Rainer Marquardt

Rainer Marquardt Winner of the European Inventor Award 2026In the first century of electrification, many potential applications were limited by rudimentary control methods as electronic power converters—which enable efficient control and conversion of electricity—were unknown or unfeasible. This began to change in the 1980s, when advances in semiconductor technology and electronic systems engineering made it possible to build power converters for many applications, such as electric trains and…