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Cosmic ray testing is usually performed with the gate electrode shortened to the emitter ground, producing zero electric field across the gate dielectric oxide. In real applications, the gate is usually charged to +/-15 V with respect to the emitter, resulting in a field strength exceeding 100 kV/mm. This work aims to test the effect of a gate voltage applied on the failure in time (FIT) rate of Trench Si-IGBTs irradiated with protons and neutrons, providing more realistic test conditions close to the application. Further, HTGB tests are performed on the surviving devices to provide novel insights into the impact of cosmic ray particles on the gate oxide reliability.

We are pleased to present you with our 2023 Annual Report of our Technology Transfer Center. The Annual Report is available here in German.

A tailor-made high-temperature oven was developed as part of a customer project with Hitachi Energy.

With over 200 guests from research, industry and politics, the grand opening of our new home, the "Switzerland Innovation Park Innovaare", took place yesterday. The park offers 23,000 square metres of state-of-the-art clean rooms, laboratories, precision workshops, offices and meeting rooms. The perfect base for companies and start-ups to settle. At the opening ceremony, we took the opportunity to present our technology transfer center and expand our network.

Flavia Bonelli, Toni Israel, Julian Czajor and Felix Bölter from Stäubli visited us this week. After a short round of introductions, we had an intensive dialogue. The product examples they brought with them helped us to better understand the challenges faced by Stäubli. Afterwards, our guests were given a tour of our premises and gained an insight into the development process of our infrastructures. We are looking forward to our future collaboration.

Merck & Co., Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Rahway, New Jersey, and is named for Merck Group, founded in Germany in 1668, of whom it was once the American arm. The company does business as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, generally ranking in the global top five by revenue.

Functional highlights

In total, we carried out 5 experiments, on 5 different beamlines, over 4 days, at 2 different large-scale research facilities (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) / Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)). This enormous achievement of our team was of course not possible without the support of the scientists at the beamlines. We would therefore like to thank Paul Tafforeau & Elodie Boller (ESRF /BM18), Julie Villanova (ESRF/ID16), Jakub Drnec (ID31), Lukas Helfen (ILL/NEXT) and Olivier Mathon (ESRF/BM23). Further thanks go to Athanasios Papazoglou & Edward Mitchell (ESRF) and Duncan Atkins (ILL) from the respective Business Development Offices.

ACTEGA Artística is a leading supplier of water-based sealants for the end-making industry. Its water-based sealants for food, beverage and general-line metal packaging, together with its innovative technical solutions and advanced technical support, improve lining processes, enhance quality, add value and help to reduce cost.

Usual tests to examine the seam are destructive (as cross-cut section or seam disassemble) and do not provide any indication about sealant placement inside the seam.