissions with EMI Filters: A Practical Design Technique

Presented by Prof. Dr. Arturo Mediano, University of Zaragoza

This talk will equip you with actionable strategies to design, test, and validate EMI filters that actually work in real circuits.

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Precision Power Analysis for Testing and Validation of UPS Systems

Presented by Patrick Fuchs, ZES ZIMMER

With this presentation, you will learn how to use multi-phase precision power analyzers for accurate efficiency, loss, and powerquality evaluation of modern UPS systems with their individual operation modes, from validation to end-of-line testing.

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CE Harmonics & Flicker Compliance Testing for Grid-Connected PowerElectronic Products

Presented by Stergios Dimakis ZES ZIMMER

This session explains how modern power analyzers (LMG600 family), paired with compliance testing software (LMG Test Suite), enable standards-based harmonics and flicker testing and deliver clear pass/fail decisions from early development through formal conformity assessment to final product release.

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Rohde & Schwarz presenters

Gabriel Rojas, Product Manager Power Supplies

Gabriel Rojas is a Product Manager at Rohde & Schwarz, where he has been working for the past five years on test and measurement solutions for power electronics. His background includes prior experience as an application engineer at Rohde & Schwarz, as well as academic roles focused on the modeling of power electronics devices. Gabriel has published numerous papers on this topic in international journals. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Patrick Fuchs, Global Market Segment Manager Power Electronics (ICR) - ZES ZIMMER (Rohde & Schwarz)

Patrick is an electrical engineer with a diploma and master’s degree, counting on long-year industry experience in efficient power electronics design and power conversion technologies for solar inverters. Transitioning into technical sales and application initially for Asia-Pacific in particular, he has combined deep engineering knowledge with customer-facing experience across diverse market respectively application segments and cultures. Today he leads the global business development and ICR market & application-segment management for power-electronics testing, continuing to advance testing solutions and application support worldwide.

Stergios Dimakis, Key Account Manager, ZES ZIMMER (Rohde & Schwarz)

Stergios Dimakis studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. After completing his studies, he worked on industrial automation projects, focusing on electrical installations and commissioning. He later moved into test and measurement, covering both technical sales and application support. At ZES ZIMMER Electronic Systems, he spent seven years as Regional Sales Manager for South-East Europe, working with customers and distributors across Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Israel. Since July 2024, he has been a Key Account Manager, focusing on customer collaboration and long-term account development.

Industry speakers

Tobias Keller, VP, Head of Global Product Management and Marketing of any Power Semiconductor, Hitachi Energy

Tobias Keller graduated in 2004, from University of applied science Aargau, the Electrical Engineering Faculty, with a degree in power electronics, thermodynamics and electrical machines. At the end of 2004, he joined ABB Excitation systems and Synchronizing equipment business (Turgi, Switzerland) and held various engineering position until 2008. He holds the first patent on MEGATROL, ABB’s smart power package solution for reliable starts of gas turbines or any synchronous machine and another patent quenching arc faults in excitation systems. In 2008 he became the Head of global Technology and Support for ABB’s Excitation systems and Synchronizing equipment business. Between 2009 and 2015 he was the Vice President global Products and Marketing ABB Excitation systems and Synchronizing equipment and High Power Rectifier business. Starting from 2016 until 2019 he held the Vice President position for Vehicle Integration Engineering business in ABB railway traction. Since April 2019, he is the Vice President of global Product Management in ABB Semiconductors (Lenzburg, Switzerland) now HITACHI ENERGY Semiconductors and a strong supporter of SiC used in power electronics based on his application know how from traction and industrial applications. Tobias is responsible for the global Product Management and Marketing of any Power Semiconductor from Hitachi Energy as well as responsible for BIMOS power semiconductors R&D (Chips and packages, Si and SiC). Tobias Keller is a senior member of IEEE (20127) and co-author of various papers. HITACHI ENERGY Semiconductors is one of the forerunners of SiC in power electronics.

Ian Jannasch, Application Engineer at PE-Systems

Ian Jannasch received his bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and IT from the University of Johannesburg. After which he moved to Germany and completed his Masters of science in computational engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.

Since 2020 he has been working at PE-Systems deeply involved in the hardware development of automatic test and measurement systems. Since then he has found his calling in spreading the good news about double pulse testing to the world by taking up his role as application engineer at PE-Systems in 2024.

Andreas Nadler , Field Application Engineer at Würth Elektronik

Andreas Nadler has many years of experience as a hardware engineer in the field of switched-mode power supplies and analogue circuit technology. Since 2015, Mr Nadler has been working as a field application engineer for Würth Elektronik eiSos GmbH in the business unit for passive and active components. There he specialises in the design of EMC-compliant power supplies and interfaces, as well as the entire interference suppression of electronic assemblies. He is the co-author of 3 books as well as various application notes on EMC, simulation, WBG and power supply.

Hauke Lutzen, Spin-off leader for commercialisation of the M-Shunt, University of Bremen (M-Shunt)

Hauke Lutzen studied electrical engineering at the University of Bremen, Germany, and received the M. Sc. degree in 2017. Afterwards, he was a research assistant at the institute for el. drives, power electronics and devices (IALB) of the same university, working on fast transient current measurements in power electronics, in particular, the development of the M-Shunt. After he received the Dr.-Ing. degree in 2025, Hauke Lutzen has been leading the spin-off for commercialisation of the M-Shunt.

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Veit Hellwig, System Application Engineer, Infineon Technologies

Veit Hellwig holds a B.Eng and M.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Munich. He joined Infineon Technologies in 2023, beginning as a student while pursuing his bachelor thesis on high-voltage motor inverters utilizing GaN technology. Following this, he continued at Infineon as a working student, building on the foundation of his thesis. In 2025, he completed his master thesis, focusing on the evaluation of wide bandgap semiconductors for induction cooking applications. Currently, Veit is a full-time System Application Engineer at Infineon Technologies, where he concentrates on a variety of power electronics applications.

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Prof. Dr. Arturo Mediano , Associate Professor, University of Zaragoza

Arturo Mediano is the founder of The HF-Magic Lab®, a specialized laboratory for design, diagnostic, troubleshooting, and training for EMI/EMC and Signal Integrity for RF, at I3A (University of Zaragoza). He received his M.Sc. (1990) and his Ph. D. (1997) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Zaragoza (Spain), where he has held a teaching professorship in EMI/EMC/RF/SI since 1992. For more than 30 years Arturo has been involved in R&D projects with many companies in the EMI/EMC, Signal Integrity and RF fields for communications, industry, medical, and scientific applications. He regularly shares his knowledge and expertise with students and engineers in teaching courses and seminars.