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

全球电能消耗正在迅速上升，并且存在在未来15-20年内将电力容量翻一番的需求。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，包括无线移动的设备、笔记本电脑、PC和膝上型电脑、光伏和电力系统、生物传感器、汽车、水力发电、生物质能、地热、太阳能热、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中心是一个学术和行业领导者网络，旨在为这些应用开发集成的电源和能源管理。该中心是一个多大学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），俄亥俄州州立大学（OSU）和达特茅斯学院（DC）合作领导。电源管理（PM）模块是任何电子和能源系统的关键组件。这个块以与心脏相同的方式起作用，心脏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部件。大多数现有系统使用外部笨重的分立器件进行电源管理。该中心的目标是在系统内开发完全集成的电源管理，以开发完全自主和集成的芯片系统。 Power One将解决从系统级电源管理到电路、设备、材料和集成电路的各种问题。该中心将开发创新研究与教育组件相结合，以解决能源管理。创造这种新知识将推动下一代完全自主的系统，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、电子车辆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，是现代世界中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，这反过来又促成了新的经济和社会模式，提高了生活水平、信息获取和生产力。然而，能源管理和有效的能源控制和转换已经成为限制尺寸、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是触手可及的，但需要一个全面的系统努力，将不同的利益相关者和研究人员从系统，集成系统，IC，电子和材料联系在一起。Power One IC中心将致力于一系列创新，这些创新将利用新兴系统、高密度电源管理电路和组件、下一代器件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世界一流的研究和教育，沿着着领先的工业合作伙伴和研究生，我们正在跨领域合作，开发一个集成的自主系统，在芯片上进行能源和电源管理。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遥感器和生物电子产品中能源的有效管理和使用。

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.