Workshops

A special SMARTPOWER session was held during the 20th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC, in Greenwich, London, UK on 26th September 2014. 3 scientific papers related to SMARTPOWER subjects were presented and discussed by project partners and external speakers. This session was a very good opportunity to discuss and compare the different approaches, and will serve to gain new ideas to achieve the goals of the SMARTPOWER project. The following papers were presented:

 

  • Zoltan Sarkany, Marta Rencz, “Extracting Model Parameters from Thermal Transient Measurements for Thermal Stress Simulation”
  • Wunderle B., Springborn M., May D.,  Mrossko R., Abo Ras  M., Manier C-A., Oppermann H., Mitova   R., „ Phase Change based Thermal Buffering of Transient Loads for Power Converter”
  • Baczkowski L., Carisetti D., Jacquet J-C., Kendig D., Vouzelaud F., Gaquiere C. “Thermal Characterization of High Power AlGaN/GaN HEMT Using IR Microscopy and Thermoreflectance”

 

A special SMARTPOWER session was held during the 19th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC, in Berlin, Germany, on 27th September 2013. 5 scientific papers related to SMARTPOWER subjects were presented and discussed by project partners and external speakers. This session was a very good opportunity to discuss and compare the different approaches, and will serve to gain new ideas to achieve the goals of the SMARTPOWER project. The following papers were presented:

 

  • E. Leveugle, L. Divay, H. Le Khanh, J. Daon, E. Chastaing, P. Le Barny, A. Ziaei  “Free Standing Thermal Interface Material based on Vertical Arrays Composites”
  • L. Xu, D. Jiang, Y. Fu, S. Tu, J. Liu “Controlling the Density of CNTs by Different Underlayer Materials in PECVD Growth”
  • T. Caroff, R. Mitova, J. Simon, B. Wunderle “Transient Cooling of Power Electronic Devices Using Thermoelectric Coolers Coupled with Phase Change Materials”
  • Müller, G. Konstantinidis, A. Dinescu, V. Buiculescu, A. Stefanescu, A. Cismaru, I. Giangu, G. Stavrinidis, A. Stavrinidis, A. Ziaei  “Novel High Sensitivity Sensor Structures for Temperature Monitoring of GAN based MMICs”
  • Z. Sárkány, A. Vass-Várnai, G. Hantos, M. Rencz “Failure Prediction of IGBT Modules Based on Power Cycling Tests”

 

A SMARTPOWER workshop was held at the 2013 International Semiconductor Conference (CAS 2013) in Sinaia, Romania, on October 14th 2013. 4 scientific papers will be presented by the partners:

 

  • A. Muller, G Konstantinidis et al. “GaN SAW based temperature sensors”
  • L. Ye, M. Murugesan and J. Liu “”Carbon fiber-metal based composite for thermal interface material application”
  • V. Buiculescu, I Giangu, et al “Temperature measurement using SAW resonators embedded within RF wired systems”
  • B. Wunderle, C.-A. Manier, M. Abo Ras, M. Springborn, D. May, H. Oppermann, M. Toepper, R. Mrossko, T. Xhonneux, T. Caroff, W. Maurer, R. Mitova  "Double-Sided Cooling and Thermo-Electrical Management of Power Transients for Silicon Chips on DCB-Substrates for Converter Applications: Design, Technology and Test"