Electrical
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PCBA design
- Schematic capture and layout in Cadence Allegro and Altium Designer
- High-voltage, high-current switching planes
- Power stages built around SiC MOSFETs and Si IGBTs modules of various packages
- Analog and sensing circuitry, and digital logic circuits schematic and layout
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Magnetics
- High-frequency magnetics design for transformers and inductors above 15 kHz
- Ultra-low leakage transformers at medium voltage, design and test
- High-current, low-inductance busbars and interconnects
- Thermal modeling and heat-sink/liquid cooling design
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Vendor communication
- Automated manufacturing file generation
- Design-for-manufacturing and design-for-test verification
- Vendor communication through sample prototyping and testing
- Quoting and ordering PCBAs in volumes from the hundreds into the thousands
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Test & validation
- Switching performance validation, both hard-switching and soft-switching, Double Pulse Test (DPT)
- Operating points from 48 Vdc to 2.0 kVdc and 120 Vac to 34.5 kVac
- Power levels from 1 kW to 500 kW
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High voltage
- High-voltage and high-current safety practice, including lockout/tagout
- Arc flash mitigation
- Safe handling of high-energy storage devices
- Basic Insulation Level (BIL) and Partial Discharge (PD) testing, and mitigation strategies through design iteration