Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 26/Sept/2023
9:00am
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5:00pm
Introduction to measurement system analysis and sample size estimation

Date: Wednesday, 27/Sept/2023
8:00am
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9:30am
Registration
9:00am
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9:10am
Welcome address
9:10am
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9:50am
1st Keynote
Chair: Marta Rencz, Budapest University of Technology & Economics

"In Pursuit of Accuracy: Thermal Design Verification in Automotive Power Electronics"

Speaker: Szilárd Szőke, Bosch HU

9:50am
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10:00am
Break
10:00am
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11:20am
1.1: Testing and cooling solutions for power electronics
Chair: Bernhard Wunderle, TU Chemnitz
 

Thermal Transient Tests with Programmed Powering on Wide Bandgap Power Devices with Non-monotonous and Time-variant Characteristics

Sándor László Ress1,2, Zoltán Sárkány1, Márta Rencz1,2, Gábor Farkas1

1: SIEMENS DI SW, Budapest, Hungary; 2: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary



Applicability of JESD51-14 to Clip-bonded, Discrete Power Devices

Szilárd Zsigmond Szőke, Henrik Sebők

Robert Bosch Kft., Hungary



Modular Design of Cold Plate for Cooling Power Module – Application to LV100 Packaging Module Silicon Carbide –

Wahid Cherief, Mickael Vahier, Mariya Pektova, Yannick Moison, Jérôme Giolat

MERSEN, France



An Advanced Cooling Solution for High Voltage and Power Density Modules

Amin Salim Al-Hinaai1,2, Till Huesgen1, Cyril Buttay2, Eric Vagnon2, Ettinger Ildiko3, Besar Asllani4, Céline Combettes5

1: Electronics Integration Laboratory, University of Applied Sciences Kempten, Germany; 2: Univ Lyon, CNRS, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France; 3: CeramTec GmbH, Plochingen, Germany; 4: SuperGrid Institute, Villeurbanne, France; 5: Laboratoire plasma et conversion d'énergie, Toulouse, France

11:20am
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11:50am
Break
11:50am
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12:30pm
P1: Poster introduction 1
Chair: John Janssen, NXP Semiconductors
 

HexMG: A Circuit-Model Based Finite Multi-Domain Simulator

László Pohl

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary



Thermal Reduced Order Modelling of Multiple Power Modules on a Forced Air Heat Sink

Kajol Kulkarni, Pietro Botazzoli

Siemens AG, Germany



Discrete Packaged Power Diode’s Electro-thermal Behaviour Modelling Method in a Standard CAD Environment

Lilas Montaner1, Achraf Kaïd2, Fabrice Roqueta1, Luc Hébrard2, Jean-Baptiste Kammerer2

1: STMicroelectronics, France; 2: ICube-CNRS, Strasbourg, France



Analysis of Innovative Direct Coolers Manufacturable by Plastic 3D Printing for Modular Power Devices

Nicola Delmonte, Paolo Cova, Davide Spaggiari, Danilo Santoro, Corrado Sciancalepore, Roberto Menozzi

University of Parma, Italy



Analysis of the Performance of Different Packaging Technologies During Power Cycling Test

Bhanu Pratap Singh1, Khaled Redwan Choudhury2, Staffan Norrga1, Konstantin Kostov3, Hans-Peter Nee1

1: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; 2: University of Warwick, UK; 3: Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Sweden



A Simple and Effective Power Derating Strategy Based on Junction Temperature Estimation Improving Both Performance and Reliability

Andrea Lamanuzzi, Andrea Pastore, Maurizio Tranchero, Claudio Romano, Paolo Santero

Ideas & Motion, Italy



Thermal Challenges in Design of Data Processing Electronics for Cubesats

Artur Jurkowski1,2, Marcin Wójcik1, Kamil Lysek1

1: KP Labs Sp. z o.o., Poland; 2: Silesian University of Technology, Poland



Interplay of Thermal and Electronic Effects in the Mott Transition of Nanosized VO2 Phase Change Memory Devices

László Pósa1,2, Péter Hornung1, Tímea Nóra Török1,2, Sebastian Werner Schmid2, Sadaf Arjmandabasi2, György Molnár1, Zsófia Baji1, Goran Dražić3, András Halbritter2,4, János Volk1

1: Centre for Energy Research, Hungary; 2: Department of Physics, Institute of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary; 3: Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia; 4: ELKH-BME Condensed Matter Research Group, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary



Thermal and Acoustics Investigation of a Combined Porous Media-piezoelectric Agitator System

Rutuja Ramchandra Bilaskar, Sripriya Ramamoorthy, Shankar Krishnan

IIT Bombay, India



A Study on Optimizing Cooling Design for a Power Transformer

Seong Eon Kim, Jae Seop Ryu

LS Electric, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)



Development and Evaluation of a Belt Drive Fatigue Tester for Accelerated Thermo-mechanical Stress Testing of Thin Metallic Films on Flexible Substrates

David Walther1,, Nathanael Jöhrmann1,, Jörg Arnold1,, Bernhard Wunderle1,2

1: Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer ENAS, Chemnitz, Germany

12:30pm
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2:00pm
Lunch and poster viewing Day 1
2:00pm
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3:20pm
1.2: Thermal management and cooling solutions 1
Chair: Peter Szabo, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
 

Enabling Short-Term Over-current Capability of SiC Devices using Microchannel Cooling

Shubhangi Bhadoria, Soundhariya G S, Hans-Peter Nee

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden



Optimization of Hollow Hybrid Fin Heat Sinks Under Natural Convection

Wooheon Noh, Kyoung Joon Kim

Pukyong National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)



Experimental Investigation of Pumped Two-phase Flow Boiling using Different Finned and Pin Fin Structures on Interchangeable Heater Modules

Ralph Schacht1, Tobias Gruen2, Daniel May3, Marcus Schulz4, Torsten Nowak5, Jörg Arnold6, Bernhard Wunderle7

1: Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany; 2: Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH, Germany; 3: Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany; 4: Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH, Germany; 5: Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH, Germany; 6: Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany; 7: Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany



Observer Based Junction Temperature Estimation: 3D Simulations and Experimentations

Tychique Kabwangala Nzalalemba1, Jean-Pierre Fradin2, Yassine Ariba3, Alexandre Marie2, Frédéric Gouaisbaut4

1: LAAS-CNRS, Faculté d’ingénierie ULC-Icam, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo; 2: Icam site de Toulouse, Toulouse, France; 3: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INSA, Toulouse, France; 4: LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France

3:20pm
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3:40pm
Vendor session 1
Chair: András Poppe, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
3:40pm
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4:20pm
Break
4:20pm
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6:00pm
1.3: Coupled field modelling & simulation
Chair: Wendy Luiten, WLC
 

A Simple Electrothermal Compact Model for SiC MPS Diodes Including the Snapback Mechanism

Vincenzo d'Alessandro, Vincenzo Terracciano, Alessandro Borghese, Marco Boccarossa, Andrea Irace

University of Naples Federico II, Italy



Improving the Thermal Ruggedness of GaAs HBTs Through Nonuniform Base Ballasting Optimization

Antonio Pio Catalano1, Ciro Scognamillo1, Peter J. Zampardi2, Lorenzo Codecasa3, Vincenzo d'Alessandro1

1: University Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2: Qorvo, Inc., Newbury Park, CA, USA; 3: Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy



Improved Nonlinear Electrothermal Simulation of Bipolar Transistors: Application to InP/InGaAs DHBTs

Ciro Scognamillo1, Antonio Pio Catalano2, Giuseppe Della Ragione1, Markus Müller2, Michael Schröter2, Lorenzo Codecasa3, Vincenzo d'Alessandro1

1: Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University Federico II, Naples, Italy; 2: Chair for Electron Devices and Integrated Circuits (CEDIC), TU Dresden, Germany; 3: Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy



A Fast and Reliable Simulator for the Evaluation of Losses in Power Devices Based on a Mixed Analytical and Empirical Model

Lorenzo Giraudi, Maurizio Tranchero, Claudio Romano, Paolo Santero

Ideas & Motion, Italy



Performance Analysis of Stacked Photovoltaic-thermoelectric Generator using Mathematical Thermal-electrical Model

Ahmed I M Alnahhal1,2, Balázs Plesz1

1: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary; 2: University of Palestine, Palestine

6:00pm
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6:50pm
Str Com: Steering Committee Meeting (by invitation only)
7:00pm
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8:30pm
Welcome drink: Welcome reception / cocktail, Hotel Marriott Budapest

Date: Thursday, 28/Sept/2023
8:20am
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9:00am
2nd Keynote
Chair: Genevieve Martin, Signify (Philips Lighting)

"Making Digital Twin Work"

Speaker: Kouchi Zhang, TU Delft

9:00am
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10:20am
2.1: Advances in data processing of thermal transients and compact modelling
Chair: Gabor Farkas, SIEMENS DISW
 

Tridiagonal Approaches for Network Identification by Deconvolution

Nils J. Ziegeler1,2, Peter W. Nolte3, Stefan Schweizer1,3

1: South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 2: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors, Branch Lab of Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Germany



Structure Curve Representation of Dynamic Thermal Multi-Ports

Lorenzo Codecasa1, Vincenzo d'Alessandro2, Antonio Pio Catalano2, Ciro Scognamillo2, Dario D'Amore1

1: Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy; 2: Università Federico II, Naples, Italy



Accuracy Comparison of T3ster-master and Optimization-based Network Identification

Nils J. Ziegeler1,2, Peter W. Nolte3, Stefan Schweizer1,3

1: South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany; 2: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors, Branch Lab of Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials IMWS, Germany



Boundary Condition Independent Compact Thermal Models Enhanced by Contour Elements

Lorenzo Codecasa1, Vincenzo d'Alessandro2, Antonio Pio Catalano2, Ciro Scognamillo2, Dario D'Amore1

1: Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy; 2: Università Federico II, Naples, Italy

10:20am
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10:30am
Break
10:30am
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11:50am
2.2: Thermal management and cooling solutions 2
Chair: Tim Persoons, Trinity College Dublin
 

Effect of Leading Edge Geometry on the Thermal Performance of Plate-fin Heat Sinks with Forced Convection at Transitional Reynolds Numbers

Gearóid Farrell1, Rajesh Nimmagadda1, Shailesh N. Joshi2, Danny J. Lohan2, Tim Persoons1

1: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; 2: Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), USA



To Bend or Not to Bend: Impact on Heat Pipe Performance

Wessel W. Wits, Rick Groot, Davoud Jafari

University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands



Definition of a Common Parameter Set for Heterogeneous Heat Sink Shapes

Ine Vandebeek, Sarah da Silva Andrade, Lieven Vervecken, Yogesh Sovani

Diabatix, Belgium



Experimental Investigation Of an Ultra-thin Vapour Chamber With Water And Pure 2-Propanol as Working Fluids

Arunjoy Baruah, John Mathew, Shankar Krishnan

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

11:50am
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12:20pm
P2: Poster introduction 2
Chair: Marta Rencz, Budapest University of Technology & Economics
 

Antigravity Heat Pipe with Multisectional Powder Wick

Victor Maziuk, Valery Aliakhnovich, Aliaxandar Ilyushchanka, Pawel Ancheuski

Powder Metallurgy Institute named after O.V. Roman, Belarus



Effect of Conductive Particle Networks on the Effective Thermal Conductivity of a Thermal Interface Material

Julia Lucia Mayer1,2, Andreas Griesinger1, Norbert Willenbacher2

1: Cooperative State University (DHBW) Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany



The Impact of Additively Fabricated Lattice Geometry on Liquid-cooling Heat Sink Performance for Railway Applications

Ahmad Batikh1,2, Jean-Pierre Fradin1, Antonio Castro Moreno3

1: Icam School of Engineering, Toulouse campus, France; 2: Institut Clément Ader (ICA), Toulouse, France; 3: IRT Saint Exupéry, Toulouse, France



Two-phase Cooling System for Electric Vehicles’ Battery Based on a 3D Pulsating Heat Pipe

Luca Cattani1, Matteo Malavasi1, Fabio Bozzoli1, Valerio D'alessandro2, Luca Giammichele2, Alessandro Benelli1

1: University of Parma, Italy; 2: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy



Investigation of Thermal Design Issues of a Bimaterial MEMS

Elemér Dávid Deák, Balázs Plesz, Péter Gábor Szabó

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary



CFD Modelling of the Heat Transfer of Photovoltaic Modules

Péter Pálovics, Márton Németh

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary



Alumina Ceramics Without Sintering Additives as Potential Substrates for Integrated Circuits

Katalin Balazsi, Mónika Furkó, Haroune R. Ben Zine, Tamás Kolonits, Csaba Balázsi

Centre for Energy Research, Hungary



3D Finite Element Modelling of Heat Transfer in Continuous Flow Two-phase Droplet Microfluidic Systems Using On-chip Thermal Control

Zsombor Szomor1,2, Eszter L. Tóth1, Péter Fürjes1

1: Microsystems Lab., Inst. of Technical Physics and Materials Science, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Hungary; 2: Doctoral School on Materials Sciences and Technologies, Óbuda University, Hungary



Comparison of Thermal Behaviour of Commercial Packages for Power Devices

Lorenzo Giraudi, Maurizio Tranchero, Claudio Romano, Paolo Santero

Ideas & Motion, Italy



SPICE Modeling of Insulator-Metal Transition Devices with Hysteresis

Mahmoud Darwish, László Pohl

Department of Electron Devices, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3., H-1111 Budapest, Hungary



A Simple Self-exciting Vibration High Cycle Fatigue Tester for Accelerated Stress Testing of Thin Films

Arash Mohammadi1, Majid Tavakolibasti1, Jörg Arnold1, Bernhard Wunderle1,2

1: T.U. Chemnitz, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer ENAS, Chemnitz, Germany

12:20pm
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2:00pm
Lunch and poster viewing Day 2
2:00pm
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3:00pm
2.3: Optimization, numerical analysis, machine learning
Chair: Lorenzo Codecasa, Politecnico di Milano
 

Optimising Impinging Microjet Arrays for Varying Heat Source Size in Liquid Cooled Coldplates

Jonathan William Elliott1, Gerard Byrne1, Anthony James Robinson1,2

1: AMBER Research centre, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; 2: School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland



Topology Optimization for the CFD Design of Heat Sinks Coupled with Phase Change Materials

Leonardo Abate1, Nicola Bianco2, Andrea Fragnito2, Marcello Iasiello2, Gerardo Maria Mauro1

1: Università degli Studi del Sannio, Italy; 2: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy



A Machine Learning Model for the Detection of Solder Voids with Adjacent Sensors

Nils Jahn, Patrick Sina, Martin Pfost

TU Dortmund University, Germany

3:00pm
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3:30pm
Break
3:30pm
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3:50pm
Vendor session 2
Chair: András Poppe, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
3:50pm
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4:50pm
2.4: New concepts for data center cooling
Chair: Vadim Tsoi, Huawei Technologies Sweden AB
 

Reduced-order Model for Predicting Aerodynamic Performance of Dual Impeller Fans in Data Centre Cooling Systems

Wenguang Zhao, Sahan Wasala, Tim Persoons

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland



Thermal Robust Design Considerations for a Forced Convection Immersion Tank

Wendy Luiten

WLC, The Netherlands



AI-assisted Characterization of Cooling Patterns in a Water-cooled ICT Room

Vlatko Milic1,2, Linus Kåge1, Maria Andersson1, Jim Enkel3, Bahram Moshfegh1,2

1: Division of Energy Systems, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; 2: Division of Building, Energy and Environment Technology, Department of Technology and Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden; 3: Ericsson AB, Linköping Lab Operations, Linköping, Sweden

4:50pm
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5:10pm
Announcement of the details of the social program
6:30pm
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9:30pm
Social program: Cruise on the Danube, dinner

Date: Friday, 29/Sept/2023
8:30am
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9:10am
3rd Keynote
Chair: András Poppe, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

"Challenges and Opportunities to Improve the Performance of LED Lighting"

Speaker: László Balázs, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences

9:10am
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10:30am
3.1: AI-TWILIGHT Session 1: Thermal, optical and powercycling testing and modelling of LED packages
Chair: András Poppe, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Chair: Genevieve Martin, Signify (Philips Lighting)
 

From Digital Twins to Use-cases: an Approach from AI-TWILIGHT

Genevieve Martin1, Christophe Marty2, Marc van der Schans1, András Poppe3, Elke Kraker4

1: Signify, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; 2: Ingelux, Lyon, France; 3: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Electron Devices, Budapest, Hungary; 4: Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Leoben, Austria



Design of Power Cycling for Reliability Testing of LED Systems: Numerical and Analytical Approach

Lisa Mitterhuber, Julien Magnien, Elke Kraker

Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Austria



Automated Peak Detection for Analysis of Error Propagations and Validation of Structure Functions in Reliability Tests of LED Systems

Sandra Fischer, Julien Magnien, Heiko Röthl, Lisa Mitterhuber, Elke Kraker

Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Austria



On the Importance of Fast and Accurate LED Optical and Thermal Characterization: from Visible Use Cases to UV Technologies

Nicola Trivellin1,2, Nicola Roccato2, Francesco Piva2, Matteo Buffolo2, Carlo De Santi2, Claudio Narduzzi2, Riccardo Fraccaroli2, Alessandro Caria2, Gaudenzio Meneghesso2, Enrico Zanoni2, Matteo Meneghini2,3

1: DII - University of Padova, Italy; 2: DEI - University of Padova, Italy; 3: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy - University of Padova, Italy

10:30am
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10:40am
Break
10:40am
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11:40am
3.2: AI-TWILIGHT Session 2: Modelling of LEDs
Chair: Genevieve Martin, Signify (Philips Lighting)
 

An Automated Method for Creating Compact Dynamic Thermal Models for In-situ Prognostics of Power Electronics and Power LED Packages

András Poppe, Gusztáv Hantos, János Hegedüs, Ferenc Ender

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Electron Devices, Budapest, Hungary



The Minimal Set of IVL Measurements to Characterize Power LED Chips

Márton Németh, Gusztáv Hantos, János Hegedüs

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Electron Devices, Hungary



Bayesian Experimental Design for LEDs Using Gaussian Processes

Peter Förster1,2, Sebastian Schöps1, Wil Schilders2, Stephan Böckhorst3, Maximilian Mevenkamp3

1: Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany; 2: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; 3: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Germany

11:40am
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11:50am
Break
11:50am
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12:50pm
3.3: Thermal investigation of LEDs and PV cells
Chair: János Hegedüs, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
 

Transient Thermal Analysis for VCSEL Diodes

Maximilian Schmid1, Marcel Momberg2, Marcel Kettelgerdes2, Gordon Elger1

1: Fraunhofer IVI, Germany; 2: Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany



Impact of LED Temperature on the Performance of LiFi Optical Wireless Communication Links

Diego Rodolfo Vargas Romero1, Jean-Paul M.G Linnartz1,2, Jacobus L.M van Mechelen1

1: Eindhoven University Technology, The Netherlands; 2: Signify (Philips Lighting) Research



Thermal Behavior of Crystalline Silicon Bottom Cell in a Monolithic Perovskite/Si Tandem Solar Cells

Ahmad Halal Alshahmani, Balázs Plesz

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

12:50pm
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2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
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3:00pm
3.4: Thermal & reliability testing
Chair: Patrick Tounsi, LAAS - CNRS
 

Thermographic, Electric, and Spectral Measurements for Analysis of High-Power LEDs

Simon H. Anke1, Nils J. Ziegeler1,2, Peter W. Nolte3, Stefan Schweizer1,3

1: South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Germany; 2: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Thermal Management Department, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors, Branch Lab of Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Germany



Thermal Test Vehicle for HPC – System Level Approach for Investigation of the Thermal Heat Path Signature with the Property of Spatial Resolution

Maik Sternberg1, Daniel May1,2, Kaushal Arun Pareek1,2, Volker Bader4, Karl-Friedrich Becker4, Bernhard Wunderle2,3, Mohamad Abo Ras1

1: Berliner Nanotest und Design GmbH, Germany; 2: Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer ENAS, Germany; 4: Fraunhofer IZM, Germany



Reliability Tests of the Surface-mounted Power MOSFETs Soldered using SAC0307-TiO2 Composite Solder Paste

Paweł Górecki1, Adrian Pietruszka1, Agata Skwarek1, Balazs Illes2

1: Gdynia Maritime University, Poland; 2: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

3:00pm
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3:10pm
Break
3:10pm
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3:20pm
Best paper and best poster awards ceremony
Chair: András Poppe, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
3:20pm
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3:30pm
Closing remarks, announcement of the 30th THERMINIC Workshop
Chair: Bernhard Wunderle, TU Chemnitz