In this paper, we discuss the calibration procedure and performance of the poly-heater
measurement technique for device characterization and reliability issues. We put a particular …

The temperature control and measurement of micro-heater in microfluidic devices are very
essential in various application fields such as gas sensors, flow sensors and bio-sensors. In …

A novel experimental setup is presented to thermomechanically cycle metallizations in situ
and, at the same time, study the progress of gradual changes in their microstructure using …

Cyclic delamination is the root cause for many different failure modes in semiconductor
devices that are related to a loss of mechanical, electrical, or thermal contact. Some of them …

During service in power electronic applications, microelectronic chips encounter rapid
changes in temperature, which are manifested by sub-millisecond-short heat pulses with …

Performance, efficiency, and reliability of modern high power, high speed microelectronics
and nanoscale structures are strongly influenced by device self-heating on the micron and …

This paper presents a finite-element-based simulation methodology to improve on
multiscale modeling and analysis limitations of power electronics development. The method …

Electronic systems are present in our everyday lives. In many applications, they have
complemented or replaced functions performed by other systems based on mechanic …

This chapter introduces a new experimental approach allowing to switch the temperature of
a device in a very fast and defined way. The new hardware tool, which we will herein refer to …

This paper presents CCD based thermoreflectance measurements of surface temperatures
with submicron spatial resolution and 50 ns temporal resolution. The measurement results …