Awards & Patents

Platinum Level Award: VPT’s VSC Series Space COTS Converters

2022 Innovator’s Award Military & Aerospace Electronics

Platinum Level Award: VPT’s SGRB Gan-Based DC-DC Converter

2019 Innovator’s Award Military & Aerospace Electronics

4-Star Supplier Excellence Award

2019 Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Distinguished Supplier Award

2018 L-3 Space & Sensors

Platinum Level Award: VPT’s V-SHIELD packaging technology

2016 Innovator’s Award Military & Aerospace Electronics

4-Star Supplier Excellence Award

2013 Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

4-Star Supplier Excellence Award

2013 Raytheon Airborne & Space Systems

Supplier Excellence Award

2012 L-3 Communications

Supplier Excellence Award

2011 L-3 Communications

3-Star Supplier Excellence Award

2010 Raytheon Airborne & Space Systems

Supplier Excellence Award

2009 ITT

Prompt Dose Radiation Hardened Point-of-Load Power Converter

2008 MDA

Modular Power System Configured with Standard Product Hybrid DC-DC Converters

2005 NASA

Parallel-Connected Converters with Innovative Control

2003 Air Force

"Space qualified, high efficiency, high current, modular power converter using multi-layer high density packaging," U.S. Department of Defense

2000 Outstanding Achievement Award

Space Qualified, High Efficiency, High Current Modular Power Converter

1999 Air Force

"High Density DC-DC Converter Modules for Satellite Application using Multilayer Hybrid Packaging," NASA

1999 Outstanding Achievement Award

High Density DC/DC Converter Modules for Satellite Applications Using Multi-Layer Hybrid Packaging

1998 NASA Glenn Research Center

A Gallium Arsenide Synchronous Rectifier-based Low Voltage Power Converter for High Radiation Environments

1997 Kirtland Air Force Base

"Variable Frequency AC Motor Controller Using MCTs," U.S. Department of Defense

1997 Outstanding Achievement Award

Variable Frequency AC Motor Controller using MCTs

1996 DARPA

High Efficiency, High Density, Card-Mounted Low Voltage Power Supply

1995 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

"Power Converter With Circuits For Providing Gate Driving," US#9,966,837

K. Seaton

"Half Bridge DC-DC Converter with Low Output Current Ripple," US#5,999,433

G. Hua, X. Zhuang, and D.M. Sable

"A Power Converter with circuits for Providing Improved Gate Driving," US#5,963,438

W. Chen, S. Butler, and D.M. Sable

"Bi-directional Magnetic Isolator," US#5,963,438

M. Chen

20+ Additional patents for power supply innovations