HLU Industrial Seminar - Si/SiC Fusion: Combining the Efficiency of SiC MOSFETs with the Robustness of IGBTs
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Event Details
Date: 22 October, Thursday, 2026, 17:30 – 19:15;
Speaker: Dr. Tomas Reiter, Infineon Technologies AG;
Location: TUM Main Campus Hörsaal 0606.
Participants: All students are welcome.
Topics
- Requirements for Automotive Traction Inverters
- Operating Principles of IGBTs and MOSFETs
- Concepts of Hybrid and Fusion Switches
- Fusion Switch Insights: Dynamic Switching and Short-Circuit Robustness
- Special Operation: Active DC-Link Discharge after Battery Disconnect
Presenter
Dr. Tomas Reiter, Senior Principal Engineer, Infineon Technologies AG
Dr. Tomas Reiter joined Infineon Technologies AG in Neubiberg in 2010. As a Senior Principal Engineer, he is responsible for defining the products of future power modules for electric vehicles. He received his Dr.-Ing. degree from the Technical University of Munich in cooperation with the BMW Group. With more than 40 conference and peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as over 30 granted patents, in areas such as coreless current sensing, gate drivers, SiC MOSFETs, IGBTs, and power modules – he has significantly shaped the landscape of automotive power electronics. Furthermore, he actively contributed to the development of the ECPE Guideline AQG324 and is Senior Member IEEE.
(Contact: www.linkedin.com/in/tomas-reiter )