Martin is currently studying a PhD in electronic engineering in the field of digital controlled switched mode power supplies (SMPS). His main research area is the digital communication inside the SMPS. Martin received the Dipl.Ing. (FH) degree in electronic engineering with the specialisation in digital communication systems and a Masters (with honours) in electronic and microsystems engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Regensburg (FHR), Bavaria, Germany, in 2003 and 2005, respectively. He performed his Dipl.Ing. and Masters’ project in the Biometrics and Sensor Technology Research Centre at the FHR, where he was responsible for the converting, buffering, processing and transmission of sensor signals from a biometrical smart pen.

In his spare time he is interested in the Linux OS, LaTeX, software programming (Perl, LaTeX, ...) and computer networks. His private website is located at http://www.scharrer-online.de/.

Education

• M.Eng., with honours, in Electronic Engineering, FHR, 2005.
• Dipl.Ing. (FH) in Electronic Engineering, FHR, 2003.

Patents

• Scharrer M.J., Halton M.K., Scanlan A.G. (2010). “A Digitally Controlled Isolated Power Converter”, Irish Patent, 85445, 08 January 2010.

Publications

• Scharrer M., Halton M., Scanlan T and Rinne K. (2010) “FPGA-Based Multi-Phase Digital Pulse Width Modulator with Dual-Edge Modulation”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC ’10, pp. 1075-1080, Palm Springs, CA, 2010.
• Scharrer M., Halton M.,  Scanlan T., and Rinne K. (2010), “Design Considerations for FPGA-Based Digital Pulse Width Modulators: Optimized Linearity and Multi-Phase Dual-Edge Modulation,” Darnell's Digital Power Europe 2010, Nuremberg, Germany, 2010.
• Scharrer M., Halton M., Scanlan T. and Rinne K. (2009) “FPGA-Based Digital Pulse Width Modulator with Optimized Linearity”, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference APEC ’09, pp. 1220-1225, Washington, US, 2009.
• Scharrer M., Halton M. and Scanlan T. (2008). “Digitally Controlled Isolated SMPC with Bidirectional Data Transmission Scheme”. IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Cambridge, UK, 2008.
• Halton M., Scharrer M. and Scanlan T. (2008). “Application of the Discrete-time Structured Singular Value for DC-DC Converters”, IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference ISSC '08, NUI Galway, Ireland, June 2008.
• Scanlan T., Kennedy G., Halton M., Scharrer M. (2007). “Improved Linearity Programmable Voltage Reference”, China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies Conference, DCU, Ireland, 2007.