Key Testing Considerations for Migrating from Silicon (Si) to Silicon Carbide (SiC) in Power Designs

Bill Driver
Business Manager
Tektronix

Bill is a Business Manager for the Tektronix probes and power software solutions. Bill has over 25 years of experience in the test and measurement industry, starting his career as an account manager with Tektronix in 2000. He holds a BSEE from Virginia Tech and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire and resides with his family in Austin, Texas.

Adam Anders
Senior Marketing & Power Platforms Manager
Wolfspeed

Adam has over 15 years of experience designing power electronics systems and holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the WEMPEC program at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He spent the first 10 years of his career designing industrial power electronics for motor drives and welding equipment. Since 2020, Adam has been with Wolfspeed where he currently leads the industrial discrete product marketing and power platforms teams, sharing his passion for power electronics and Silicon Carbide with the world.

Kevin Hermanns
Co-founder and General Manager
PE-Systems GmbH

Kevin is founder and general manager of PE-Systems GmbH. PE-Systems offers solutions in the field of design automation for power electronics including automated characterization, device modelling and simulation tools. He is an active contributor to national and international standardization committees (e.g. IEC and CENELEC). For the past four years Kevin has been the founding chair of the newly formed IEEE Power Electronics Society Technical Committee on Design Methodologies, where he sees his role as promoting the use of novel design methodologies. In particular, he focuses on the interaction between design tools and test and measurement techniques.