International Rectifier to Present Latest Power Management Solutions at APEC 2014

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — International Rectifier, IR® (NYSE: IRF), a world leader in power management technology, today announced it will showcase the company's latest power management solutions at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) which is being held at Fort Worth Convention Center, Fort Worth, Texas, March 16-20, 2014.

IR engineering and sales staff will demonstrate IR's latest energy-savings and high power density enabling technologies and products at Booth 101. In addition, IR's power management experts will participate in the following conference events:

Sunday, March 16, 2014
Lecture Session 2
S7: 2:30PM-6:00PM
Commercially Viable GaN-Based Power Devices
Dr. Michael A. Briere, ACOO Enterprises LLC, under contract to International Rectifier

Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Technical Session T01: DC-DC Converter Applications
Co-Chair : Abhijit Pathak, Senior Field Applications Engineer
Location: Room 1
Time: 8:30AM-12:00AM

Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Technical Session T08. Non-isolated DC-DC Converters
Co-Chair: Cahit Gezgin, Senior Field Applications Engineer
Location: Room 1
Time: 8:30AM-10:10AM

Technical Session T09: Wide Bandgap Devices in DC-DC Converters
Co-Chair: Tom Harvey, Field Applications Engineer
Location: Room 2
Time: 8:30AM-10:10AM

Technical Session T18: Industrial Converters
Co-Chair: Paul Schimel, Field Applications Engineer
Location: Room 4
Time: 2:00PM-5:30PM

Technical Session T17: AC Motor Drives
Co-Chair: Zobair Roohani, Senior Field Applications Engineer
Location: Room 3
Time: 2:00PM-5:30PM

Thursday, March 20, 2014
Poster Session D01: AC-DC Converters
Co-Chair: Alberto Guerra, VP Strategic Marketing Development
Location: Poster Area
Time: 11:30AM-2:00PM

Poster Session D08: Higher Power Device Switching
Co-Chair: Alberto Guerra, VP Strategic Marketing Development
Location: Poster Area
Time: 11:30AM-2:00PM

Poster Session D02: DC-DC Converters I
Co-Chair: Davide Giacomini, Director, Product Management and Applications, Automotive Products Business Unit
Location: Poster Area
Time: 11:30AM-2:00PM

Technical Session T29: High Frequency DC-DC & Switched Capacitor Converters
Co-Chair: Wenduo Liu, Systems Applications Engineer
Location: Room 1
Time: 2:00PM-5:30PM

"As the premier event in applied power electronics, we look forward to actively participating in APEC 2014, and demonstrating our latest silicon and GaN-based power management platforms and products for a wide variety of applications from computing and communications to power supplies," said Adam White, IR's Senior Vice President, Global Sales.

IR will showcase a new solution that leverages the PMBus interface to simplify control and telemetry for high performance multiphase DC-DC converters. Demonstrations of IR's GaNpowIR® GaN-based platform will also be on display in addition to IR's benchmark MOSFETs, IGBTs, integrated power modules and high-voltage ICs for power supplies, lighting, motor control, automotive and high reliability applications.

For more information on APEC visit http://www.apec-conf.org/

About International Rectifier

International Rectifier (NYSE:IRF) is a world leader in power management technology. IR's analog and mixed signal ICs, advanced circuit devices, integrated power systems and components enable high performance computing and reduce energy waste from motors, the world's single largest consumer of electricity. Leading manufacturers of computers, energy efficient appliances, lighting, automobiles, satellites, aircraft and defense systems rely on IR's power management benchmarks to power their next generation products. For more information, go to www.irf.com.