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 January 30, 2025, Adrià Aroca and Pau Novoa passed their final BsC Project at “Escola d'Enginyeria de Barcelona Est” (EEBE) of the “Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya” (UPC). Adrià and Pau developed the power and control stages of a 300V – 30A two-level inverter intended for power devices analysis under...
Kick-off meeting of SAFEPOWER project
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,...
Jornada de Grupos de Investigación BSH
Xavier Perpiñà and Conrad Ferrer from the PDS Group participated in the XIX Jornada de Grupos de Investigación BSH on 04/09/2024, which took place at Campus Río Ebro in Zaragoza. During the event, Dr. Perpiñà and C. Ferrer presented the latest research results obtained in the framework of the PDS-BSH...
Members of PDS Group participate in the TWHM2024 congress
From August 26th to 29th, Xavier Perpiñà, Ferran Bonet, and Conrad Ferrer from the PDS Group attended the 15th Topical Workshop on Heterostructure Microelectronics (TWHM 2024) held in Sendai, Japan. They presented an invited paper titled "Die-Level Functional Off-Chip Characterization of Power Devices Using Optical Techniques" during the "Power2" session....
International Day of Women in Engineering (#INWED24)
On the International Day of Women in Engineering (June 23), the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona highlighted the work of eight women engineers, seven of them researching in micro and nanotechnologies with applications in health, energy, environment, semiconductor manufacturing, or chip design; and one working in the field of Administration...