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Electronics authentication using electrical measurements and machine learning

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115652

S. Carta , A. Urru , M. Musa , P. Andronico , G. Mura

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RRAMulator: An efficient FPGA-based emulator for RRAM crossbar with device variability and energy consumption evaluation

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115630

Jianan Wen , Fabian Luis Vargas , Fukun Zhu , Daniel Reiser , Andrea Baroni , Markus Fritscher , Eduardo Perez , Marc Reichenbach , Christian Wenger , Milos Krstic

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Long-term (8000 h) reliability and failures of high-power LEDs for outdoor lighting stressed at high ambient temperatures

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115634

A. Caria , R. Fraccaroli , G. Pierobon , T. Castellaro , A. Huang , J. Magnien , J. Rosc , Gy Lipák , G. Hantos , J. Hegedüs , C. De Santi , M. Buffolo , N. Trivellin , E. Zanoni , A. Poppe , G. Meneghesso , M. Meneghini

{"title":"Long-term (8000 h) reliability and failures of high-power LEDs for outdoor lighting stressed at high ambient temperatures","authors":"A. Caria , R. Fraccaroli , G. Pierobon , T. Castellaro , A. Huang , J. Magnien , J. Rosc , Gy Lipák , G. Hantos , J. Hegedüs , C. De Santi , M. Buffolo , N. Trivellin , E. Zanoni , A. Poppe , G. Meneghesso , M. Meneghini","doi":"10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115634","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115634","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Modern solid-state lighting systems allowed to enhance the energy efficiency of light sources, improve quality and reduce the related costs; however, the reliability of high-power light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is a critical aspect, especially in systems where high powers/small footprints are required.</div><div>In this paper, the long-term reliability of high-power light emitting diodes (LEDs) for outdoor lighting is analyzed. LEDs were stressed for 8000 h near their absolute maximum current, at different ambient temperatures (45 °C, 65 °C, 85 °C and 105 °C). The devices were mounted on metal-core printed circuit boards (PCBs), 8 LEDs per PCB. LEDs were characterized individually by means of I-V characterizations and power spectral density measurements. LEDs stressed at the lowest temperatures, which junction temperature was within absolute maximum rating, showed almost no degradation, whereas LEDs stressed at 85 °C and 105 °C, with junction temperature exceeding absolute maximum, showed an initial gradual degradation, followed by a catastrophic degradation, due to silicone cracking and darkening. X-ray imaging and shear tests highlighted a solder degradation. Remarkably, negligible thermal resistance variation was measured, but junction temperature increased during the stress. This increase was attributed to gradual silicone degradation, that increased silicone lens light absorption in a positive feedback loop, leading to the cracking/darkening of the lens.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51131,"journal":{"name":"Microelectronics Reliability","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 115634"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143611530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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About the influence of temperature operation and packaging stress on the threshold for catastrophic optical damage in laser diodes

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115695

Jorge Souto, José Luis Pura, Julian Anaya, Juan Jimenez

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Active gate driver for current overshoot suppression of SiC+Si hybrid switches with dynamic gate current regulation

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115689

Ping Liu , Yongjie Liu , Qi Cao , Biao Xiao , Mingbin Tang , Chunming Tu , Bin Yu

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Device edge termination effects on TDDB in galvanic isolators based on polymeric dielectrics

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115670

Matteo Greatti , Jurij L. Mazzola , Lorenzo Cantù , Marco Salina , Fabrizio Speroni , Michele Lauria , Francesco Guzzi , Donata Asnaghi , Dario Paci , Vincenzo Marano , Alessandro Spinelli , Christian Monzio Compagnoni , Gerardo Malavena

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Gate lifetime investigation at low temperature for p-GaN HEMT

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115658

M. Alam , V. Rustichelli , M. Zerarka , C. Banc , J. Pieprzyk , O. Perrotin , R. Ceccarelli , D. Trémouilles , M. Matmat , F. Coccetti

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Interface-related VTH shift of SiC MOSFETs during constant current stress extracted from charge pumping measurements

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115698

A. Marcuzzi , M. Avramenko , C. De Santi , P. Moens , G. Meneghesso , E. Zanoni , M. Meneghini

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On the influence of the porosity and homogeneity of sintered die-attach layers on the power cycling performance

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115691

L. Mikutta, F. Otto, J. Schadewald

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On the validity of rainflow counting-based lifetime assessment for power electronics assembly

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Microelectronics Reliability Pub Date : 2025-03-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2025.115651

D. Zhao, S. Letz, J. Leib, B. Eckardt

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