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Professorship Materials and Reliablility of Microsystems
Projects

Research projects


Current projects

Funder Title / Task Professorship / Leadership role Period
BMBF

UP4Foundry (ForMikro 2.0)

Universal technology platform for foundry-capable heterogeneous system integration, production and stress testing of ultra-thin substrates.

2024–2028
SAB

Supra3D

Integration of superconducting materials in 3D package architectures for ion trap quantum computers.

2024–2027
BMWK

Smartman

Industry 4.0, digitalisation of the production of automotive assemblies and their zero-hour quality, reliability and robustness.

2024–2026
EU MSCA DN

Mirelai - MIcroelectronics RELiability driven by Artificial Intelligence
(Industrial Doctoral Network)

AI-coupled inline quality testing of power-modules by IR thermography.

2023–2026
BMBF

CeCaS

New automotive-qualified high-performance processors and future Central Car Server with cloud connection including system integration.

TU Chemnitz: Thermo-mechanical characterisation and testing.

2023–2025
EU

Nanomat

Heterogeneous material and technological platform for a new domain of power nanoelectronics. Radar module with phased array antenna based on system-in-flex.

2023–2025
EU Penta Xecs

e2Lead

Electronic system with extremely high reliability for autonomous driving, thermal management for automotive HPC

2023–2025
BMWK

InThElekt

Integral thermoplastic sandwich structure components with adapted electronics for electric vehicles.

TU Chemnitz: Bimaterial interface testing.

2023–2025
BMBF

Copperfield

Technology development and reliability of sintered copper contacts for power electronic and microelectronic applications.

2023–2025

Finished projects

Funder Title / Task Professorship / Leadership role Period
EU/BMBF

iREL 4.0 (ECSEL Innovation Actions Calls 2019)

Reliability for heterogeneous system integration for industry 4.0 Reliability and quality offensive of the European industry with regard to packaging.

TU Chemnitz: Cooperation with Infineon and AMS regarding lifetime modeling, failure analysis and accelerated testing. Focus: Sintered silver and copper interconnects, encapsulation, failure analysis

2020–2023
BMBF

KI-LiDAR

Digital twin and neural networks for recalibration of Automotive Flash-LiDAR, field coupled simulation and validation.

2019–2022
ESF/SAB

Landesinnovationspromotion

Transient IR-optical & AI-based methods for inline failure analysis and quality control of microelectronic packages during manufacturing.

2019–2022
EU/BMBF

HiPER (PENTA Call 3: Transport and Smart Mobility)

Thermal management and reliability of GPU power-SiP for automotive HPC for autonomous driving, liquid cooling test bench, design, setup, test and simulation power-SiP, power management GPU mock-up control and test

2019–2022
SAB

Transferzentrum "MoHeSys"

Modular integration for thin & heterogeneous sensor systems, characterisation of heterogeneous thin film and multilayer systems and reliability evaluation, structure-property correlation of thin films

2019–2020
ESF

Inlinetest (ICT-31-2017-IA)

Thermographic methods for inline process monitoring in the production of power electronics: Focus MMIC (GaN-HPA), discretes

2018–2021
ESF

Nachwuchsforschergruppe "e-Pisa"

Energy-autonomous, wireless piezoelectric MEMS sensors and actuators in medical technology and industry 4.0; design, construction and test of AlN-based cantilever as fatigue platform for thin sensor layers under vibration load, functionality.

2017–2020
ESF/SAB

Landesinnovationspromotion

Thermo-mechanical characterisation and reliability of flexible sensor systems, structure-property correlation in fatigue or disruption of thin Al and Cu PVD coatings by accelerated stress tests

2016–2019
SAB

Leistungszentrum 'Functional integration for micro-/nanoelectronics'

Thermo-mechanical characterization and reliability of 3D WL-SiP structures

Partner and coordinator TU Chemnitz

2016–2018
BMBF

Nanoproxi (KMU-innovativ: Nanotechnologie NanoChance): 'Development of a thermal delamination detection method'

Development of a thermal pixel camera for in-situ detection of delamination.

2015–2018
DFG

DFG Research Unit FOR1713, Sensorische Mikro- und Nanosysteme (SMINT, part II). Teilprojekt: "Ermüdungstest-plattform zur Zuverlässigkeitsbewertung von Nanokomponenten"

Characterisation of materials on the micro- and nanoscale using MEMS loading devices.

Sub-project manager

2014–2017
EU

CarrICool (FP7-ICT-2013-11-small): "Modular Interposer architecture providing scalable heat removal, power delivery, and communication"

Thermo-mechanical characterisation of 3D architectures in Si-interposer, e.g. TSVs and CuSn-based joining-technologies (soldering, TLPB)

Workpackage Leader

2014–2017
VW-Stiftung

Piezoresistive carbon nanotubes for condition monitoring and reliability consideration (Part II)

Degradation of SWCNT-metal interfaces in simulation and experiment (in situ TEM actuation & DIC analysis).

Sub-project manager

2014–2016
EU

NanoTherm (FP7-ICT-2011.3.1-large): "Innovative Nano and Micro Technologies for Advanced Thermo and Mechanical Interfaces"

Characterisation, modelling and failure analysis of porous sintered silver and Epoxy-Ag-Composites as die attach for power applications

Workpackage Leader

2012–2016
EU

SmartPower (FP7-ICT-2011-7-large): "Smart integration of GaN & SiC high power electronics for industrial and RF applications"

1: System approach to double-sided cooling of power converter using TEC and transient thermal buffering.

2: RF-Power-SiP under thermo-mechanical loading, characterisation and lifetime evaluation.

Workpackage Leader

2011–2016
EU

HyperConnect (FP7-NMP-2012-SMALL-6): "Functional joining of dissimilar materials using directed self-assembly of nanoparticles by capillary-bridging"

Self-assembly and interdiffusion using nano-materials, deformation and failure mechanisms of sintered joints und thermos-mechanical loading

Workpackage Leader

2013–2015
DFG

DFG Research Unit FOR1713: Sensorische Mikro- und Nanosysteme (SMINT, part I).

Entwicklung und Charakterisierung einer MEMS-Belastungsvorrichtung

Teilprojektleiter

2011–2014
VW-Stiftung

Integration of dielectrophoretic deposited Carbon Nanotubes and their reliability in mechanical sensor systems (Part I)

Structure-property correlation for SWCNTs during pullout testing from a metal matrix for smart systems application.

Teilprojektleiter

2011–2014
EU

eBRAINS (FP7-ICT-2009-5-large): "Best-Reliable Ambient Intelligent Nano Sensor Systems"

Characterisation of TSVs and CuSn Joints for 3D-SiP technologies. High cycle fatigue of thin Al BEOL layers under isothermal vibration loading

2010–2014
BMBF

Nanett (Phase II): "Kompetenznetzwerk für Nanosystemintegration - Materialintegrierte Sensorik basierend auf Nanoeffekten"

Materialcharakterisierung, Simulation und Test eines Polymer-verkapselten piezo-resistiven Bewegungssensors aus PVDF.

Partner

2012–2014
BMBF

Nanett (Phase I): "Kompetenznetzwerk für Nanosystemintegration - Materialintegrierte Sensorik basierend auf Nanoeffekten"

Simulation und Charakterisierung des Aufrollverhaltens von nanoskaligen TiCr Smart Tubes während der Prozessierung.

Partner

2009–2012