Mark Allen

Talk Title

Integrated Magnetics for Vertical Power Delivery to AI and High Power Chips

Description of Talk

As chip power requirements increase, supplying power in an efficient manner becomes a key bottleneck. Rather than supplying the large currents required through long interconnect lines, industry is adopting a point-of-load conversion technique, in which high voltage and low current is transformed to low voltage and high current directly under the chips and vertically fed to the chips. To achieve this goal, low profile magnetic devices are required; such devices and their use will be discussed.

Biography

Mark G. Allen joined the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, in 1989, ultimately holding the rank of Regents’ Professor and the J.M. Pettit Professorship in Microelectronics, as well as serving as Senior Vice Provost for Research and Innovation and Director of the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology. In 2013 he moved to the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), becoming the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE) and Inaugural Scientific Director of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology. He held this post until 2024, when he became Chair of Penn’s ESE department. He has co-founded multiple MEMS companies, including Cardiomems, Axion Biosystems, and Enachip. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a member of the National Academy of Inventors, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.