Preface

The 2012 IEEE International Power Modulator and High Voltage Conference was held in San Diego, California, USA, on June 3-7, 2012. The technical program of the 2012 IEEE IPMHVC was held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, which served as the conference hotel. This year, the 2012 IPMHVC received a record number of 311 abstract submissions. Almost two-thirds of these abstracts were sent in from our international colleagues from 26 different countries, which highlights the international character of this conference. Significant participation came from China, India, Japan, United Kingdom, Korea, Germany, Russia, France, and Brazil. The most popular technical topics were Solid State Modulators, Components, and Switches and Dielectrics and Breakdown followed by Biological, Medical, and Environmental Applications; High Voltage Testing and Diagnostics; High Power Microwaves, Radiating Structures, and Electromagnetic Propagation; and Compact Pulsed Power Systems. Abstracts were also collected in several other areas including Power Electronics and Power Supplies; Analytical Methods, Modeling, and Simulation; Plasma Opening and Closing Switches; High Voltage Design and Analysis; High Current Systems and EM Launchers; Accelerators, Radar, and RF Applications; Power Conditioning and Pulse Shaping; etc. The technical program extended over 3 days from Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon, and it included 3 plenary talks and 91 oral presentations in 12 different sessions, of which 5 were invited papers. In addition, over 214 papers were presented in three afternoon poster sessions. From these 300+ conference presentations, 222 manuscripts were submitted and 206 of those are included in these proceedings.