Institute for Wide-Bandgap Electronics
| Institute for Wide-Bandgap Electronics | |
| Formation | 1756 AN |
|---|---|
| Type | Public research institute |
| Purpose/focus | Wide-bandgap semiconductor device research |
| Headquarters | Aldurian Science and Technology Campus, Punta Santiago |
| Location | Alduria, Nouvelle Alexandrie |
| Official languages | Alexandrian, Martino |
| Director | Dr. Inés Carmona |
| Parent organization | Aldurian Science and Technology Campus |
Institute for Wide-Bandgap Electronics (Alexandrian: Institut d'électronique à large bande interdite; Martino: Instituto de Electrónica de Banda Prohibida Ancha) is a public research institute in Punta Santiago, Alduria, in Nouvelle Alexandrie. It conducts research on wide-bandgap semiconductor devices and carries out the device-engineering work of Foundation 1768, the federal diamond semiconductor program. The Institute opened in 1756 AN within the Aldurian Science and Technology Campus and is directed by Dr. Inés Carmona.
History
The Institute is one of the science facilities established under the advanced-sciences strand of the Aldurian Economic Diversification and Recovery Act, 1755, sited next to the University of Punta Santiago. Its founding formed part of the Federation's response to the Institute for Strategic Studies projection of Peak Alexandrium, set out in a 1751 AN report, that domestic Alexandrium extraction would peak around 1768 AN. The Institute's work is directed toward reducing the Federation's dependence on Alexandrium in electronics.
Research
The Institute's principal program is diamond power electronics, conducted under Foundation 1768. Boron-doped diamond holds higher voltages than silicon and tolerates junction temperatures above 300 degrees Celsius, properties suited to power conversion. The Institute's work is confined to power electronics; diamond logic devices remain infeasible pending a solution to the n-type doping problem.
In 1757 AN the Institute produced the first diamond-based power devices manufactured in the Federation, 48 boron-doped switching modules installed at the Piriya converter station on the Punta Santiago to Piriya superconducting corridor, which reduced switching losses by 18 percent relative to the silicon devices they replaced. The wafers were grown by Punta Santiago Substrates. Later work has been directed at power systems for rail traction and aerospace, with radiation-hard diamond detectors for the Federal Space Force and AlduATOM in development.
