Technical Program
SSIE 2022
School dates: 11-15 July, 2022. Brixen, Italy.
Track no. 2 - Gallium Nitride and Semiconductors for Power Conversion: Present and Future of Materials for Energy Efficiency
NOTE: The welcome address on Monday and the following plenary session are held in the main auditorium at the “Casa della Gioventù Universitaria”, in via Rio Bianco, 12, 39042, Brixen, IT. The rest of the track will be held entirely in the Pressena meeting room, located at the Gruener Baum hotel in via Stufles, 11, 39042, Brixen, IT.
Monday, July 11 | GaN: Advanced Growth Methods |
8:00 – 8:30 | G. Meneghesso, M. Meneghini, M. Rossi, DEI, University of Padova – Welcome, Introduction and Logistics |
8:30 – 10:30 | Plenary Session Marcello Caleffi, University of Naples, Federico II – Quantum Internet: Wiring the Weirdness |
10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
11:00 – 12:30 | Bernd Schineller, AIXTRON – GaN Epitaxy: Novel Aspects and Perspectives |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 – 15:30 | Malgorzata Iwinska, Unipress – Bulk GaN growth and optimization |
Tuesday, July 12 | Advanced Processing and Characterization |
9:00 – 10:30 | Farid Medjdoub, IEMN – Processing and fabrication for advanced GaN FETs |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Karen Geens, IMEC – Vertical device processing and reliability |
12:15 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 – 15:30 | Elke Meissner, Fraunhofer-IISB – Characterization and microscopy on nitrides |
Wednesday, July 13 | Industrialization, Stability, Failure Analysis |
9:00 – 10:30 | Christian Huber, BOSCH – GaN industrialization: from lateral to vertical |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Edwin Piner, Texas State University – III-Nitrides and Diamond Integration, Challenges and Opportunities |
12:15 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 – 15:30 | Andreas Graff, Fraunhofer-IMWS – Advanced techniques for GaN failure analysis |
Thursday, July 14 | Trapping Phenomena and Modeling |
9:00 – 10:30 | Clemens Ostermaier, Infineon Technologies Austria – GaN trapping and optimization |
10:30 – 10:45 | Break |
10:45 – 12:15 | Giovanni Verzellesi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – GaN modeling: tutorial |
12:15 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
14:30 – 18:00 | Student Workshop & Best Presentation Award |
Friday, July 15 | Competing Materials: Status and Perspectives |
8:30 – 9:45 | Giovanni Busatto, University of Cassino – Si Power Devices |
9:45 – 11:00 | Mikael Ostling, KTH (Stockholm) – SiC Devices |
11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
11:15 – 12:30 | Carlo De Santi, University of Padova – Gallium Oxide and its Advantages |
Technical endorsement
