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
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THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY PROGRAMME

The main objective of this project is to develop a real first generation of new Wide Band Gap power semiconductor devices that allow both an important improvement in the performance of existing converters and the development of new power converters; in both cases seeking a more rational use of the electric energy. Among the possible candidates to be the base materials for these new power devices, SiC and GaN present the best trade-off between theoretical performances (high-voltage blocking capability, high-temperature operation and high  switching frequencies) and real commercial availability of the starting material (wafers) and maturity of their technological processes.

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