Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISBSolutions for electromobility and sustainable energy supply - from semiconductor materials to power electronic systems
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen is one of the leading European research institutions for wide-bandgap semiconductors and power electronic systems. The institute covers the entire value chain for next-generation power electronics: from material to chip and from module to system. The spectrum ranges from semiconductor materials and processing technologies through packaging and module designs to complex electronic and energy systems, such as ultra-compact converters, modular multilevel converters, electric drive trains, battery storage systems and decentralized energy grids. For silicon carbide (SiC), e.g., the institute operates the complete technological process chain.
Power electronic devices based on wide- and ultrawide bandgap semiconductors for applications in the semi-conductor and electronics industry, electromobility, aerospace and sustainable energy supply are central to the institute's work. With its advanced solutions, the institute sets benchmarks in energy efficiency, performance and reliability, even under extreme operating conditions and from the milliwatt to the megawatt ran-ge. Furthermore, by integrating data analysis, machine learning and applied AI, Fraunhofer IISB is creating a new class of integrated intelligent power electronics, so-called Cognitive Power Electronics.
By supporting its customers and partners in transferring the latest research results into globally competitive products, the IISB also actively contributes to maintaining and expanding European technological sovereignty.
At the IISB, about 300 employees and numerous students work together on an area of about 7000 m². In addition to its headquarters in Erlangen, IISB has a branch office in Freiberg/Saxony – where it is active in the Fraunhofer Technology Center High Performance Materials THM. At the THM, innovative semiconductor and energy materials are transferred into new applications, while at the same time future material recycling is being considered and developed. As one of 76 institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the IISB conducts research for customers from industry or within the framework of publicly funded projects.
The Fraunhofer IISB maintains close cooperation with the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), the University of Bayreuth and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. A total of four scientific directors work for the IISB, each of whom is also head of a partner chair or a partner institute. As the µe-bauhaus erlangen-nürnberg, the Chair of Electron Devices at FAU and the Fraunhofer IISB have joined forces to form the academic-technical master forge, the “Bauhaus of Microelectronics, to establish a novel educational concept.
