Welcome to the Professorship of Power Electronics!
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The research focus of the Professorship of Power Electronics is the investigation of robustness and reliability of power semiconductor devices.
The main focus is on the topics of overload capability (short circuit, surge current, avalanche) and power cycling ruggedness. This includes the consideration of the semiconductor materials Si, SiC and GaN.
Semiconductor and thermomechanical simulations on FEM basis are being used to examine internal physical processes further in detail.
Until 2020 the professorship was headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h.c. Josef Lutz. After that Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Basler took over.
News
At the PCIM Europe, the user-oriented seminars and tutorials are an optimal platform for direct exchange. The full day totorial of Josef Lutz is on Reliability and Lifetime Estimation of Si and Wide Bandgap Power Devices and Packages. Here is the link to the tutorial May 8th:
LinkThere are much new trends in packaging, driven by E-car drive inverters: Molded packages, advanced insulation sheets, new cooling methods - single side/double side cooling, etc. The tutorial will now address the new solutions for heat flux. Further, outdoor application are challenging the reliability under high humidity. New suggested test methods will also be included. The tutorial will be widely updated compared to former tutorials of Josef Lutz. Here's the link for more information and to get your ticket: Ticket
More Information can be found here: Link
Chair for Power Electronics and Center for Microtechnologies at TU Chemnitz are combining their expertise for reliability, robustness, and lifetime estimation for power semicondcutor switches within EU-project „TRANSFORM“ Aritcle in german can be found here.
Christian Schwabe, PhD Student at the Chair of Power Electronics at the Technical University of Chemnitz, received at the -PCIM Europe 2021-, the biggest conference for power electronics in europe, the Young Engineer Award.
The article (german) can be found here TU Homepage or as .