{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon\u2019s Peter Wawer","description":"Engineering careers, even very successful ones, don\u2019t always progress in a nice orderly manner. In this episode of Moore\u2019s Lobby, Peter Wawer, Division President of Green Industrial Power at Infineon Technologies, retraces a fascinating technical and business career that is still going strong.  As a second-generation electrical engineer, the industry still excites him. Wawer says that electrical engineering is \u201ca fascinating topic\u201d that allows you to \u201cinnovate and develop things to the greater good.\u201d In his encouragement to the next generation of engineers, he states that \u201cit's very rewarding tackling the issues and the challenges that we face\u201d in society today. Over the last decade, he has worked in power electronics at Infineon as they have invested and developed wide bandgap technology to serve important industries that are shaping our world: renewable energy, electrification, data centers, and more. In addition to his extensive work on multiple leading-edge technologies, Wawer has been inside just about every corporate transition you can imagine. These have ranged from spinoffs and billion-dollar acquisitions to bankruptcy and government-rejected purchases.  When discussing major spinoffs like the creation of Infineon from Siemens, Wawer describes the \u201cmixed\u201d feelings within the company. Some view the larger company \u201cas an advantage\u201d by providing \u201cmore critical mass and more diversity.\u201d While others see the benefits of a smaller company \u201cbeing more focused.\u201d Wawer got started in the nascent silicon PV industry during his graduate studies and early career at Siemens. Then, after a number of years working on embedded Flash, he moved back into the solar industry; a time that he describes as \u201cbig fun\u201d with the industry really beginning to take off.  In this Moore\u2019s Lobby conversation with host Daniel Bogdanoff, Peter Wawer also discusses: -The history and differences between thin-film and thick-film solar -Why different semiconductor memory technologies\u2014DRAM and Flash\u2014are not fabricated in the same fabs -Unique characteristics of trench and planar silicon carbide MOSFETs -The performance and reliability challenges that impact power electronics beyond just the semiconductors ","author_name":"Moore's Lobby: Where engineers talk all about circuits","author_url":"https:\/\/www.allaboutcircuits.com\/podcast\/","html":"