Gate damages induced in SiC power MOSFETs during heavy-ion irradiation—Part I

C Abbate, G Busatto, D Tedesco… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental characterization of the damage induced to SiC power MOSFETs by heavy-ion
irradiation is presented as a premise to a finite element simulation study aimed at gaining an …

Gate damages induced in SiC power MOSFETs during heavy-ion irradiation—Part II

C Abbate, G Busatto, D Tedesco… - … on Electron Devices, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the results of a 2-D finite element simulation study of the gate damages
induced by heavy-ion irradiation in SiC power metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect …

[PDF][PDF] Gamma irradiation Calliope facility at ENEA-Casaccia Research Centre (Rome, Italy)

S Baccaro, A Cemmi, I Di Sarcina… - Fusion and Technology for …, 2019 - iris.enea.it
Abstract In the present Technical Report the Calliope 60Co gamma irradiation facility at the
ENEA Casaccia Research Centre (Rome) is described. A brief description of the physical …

Low energy proton irradiation effects on commercial enhancement mode GaN HEMTs

X Wan, OK Baker, MW McCurdy… - … on nuclear science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Commercial enhancement mode GaN HEMTs are irradiated with low energy protons under
different bias conditions. Negative threshold voltage (V th) shifts are observed. In contrast, V …

Radiation-hard power electronics for the ATLAS New Small Wheel

J Ameel, D Amidei, S Baccaro, M Citterio… - Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The New Small Wheel (NSW) is an upgrade for the ATLAS detector to provide
enhanced triggering and reconstruction of muons in the forward region. The large LV power …

Metrological characterization of cold plates for power converters

M Lazzaroni, M Citterio, S Latorre… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The reliability of a power converter can be improved using a well-dimensioned cold plate.
For this purpose, it is necessary to realize a state-of-the-art cold plate by means of thermal …

Radiation-tolerant, gan-based point of load converters for small spacecraft missions

T Cook, N Franconi, B Shea, C Wilson, B Grainger… - 2018 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
As computational loads for spacecraft continue to grow, the requirements levied on power-
conversion electronics have become increasingly demanding. Designing for compute …

High B test of a commercial step-down Point of Load for LHC experiments

M Lazzaroni, M Citterio, S Latorre, A Lanza - Measurement, 2015 - Elsevier
The performance in magnetic field (B-field) of the commercial DC–DC converter LTM8033,
from Linear Technology, has been evaluated. The tests have been carried out at the …

Features measurement and reliability considerations on a proposed main converter for LHC experiments

M Lazzaroni, M Citterio, S Latorre, A Lanza, P Cova… - Measurement, 2015 - Elsevier
Equipment working in hostile environment are the aim of this paper. Devices operating in the
hostile environment such as found in future experiments at LHC will be called to work with a …

Metrological characterization of a cold plate test bench

M Lazzaroni, M Citterio, S Latorre… - 2014 IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The reliability of a power converter can be improved using a well-dimensioned cold plate. At
this aim it is necessary to realize a state of the art cold plate by means of thermal-fluid …