6/11/2019 Ryann Monahan, ECE ILLINOIS
Written by Ryann Monahan, ECE ILLINOIS
New ECE ILLINOIS research is advancing Green LED technologies, proving new possibilities for the emission of color in a single LED, and exploring new designs for solar cells for a mission to Jupiter.
The work was part of ECE ILLINOIS’ LEDs and Solar Cells (ECE 443) course. The advanced course in energy and conversion partners with companies such as Crosslight and MicroLink Devices to give students hands-on learning opportunities to work with the company tools in an academic setting.
Three “Best Project Awards” were given out during the spring 2019 semester. The 2nd Annual Crosslight Best Project Awards were given to two students who each received $1,000. The inaugural MicroLink Devices Best Project Award was given out to one student who also received $1,000.
The Crosslight Best Project awardees for the spring 2019 semester included ECE ILLINOIS graduate students Yi-Chia Tsai and Shreyas Kane Dmello.
“Tsai has shown that novel zincblende LEDs are better for green emission than conventional wurtzite LEDs,” Can Bayram, course director and assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering explained.
“In this course, students gain both simulation and experimental device characterization experience on LEDs and solar cells and understand how and why theories may fail in predicting real-life device behavior. The project component is very special as students design and simulate a unique LED or a solar cell – using industrial Crosslight software – to fulfill a societal or technological need they identify.” Bayram added.
MicroLink Devices specializes in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of semiconductor structures for use in wireless communications devices and in the growth and fabrication of advanced solar cells for space, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), and terrestrial use.
Crosslight Software Inc. is an industry leader in TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) simulation tools headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. For almost twenty years, Crosslight has been dedicated to providing state-of-the-art TCAD simulation tools for semiconductor devices and processes.
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