Projects
RADiation facility Network for the EXploration of effects for indusTry and research KU Leuven
New applications in the industrial sectors of space, automotive, IoT, nuclear dismantling and civil applications, medical and accelerators among others require innovative radiation testing methodologies. As well, for coping with the industrial demand and market timelines, streamlined and coordinated testing becomes highly necessary.
Although punctual exceptions exist, Europe does not count with a coordinated network of cost-effective ...
Structure analysis of hard and soft condensed matter using synchrotron radiation (ESRF-DUBBLE). University of Antwerp
High speed, radiation-tolerant optical and wireline communication circuits KU Leuven
Introduction Radiation-hard high-speed data links play an ever-growing role in modern High Energy Physics experiments. The state-of-the-art, marked by the lpGBT development for the LHC Phase-II upgrades, supports 10 Gb/s transmission and withstands radiation levels of 1 MGy and 10e+15 neq/cm². This is however already insufficient for some of the HL-LHC detectors where, for example, the pixel optoelectronics installed on the first strip layer ...
Model based virtual acoustic sensing for augmented system monitoring of flexible multibody systems KU Leuven
The sustainable development and maintenance of vehicles and machines plays an increasingly important role. This involves the challenging task of monitoring and balancing the often conflicting criteria related to human health, profitability and environment. The knowledge of the forces, torques and stresses in components is of great importance to make sure that machines and vehicles stay within safety limits and retain their reliability over ...
Technology and building blocks for wide bandgap based power converters KU Leuven
Continous evolution in the powerelectronics domain enables smaller, more efficient and reliable powermanagement systems. To continue this evolution alternatives for the current silicon (Si) based power transistors have to be found. Promising alternatives are found in the wide bandgap (WBG) materials, with galliumnitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) as most well known, mature, variants. Their use leads to smaller and more efficient, and ...
Smart Hybrid DC-DC converters for Li-ion Battery Operated Portable Electronics KU Leuven
The goal of this dissertation is to develop power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for Li-ion battery-operated portable electronics that are lightweight, affordable, and efficient. On the one hand, a limited energy source, such as a small battery, mandates efficient use of energy to extend battery life. Emerging applications like internet-of-things (IoTs), on the other hand, push for incredibly smaller footprints. The traditional method ...