Collaborative Research: Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Power One IC -- NSF Center on Integrated Power Management Circuits and Systems

全球电能消耗快速增长，需要在未来15-20年内将电力容量增加一倍。能源的生产、分配和使用应尽可能高效。电源管理技术广泛应用于许多电子和能源系统，包括无线移动设备、记事本、PC和笔记本电脑、光伏和电力系统、生物传感器、汽车、水力发电、生物质能、地热能、太阳能热能、太阳能光伏、风力发电等。这些应用和分布式能源需要新的集成电力电子技术。 Power One IC 中心是一个由学术和行业领导者组成的网络，旨在为这些应用开发集成电源和能源管理。该中心是一个由多所大学组成的 NSF I/UCRC，由亚利桑那州立大学 (ASU) 与科罗拉多大学博尔德分校 (CU-Boulder)、俄亥俄州立大学 (OSU) 和达特茅斯学院 (DC) 合作领导。电源管理 (PM) 块是任何电子和能源系统的关键组件。该块的作用与心脏相同，控制和调节血液流向身体各个部位。 PM 系统的任务是有效地调节、控制和转换能量，以确保能量有效地输送到系统的各个组件。大多数现有系统使用外部笨重的分立器件进行电源管理。该中心的目标是开发系统内完全集成的电源管理，以开发完全自主和集成的片上系统。 Power One 将解决从系统级电源管理到电路、设备、材料和集成电路的一系列问题。该中心将结合教育内容开展创新研究，以解决能源管理问题。创建这种新知识将推动下一代完全自主系统的发展，并将电力和能源管理作为系统的一个集成部分。这些尖端的电源管理解决方案将对所有便携式电子产品、蜂窝无线系统、计算机、多媒体、照明、可再生能源、电动汽车等的效率和成本产生重大影响。电源管理 IC (PMIC) 是这场技术革命的核心，是现代世界每个电子系统的关键组件。集成电路彻底改变了计算、通信和信息技术，进而催生了新的经济和社会范例，从而提高了生活水平、信息获取和生产力。然而，能源管理以及高效的能源控制和转换已成为限制尺寸、性能、成本和电池寿命持续扩展的主要瓶颈。电源管理瓶颈的解决方案触手可及，但需要全面的系统工作，将来自系统、集成系统、IC、电子和材料的不同利益相关者和研究人员联系在一起。 Power One IC 中心将致力于一系列创新，利用新兴系统、高密度电源管理电路和组件、下一代设备以及新型电力电子电路，从根本上改变效率、尺寸和成本之间的权衡。通过 Power One IC 的世界一流的研究和教育，以及领先的工业合作伙伴和研究生，我们正在跨领域合作开发一种在芯片上进行能源和电源管理的集成自主系统。该中心的研究成果将影响可再生能源、光伏和太阳能、高效逆变器和功率/电压转换器、便携式电子产品和计算机以及远程传感器和生物电子学中的能源高效管理和使用。

The global electrical energy consumption is rising rapidly and there is a demand to double the power capacity within the next 15-20 years. The production, distribution and use of energy should be as efficient as possible. Power management technologies are widely used in many electronics and energy systems including wireless mobile devices, notepads, PC and laptops, photovoltaic and power systems, bio-sensors, automobiles, hydro power, biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, wind power, etc. These applications and distributed energy resources require a new integrated power electronic technology. The Power One IC center is a network of academic and industry leaders who aim to develop an integrated power and energy management for these applications. The center is a multi-university NSF I/UCRC that is led by Arizona State University (ASU) in partnership with The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder), The Ohio State University (OSU), and Dartmouth College (DC). The power management (PM) block is a critical component of any electronics, and energy systems. This block acts in the same way as the heart which controls and regulates the flow of blood to various body part. The PM system task is to efficiently regulate, control, and convert energy to assure efficient delivery of energy to various components of the system. Most of the existing system use external bulky discrete devices for power management. The objective of this center is to develop fully integrated power management within the system to develop fully autonomous and integrated systems on a chip. Power One will address issues ranging from system level power management, to circuits, devices, materials, and Integrated Circuits. The center will develop innovative research combined with educational components to address energy management. Creating this new knowledge will advance the next generation of fully autonomous systems with power and energy management as an integrated part of the system. These cutting-edge power management solutions will make a significant impact in the efficiency and cost of all portable electronics, cellular wireless systems, computers, multi-media, lighting, renewable energy, electronic vehicles, etc. Power Management IC (PMIC) is at the heart of this technological revolution and is the key component to every electronic system in our modern world.Integrated circuits have revolutionized computing, communication, and information technology, which, in turn, have enabled new economic and social paradigms that have improved standards of living, access to information, and productivity. However, energy management and efficient energy control and conversion has become major bottlenecks that limit the ongoing scaling of size, performance, cost, and battery life. A solution to the power-management bottleneck is within reach, but requires a comprehensive system effort that ties together a diverse group of stakeholders and researchers from systems, to Integrated System, IC, electronics, and materials. The Power One IC center will target a range of innovations that leverage emerging systems, high-density power management circuits and components, next generation devices, and new classes of power electronic circuits that can fundamentally shift the tradeoffs among efficiency, size, and cost. Through Power One IC's world-class research and education, along with leading edge industrial partners and graduate students, we are working together across the spectrum to develop an integrated autonomous system with energy and power management on a chip. The results of the center research will impact renewable energy, PV and solar energy, efficient inverters and power/voltage converters, efficient management and use of energy in portable electronics and computers, as well as remote sensors and bioelectronics.