information technology and electrical engineering 29° cycle study of power devices in...
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Information Technology and Electrical Engineering29° Cycle
Study of Power Devices in Electrical-Over-Stress (EOS) conditions
University of Naples Federico IIDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
Paolo MironeTutor: Prof. Andrea Irace
Background
Paolo Mirone received B.S. (2010) and M.S. (2013) degrees in Electronic Engineering from the University
of Naples "Federico II". He is currently PhD Student with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information technologies
(DIETI) at University of Naples "Federico II". His research interests include modeling, simulation
and experimental characterization of semiconductor power devices.
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First Year Research TopicsStudy of the main power devices
Power Device Robustness • Electrical-Over-Stress (avalanche, short-curcuit)
Design optimization of Active Cell and Termination Region• Study and analysis of different structures and designs
Study and design analysis of a new device• Reverse Conducting-IGBT (RC-IGBT)
Power Diode IGBT
SiliconSiC
PTNPTFSSoft-FS
Power MOS
PlanarTrench
Research Activity: IdeaPower switching • IGBT• Freewheeling Diode (FWD)
New device: RC-IGBT• IGBT and FWD integrated in a monolithic block
• Advantages• Reduced area and costs • Thermal improvements
Objective• Study and analysis of commercial designs• Propose new design solutions to improve the field of
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IGBT FWD
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Research Activity: MethodologyStudy of physical mechanisms in conduction and turn-off of Power devices and analysis through TCAD Simulations
Study of Electrical-Over-Stress (EOS) conditions (avalanche phenomena):• In Termination• Analysis and comparison
of different designs
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Research Activity: Developments RC-IGBT• Study of the main design solutions present in
Literature and Patents• Design realization for TCAD simulationsSecond Year Objectives:• To find a partner in order to produce a “real” device• TCAD calibration modeling through the device
characterization • Device thermal analysis in stress condition through
Thermography
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Published works
Followed Courses/Seminars
Mirone P., Maresca L.,Riccio M., De Falco G., Romano G., Irace A., Breglio G., “An Area-effective Termination Technique for PT-Trench IGBTs”, International Conference on Microelectronics 29th, 2014;
Accepted but not yet published works Mirone P., Maresca L.,Riccio M., De Falco G., Romano G., Irace A., Breglio G., “A comprehensive study of
current conduction during breakdown of Floating Field Ring terminations at arbitrary current levels”, IEEE International Conference PCIM, 2015;
Didactic Activity
Course Title Given by Credits
Meccanica Quantistica Prof. Miano G. 3
Europrogettazione Dr. Varchetta 3
Conferences
Title of work Conference Date
An area-effective termination for PT-Trench IGBTs
IEEE, MIEL ‘14 12-15 May 2014
SeminarsSeminar Title Organized by
Quantum Teleportation G. Miano
Novel tendencies in power devices and circuits (3 seminari) Castellazzi A.
High dimensional pattern recognition Sansone C.
Fractional programming for energy efficiency in wireless networks De Maio A.
Nano-carbon based components and materials for high frequency electronics (4 seminari) Miano G.
Circuiti quantistici Miano G.
Towards agile flight of vision-controlled micro flying robots:from frame-based to event-based vision Siciliano B.
Site reliability engineering at google Tramonatana P.
Reliability and availability modeling in practice Cotroneo D.
Capacity planning for infrastructure as a service cloud Cotroneo D.
Efficient service distribution in next generation cloud networks Antonia Tulino
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Second Year Attendance
The following exams are in preparation: Integrated Photonics, Prof. G. Breglio, 9 Credits Circuiti Attivi a Microonde e Radiofrequenza,
Prof. E.D’alessandro, 9 Credits
The following course in frequented:• English Course, Prof. T. Geraint, 6 Credits
Summary 1st YearActivity CreditsModules 6
Seminars 5
Research 35
One of the second year objective is the publication for IEEE Transaction on:• EOS analysis on the interaction zone between Active cell and Termination
with particular focusing on Electrothermal instability problem like filamentation.