Power2Power is a European collaborative project with 43 partners from eight countries, including Chemnitz University of Technology and Ilmenau University of Technology. The goal was to jointly develop novel silicon-based power semiconductors on 300-mm wafers with higher power density and energy efficiency. Power semiconductors are needed in all stages of energy conversion: generation, transmission, and utilization. More efficient semiconductors significantly contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions despite a globally increasing demand for energy. Universities, research institutes, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as international corporations, participate in this cooperation. The project is coordinated by Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG.
The project aims to increase energy efficiency, reliability, and robustness while exploring new wafer, design, and manufacturing methods, as well as a pilot line for Industry 4.0. One of the partners, mi2-factory GmbH, focuses on improving the conductivity of power semiconductors on large-diameter wafers.
Chemnitz University of Technology is involved in work to improve the reliability and robustness of future power electronics in the area of the so-called Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT). These are transistors controlled by voltage and are essential for power electronics in motor control for wind turbines and electric vehicles. Robustness means that the semiconductor can withstand overload conditions and unforeseen situations such as a short circuit without failing. Reliability means ensuring that all possible error cases are known, their occurrence is predictable, and the system can be designed to minimize them.
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Chemnitz University of Technology
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Josef Lutz
Reichenhainer Str. 70, Chemnitz
Phone: +49 371 531-33618
Email: josef.lutz@etit.tu-chemnitz.de
Ilmenau University of Technology
Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat .habil. Martin Ziegler
Gustav-Kirchhoff-Str.1, 98693 Ilmenau
Phone: +49 3677 69-3717
Email: mnes@tu-ilmenau.de
… and 41 others.
Project Duration: 06/2019 – 09/2022
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This project was funded by the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (JU) under Grant Agreement No. 826417. The JU is supported by funds from the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program of the European Union, as well as from Germany, Austria, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
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