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Advanced GaN packaging
Start date:2008-10-01
End date:2012-03-31
Project Acronym:AGAPAC
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:THALES ALENIA SPACE FRANCE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Olivier |
Avenue Jean-François Champollion 26 TOULOUSE FRANCE Region:SUD-OUEST MIDI-PYRÉNÉES Haute-Garonne |
| Tel:+33-534-353637 | |
| Fax:+33-534-355491 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.thalesaleniaspace.com | Organization Type:Industry |
Description
Objective:
On the very last months, the Gallium Nitride (GaN) technology has made a remarked breakthrough in the world of the microwave electronics with the announcement of commercially available transistors from 5W to 180W at microwave frequencies. Coming from major transistor industrial vendors from Japon but also from US, it let equipment manufacturers and especially the one from space think that time has come now for a rapid insertion into their systems.
Outside the reliability and the European source concerns, these GaN power transistors will roughly increase power density by more than an order of magnitude for large devices (from 0.5 W/mm to 5 W/mm for space applications including deratings). The consequence will then directly impact the packaging technology for which the thermal resistance needs to be importantly reduced if the advantages obtained at die level want to remain at its highest at module and equipment level. To address this critical item for space satellite applications is the aim of the proposed project which is in the ESA roadmap [Ref. ESTEC/AC/418-20, ESA-IPC 2006] for GaN component strategy but not funded by ESA. The ESA funding is being mainly dedicated toward GaN transistor process optimization, reliability and industrialization.
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Project Details
Start date:2008-10-01
End date:2012-03-31
Duration:42 months
Project Reference:218851
Project cost:2848830 EURO
Project Funding:1764628 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Space technologies
Contract type:Collaborative project (generic)
URL:http://www.agapac.eu
Subject index:Space & satellite research
Other Indexes:high power packaging,thermal management,high power amplifier,Solid state power amplifier,diamond composites,carbon nanofiber composites
Results for this Project
Documents for this Project
| Final Report - AGAPAC (Advanced GaN packaging) | 18/01/2013 |
| Periodic Report 2 - AGAPAC (Advanced GaN packaging) | 18/01/2013 |
Other participants
| Organization name:UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Mike |
SENATE HOUSE, TYNDALL AVENUE BRISTOL UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH WEST (UK) AVON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WILTSHIRE Avon |
| Tel:+44-1179288317 | |
| Fax:+44-1179250900 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.bristol.ac.uk | Organization Type:Education |
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES - CNES | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Francis |
Place Maurice Quentin 2 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-561274669 | |
| Fax:+33-561274732 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.cnes.fr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:EGIDE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Philippe |
Rue Descartes 2, Parc d'activités de Pissaloup TRAPPES FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Yvelines |
| Tel:+33-130688120 | |
| Fax:+33-130660651 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.egide.fr | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNITED MONOLITHICS SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Klaus |
WILHELM-RUNGE-STRASSE 11 ULM DEUTSCHLAND Region:BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG TÜBINGEN Ulm, Stadtkreis |
| Tel:+49-7315053080 | |
| Fax:+49-7315053005 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
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| Organization name:PLANSEE SE | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Franz |
Metallwerk Planseestrasse 71 REUTTE ÖSTERREICH Region:WESTÖSTERREICH TIROL Außerfern |
| Tel:+435-6726002925 | |
| Fax:+435-672600514 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.plansee.com | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Ane |
PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE BIZKAIA - CALLE GELDO - EDIFICIO 700 DERIO ESPAÑA Region:NORESTE PAIS VASCO Vizcaya |
| Tel:+34-946430850 | |
| Fax:+34-946460900 | |
| E-mail:Contact | |
| URL:http://www.tecnalia.com | Organization Type: |
Record control number:88438
