About Us
ABHIJIT D.PATHAK
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Chairman of Technical session at APEC 2018, APEC 2017, APEC 2016, APEC 2015, APEC 2014 and APEC 2011 Technical sessions on DC to DC Converter Topologies. Reviewed APEC papers APEC 2014, APEC 2013, APEC 2012. APEC stands for Applied Power Electronics Conference-The biggest and most prestigious conference on Power Electronics in the World
Chairman, Tech. Sessions: PCIM ASIA 2010 and 2008 conferences held in Shanghai, China
PCIM ASIA Technical Board member from 2007 to 2022- consecutively for past 15 years – I was the only member from North and South Americas for many years.
PCIM ASIA appointed me as Director in the Advisory Board with effect from December 2022
Life Senior Member of IEEE
Chairman: Indo American Chamber of Commerce, Gujarat Branch, West- India Council 1998-1999
Visiting Professor: DD University, Gujarat, India- Instrumentation and Controls from 1991-1995. Taught B.S. (EE) students Theory and Measurement methods in Laboratory.
PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER INVITATIONS:
Authored and Presented technical Paper on DC to DC Converter operating at 215 0 C at HiTEN 2015 Conference , Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K.
Key-Note Speaker: PCIM Asia 2012 on “High Reliability Power Electronics” in Shanghai, China
Presented a technical paper on “Potential Impact of Piezoelectric Effects in DC/DC Converter Applications”…Session 6.3 An IR paper jointly written with Lorentz Ou at 14th Annual CMSE Conference at Los Angeles in February 2010
Presented a technical paper on “3- Phase Power Factor Correcting Rectifiers” at ELECTRIC WEST CONFERENCE in March 2009
PowerSystems World 2006 Conference at Long beach, California “IXYS IGBTs make Induction Rice Cooker a Success Story”-
Presented a Technical Paper at PowerSystems World Conference at Long Beach California on “3-Phase PFC, using Vienna Rectifier Approach and Modular Construction for Improved Overall Performance, Efficiency and Reliability” On November 5, 2003.
Paper presented at IEEE conference “Unique MOSFET/IGBT drivers and their applications in future power electronic systems” 17-20 Nov. 2003
Paper presented at IEEE PEDS 2001Conference in Indonesia “Use of BiMOSFETs in Modern Radar Transmitters” 2002
A paper presented at the POWERSYSTEMS WORLD 2002 Conference, Chicago, U.S.A. in Oct.2002 “."How to Drive MOSFETs and IGBTs into the 21st Century"-
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
LEAD PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, IR HIREL, AN INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY FROM ……..2009 TO 2022
SENIOR APPLICATIONS ENGINEER, IXYS CORPORATION, A Division of Littlefuse, MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA FROM…………………2000 TO 2007
EDUCATION
M.S. (EE), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., USA
B.S. (EE), M. S. University, Baroda, India