Highlights

The Fraunhofer IMWS along with 79 partners from 14 countries have joined forces in the EU-funded project "iRel 4.0" (Intelligent Reliability 4.0) to find solutions to improve the reliability of electronic components and systems along the entire value chain.

In the EU-funded project "UltimateGaN", 26 partners from nine European countries conducted joint research on the next generation of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power semiconductors.

Sensors that function reliably even at extremely high temperatures or in corrosive environments are in demand, for example, for use in energy technology. In a new joint project, the Fraunhofer IMWS is contributing its expertise in materials analysis and has developed new possibilities for materials characterization in the high-temperature range.

In a new project Fraunhofer IMWS together with the copper semi-finished products manufacturer KME, are going to explore the use of additive manufacturing technologies for highly thermally conductive components made of copper.

Energy-saving chips based on the new semiconductor material gallium nitride (GaN) are being further developed by 26 partners from nine European countries in the »UltimateGaN« project.

Fraunhofer IMWS researchers are working on a more efficient test method to predict the corrosion behaviour of electronic components.

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