CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 PROGRAMME
Spanish Ministry of Sience and Innovation (MICINN)
Project Number CSD2009-00046
Advanced Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Devices for Rational Use of Energy

2014:

  • International (with peer-review):
    • "Temperature effects on the ruggedness of SiC Schottky diodes under surge current". 25th European Symposium on Reliability of Electron Devices, Failure Physics and Analysis (ESREF), Berlin (Germany), 29 September – 2 October 2014. J. León, X. Perpiñà, V. Banu, J. Montserrat, M. Berthou, M. Vellvehi, P. Godignon, X. Jordà
    • Comparison of Temperature Limits for Trench Silicon IGBT Technologies for Medium Power Applications". 25th European Symposium on Reliability of Electron Devices, Failure Physics and Analysis (ESREF), Berlin (Germany), 29 September – 2 October 2014. X. Perpiñà, X. Jordà, J. León, M. Vellvehi, D. Antón, S. Llorente
    • Study of Surface Weak Spots on SiC Schottky Diodes under Specific Operating Regimes by Infrared Lock in Sensing". 44th European Solid-State Device Conference (ESSDERC), Venice (Italy), 22-26 September 2014. J. León, X. Perpiñà, M. Vellvehi, X. Jordà, P. Godignon
    • Oxynitrided Gate Electrical Response to 15 MeV Electron Irradiation and Short Time Annealing in MOSFET 4H-SiC". European Conference on Silicon Carbide & Related Materials (ECSCRM), Grenoble (France), 21-25 September 2014. M. Florentin, M. Alexandru, A. Constant, B. Schmidt, J.Montserrat, P. Godignon
    • Study of Geometrical Effects in Charge Pumping Current for Lateral SiC nMOSFETs Electrical Characterization". European Conference on Silicon Carbide & Related Materials (ECSCRM), Grenoble (France), 21-25 September 2014. M. Florentin, J.M. Rafí, F. Chevalier, L.Konczewicz, S. Contreras, S. Juillaguet, J. Montserrat and P. Godignon
    • A positive impact of low irradiation energy on oxynitride gate 4H-SiC MOSFETs". 44th European Solid-State Device Conference (ESSDERC), Venice (Italy), 22-26 September 2014. M.Florentin, M.Alexandru, A. Constant, B.Schmidt, J.Millán, P.Godignon
    • Temperature and long time annealing impact on low proton energy irradiated 4H-SiC nMOSFET". 45th IEEE Semiconductor Interface Specialists Conference (SISC), San Diego, CA, (USA), 10 – 13 December 2014. M. Florentin, M. Alexandru, A. Constant, J.Montserrat, B. Schmidt, P.Godignon
    • SiC Integrated circuits for power device drivers able to operate in harsh environments". 10th European Space Power Conference (ESPC), Noordwijkerhout (The Netherlands), 13-17 April, 2014. P. Godignon, M. Alexandru, V. Banu, J. Montserrat, X. Jordà, M. Vellvehí, B. Schmidt, P. Michel, J. Millan
    • Demonstration of Temperature Compensated Voltage Reference Integrated Circuit Designed with 4H-SiC MESFETs". Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2014 International, pp 359-362, Sinaia (Romania), 13-15 Oct, 2014. V. Banu, P. Godignon, M. Alexandru, M. Vellvehi, X. Jordà, J. Millán
    • Physical Modeling and Optimization of a GaN HEMT design with a Field Plate Structure for High Frequency Application". Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2014. Pittsburgh, USA (September 14 – 18, 2014), pp. 2857–2864. D. Cucak, M. Vasic, O. Garcia, Y. Bouvier, J. Oliver, P. Alou, J. A. Cobos, A. Wang, S. Martin-Horcajo, F. Romero, F. Calle
    • Physical Model for GaN HEMT Design Optimization in High Frequency Switching Applications". 44th European Solid-State Device Conference, ESSDERC 2014. Venice, Italy (September 22-26, 2014), pp. 393-396. D. Cucak, M. Vasic, O. Garcia, Y. Bouvier, J. Oliver, P. Alou, J. A. Cobos, A. Wang, S. Martin-Horcajo, F. Romero, F. Calle
    • Design and optimization tool of a buck derived envelope amplifier for an EER RFPA". IEEE 15th Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), Jun 2014. D. Diaz, O. Garcia, O, J.A. Oliver, P. Alou, J.A. Cobos, M. Patiño, F.J. Ortega
    • Electrical model for characterizing CVD graphene". NANOSPAIN 2014. Madrid (11-14 March 2014). A. Boscá, J. Pedrós, J. Martínez, T. Casper, F. Calle
    • Field-dependent photoluminescence of InAlN/GaN based HEMT structures". DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden, Germany (30 March - 4 April 2014). Ch. Koch, M. Feneberg, R. Goldhahn, M.F. Romero, F. Calle
    • Coupling light into graphene plasmons with the help of surface acoustic waves". GRAPHENE 2014. Toulouse, France (5-9 May 2014). J. Pedrós, J. Schielefe, F. Sols, F. Calle, F. Guinea
    • Method for electrical evaluation of graphene using a GFET structure". GRAPHENE 2014. Toulouse, France (5-9 May 2014). A. Boscá, T. Casper, J. Pedrós, J. Martínez, F. Calle
    • Diamond-coated High Density Vias for Silicon Substrate-side Thermal Management of GaN HEMTs". CS-Mantech 2014, Denver, USA (19-22 May, 2014). M.J. Tadjer, K.D. Hobart, T.I. Feygelson, T. J. Anderson, A.D. Koehler, A. Wang, F. 
    • Temperature performance of AlGaN/GaN MOS-HEMTs on Si substrates using Gd2O3 as gate dielectric". 23th European Workshop on Heterostructures Technology. Giessen, Germany (12-15 October 2014). Z. Gao, M.F. Romero, M.A. Pampillon, E. San Andres, F. Calle
    • SiC Modular Multilevel Converters: Sub-module Voltage Ripple Analysis and Efficiency Estimations". Power Electonics, Intelligent Motion and Power Quality (PCIM’14), Nuremberg, Germany, 20-22 May 2014, pp. 1418-1425. A. L. Perez Basante, S. Ceballos, J. Pou, A. Gil de Muro, A. Pujana, and P. Ibañez
    • Quadrature signal generator based on all-pass filter for single-phase synchronization". IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE’14), Pittsburgh PA, pp.2655,2662, 14-18 Sept. 2014. Blanco, C.; Reigosa, D.; Briz, F.; Guerrero, J.M.
    • Islanding detection in three-phase and single-phase systems using pulsating high frequency signal injection". IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE’14),Pittsburgh PA, pp.5659,5666, 14-18 Sept. 2014. Reigosa, D.; Briz, F.; Blanco, C.; Guerrero, J.M.
    • Strategies for the connection of distributed power generation units to distorted networks". IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE’14), IEEE, Pittsburgh PA, pp.3378,3385, 14-18 Sept. 2014. Blanco, C.; Reigosa, D.; Briz, F.; Guerrero, J.M.
    • Summary of Envelope Modulator designs by the University of Oviedo". IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, Castelldefels (España), febrero de 2014. P. Fernández-Miaja, A. Rodríguez, J. Sebastián y M. Rodríguez
    • Using the Loss-Free Resistor concept to design a simple ac-dc HB-LED driver for retrofit lamp applications". IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, Fort Worth (Estados Unidos de Norteamérica), marzo de 2014, pp. 117-124. D. González, M. Arias, M. M. Hernando y J. Sebastián
    • Envelope Amplifiers based on Two-phase Buck converters with 4th order filter". European Space Power Conference,  Noordwijkerhout (Holanda), abril de 2014. P. Fernández-Miaja , J. Sebastián , A. Rodríguez, M. Patiño-Gómez, D. Tena-Ramos y F. J. Ortega-González
    • Smooth-transition simple digital PWM modulator for four-switch Buck-Boost converters". European Space Power Conference,  Noordwijkerhout (Holanda), abril de 2014. A. Rodríguez, M. Rodríguez, A. Vázquez, P. Fernández-Miaja y J. Sebastián
    • On the estimation of the spectrum of discrete pulsewidth modulated signals". IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Santander (España), junio de 2014. P. Fernández-Miaja,  A. Rodríguez, J. Sebastián y R. González-Ayestarán
    • Different purpose design strategies and techniques to improve the performance of a Dual Active Bridge with phase-shift control". IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Santander (España), junio de 2014. A. Rodríguez, A. Vázquez, D. González, M. M. Hernando y J. Sebastián
    • Master-slave technique for improving the efficiency of interleaved synchronous boost converters". IEEE Workshop on Control and Modeling for Power Electronics, Santander (España), junio de 2014. A. Vázquez, A. Rodríguez, D. González y M. M. Hernando
    • Master-slave technique with direct variable frequency control for Interleaved bidirectional boost converter". IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh (Estados Unidos de Norteamérica),  septiembre de 2014, pp. 955-963. A. Vázquez, M. Arias, A. Rodríguez, D. González y S. Luri
    • Dynamic behavior analysis and characterization of a cascode rectifier based on a normally-on SiC JFET". IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh (Estados Unidos de Norteamérica),  septiembre de 2014, pp. 1589-1596. A. Vázquez, A. Rodríguez, J. Sebastian, E. Maset, A. Ferreres y E. Sanchis
    • "Equalization system for serially-connected battery cells based on the wave-trap concept". IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Pittsburgh (Estados Unidos de Norteamérica),  septiembre de 2014, pp. 4319-4326. M. Arias, D. Bretón, M. M. Hernando,  U. Viscarret y I. Gil
    • "Modeling harmonics of networks supplying nonlinear loads". Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2014 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on, vol., no., pp.2030,2034, 1-4 June 2014. doi: 10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864929. Lamich, M.; Balcells, J.; Corbalan, M.; Sainz, L.; Fernandez, C
    • "Improvement of driver to gate coupling circuits for SiC MOSFETS". Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2014 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on , vol., no., pp.521,525, 1-4 June 2014. doi: 10.1109/ISIE.2014.6864667. Balcells, J.; Mon, J.; Lamich, M.; Laguna, A
    • "FPGA-based design of a Step-up Photovoltaic Array Emulator for the test of PV Grid-Connected Inverters". IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), pp. 485-490, Istanbul (Turkey), June 2014. J. Chavarria, D. Biel, F. Guinjoan, A. Poveda, F. Masana, E. Alarcón
    • "Low Cost Photovoltaic Array Emulator Design for the Test of PV Grid-Connected Inverters". 11th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals & Devices (SSD), pp. 1-6, Castelldefels (España), February 2014. J. Chavarria, D. Biel, F. Guinjoan, A. Poveda, F. Masana, E. Alarcón
    • "Dynamic behavior analysis and characterization of a cascode rectifier based on a normally-on SiC JFET". Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2014 IEEE, pp. 1589-1596. IEEE, 2014. Vázquez, A., A. Rodríguez, J. Sebastián, E. Maset, A. Ferreres, and E. Sanchis
    • "SiC single switch resonant inverters performance dependence on induction load". Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'14-ECCE Europe), 2014 16th European Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,7, 26-28 Aug. 2014. Bernal, C.; Avellaned, J.; Leon, J.; Molina, P.
    • "Single switch quasi-resonant inverter on Silicon Carbide with regenerative snubber for induction heating appliances". Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'14-ECCE Europe), 2014 16th European Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,5, 26-28 Aug. 2014. Bernal, C.; Avellaned, J.; Milla, J.
    • "SiC BJT-based full-ZCS quasi-resonant converter with improved efficiency for induction heating applications". Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2014 Twenty-Ninth Annual IEEE, 2014, pp. 852-856. H. Sarnago, O. Lucia, A. Mediano, and J. M. Burdio
    • "Full-bridge quasi-resonant class-DE inverter for optimized high frequency operation with GaN HEMT devices". Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2014 Twenty-Ninth Annual IEEE, 2014, pp. 1299-1303. H. Sarnago, O. Lucia, A. Mediano, and J. M. Burdio
    • "Thermal design optimization of a high-efficiency resonant converter based on multi-MOSFET cells using the Pareto analysis". Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2014 Twenty-Ninth Annual IEEE, 2014, pp. 3418-3422. O. Lucia, H. Sarnago, F. Betes, and J. M. Burdio

 

  • National:
    • "Aprendizaje basado en proyectos mediante el montaje de un kit de comunicaciones". XI Congreso de Tecnologías Aplicadas a la Enseñanza de la Electrónica, Bilbao, junio de 2014, pp. 41-46. A. Vázquez, A. Rodríguez, M. Arias, P. Fernández-Miaja, D. González, M. M. Hernando y J. Sebastián
    • "Mejora del discurso oral mediante la preparación y evaluación de exposiciones en inglés". XI Congreso de Tecnologías Aplicadas a la Enseñanza de la Electrónica, Bilbao, junio de 2014, pp. 129-134. A. Vázquez, A. Rodríguez, M. Arias, P. Fernández-Miaja, J. Sebastián, A. Ojanguren y A. González-Pozueta
    • "Posibilidades docentes de kits de comunicaciones para la mejora de competencias en la ingeniería". Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación, Tánger (Marruecos), junio de 2014. A. Vázquez, A. Rodríguez, P. Fernández-Miaja, M. Arias, J. Sebastián, A. Ojanguren y A. González-Pozueta
    • "Técnica de maestro-esclavo con control directo de frecuencia variable para convertidores elevadores bidireccionales. Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación, Tánger (Marruecos), junio de 2014. A. Vázquez, A. Rodríguez, M. Arias, A. Rodríguez, D. González, M. M. Hernando y S. Luri
    • "Aplicación de MOSFETs de Carburo de Silicio (SiC) en Inversores Fotovoltaicos Conectados a Red". XXI Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI’14), Tanger (Marruecos), pp 1-6, Junio 2014. J. Chavarria, D. Biel, F. Guinjoan, A. Poveda, F. Masana, E. Alarcón
    • "Estudio Comparativo de un Convertidor Buck Utilizando Transistores MOSFET Comerciales de Tecnología Si y SiC". Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI), 2014. V. Esteve, J. Jordán, E. Sanchis-Kilders, E. J. Dede, E. Maset, J. B. Ejea, A. Ferreres

Project Chair: Prof. José Millán
Centro Nacional de Microelectrónica (CNM) IMB-CSIC
Further information: consolider-rue@imb-cnm.csic.es