From 2 to 4 July, PDS Group members Eusebio Rodrigo, Miquel Vellvehi, and José Rebollo participated in the XXXII Seminario Anual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI 2025), held in Aranjuez, Spain. Eusebio Rodrigo presented a contribution entitled “Simulation of SEB-Resistant VDMOS Transistors”. This study explores the implementation...
Power semiconductor devices: the unknown muscles of microelectronics
Within the cycle “Dilluns de Ciència. Projectes de recerca per a millorar la nostra societat” (“Science Mondays. Research projects to improve our society”) organized by the “Residència d’Investigadors” and CSIC, Dr. Xavier Jordà from the PDS Group gave the talk entitled “Els dispositius semiconductors de potència: els músculs desconeguts...
Jornada de Grupos de Investigación BSH
Xavier Perpiñà from the PDS Group participated in the XX Jornada de Grupos de Investigación BSH on 04/06/2025, which took place at Campus Río Ebro in Zaragoza. During the event, Dr. Perpiñà presented the latest research results obtained in the framework of the PDS-BSH collaboration, focused on the studies...
Highlighting IMB-CNM’s role in the 37th IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs
For the first time, researchers from the Power Devices and Systems Group (PDS) of IMB-CNM presented five contributions in the leading international conference on power semiconductor devices, the 37th IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Power Semiconductor Devices (ISPSD). The event was held from June 1 to 5 in...
Invited Talk by Dr. Amador Pérez-Tomás at the CDE 2025 Conference
Dr. Amador Pérez-Tomás, member of the PDS Group and workpage leader of the Safepower Project, participated as an invited speaker at the Spanish Conference on Electron Devices (CDE 2025), held in Málaga on January 28–29. In his talk, titled Wide and Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductors: There Also is Plenty of Room...
Participation in the 26th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-PhysicsSimulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems, EuroSimE 2025
On April 8, Mariana Raya, a PhD studet of the PDS Group, participated in the 26th edition of the International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and Microsystems (EuroSimE), held in Utrech, The Netherlands. Mariana presented the contribution entitled “Analysis of the Magnetic Fields Only...
Yo investigo, yo soy CSIC: conectando chips. Emma Solà
Power converters are key to the energy transition, and their main component is the power module. Emma Solà is a predoctoral researcher in PDS group, and the focus of her thesis is on improving the connections of the devices within the modules, in order to enhance their efficiency and reliability....
Two new BsC projects
On October 24th and 25th, the SAFEPOWER (SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE WBG/UWBG-BASED MVDC POWER CONVERTERS) project kick-off meeting took place at the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona.This Horizon Europe project is led and coordinated by the IMB-CNM through Dr. Xavier Perpinyà from PDS Group. This project will provide key digital,...