CIPS (International Conference on Integrated Power Electronics Systems) focuses on the assembly and connection technology of power electronic components as well as the integration of hybrid and mechatronic systems with high power density.
Fraunhofer IKTS will be presenting technologies for customized ceramic substrates and degradation analyses.
Foyer, Booth 4
Poster presentation
Dresden, Germany
Bilderberg Bellevue Hotel Dresden
March 10, 2026 - March 12, 2026
Power electronic devices are often used in industrial drives, power grids and electric vehicles under harsh environmental conditions. Corrosion protection of all active components is therefore necessary to ensure a long service life and reliability. Fraunhofer IKTS uses electrochemical impedance spectroscopy as a suitable analysis method. This offers a promising approach for characterizing the state of health of the encapsulation material.
High strength is required to withstand demanding thermal cycles in power electronics. Composites with silicon nitride ceramics (Si3N4) with their outstanding mechanical properties promise a solution. Fraunhofer IKTS is therefore working with European partners to evaluate all stages of the value chain from the powder to the finished AMB (Active Metal Bonding) substrate.
he range of applications for power electronic modules will continue to grow significantly in the coming years. This development is driven by the high demand in e-mobility and renewable energies. At the same time, the requirements for electrical insulation strength, mechanical stability and heat dissipation of ceramic circuit carriers in power electronic modules are increasing. Fraunhofer IKTS offers the further development and adaptation of application-specific measurement methods for the precise characterization of the assembly stages and components of power electronic circuits – tailored to customer-specific requirements.
Current research: Special measuring methods for power electronics
Faunhofer IKTS develops functional ceramic materials for use in harsh environments. These materials can be processed to customer specifications using a wide variety of synthesis, assembly, joining, layer deposition and structuring methods and applied in complex microsystems. In addition, special measuring methods are offered to characterize the reliability of the materials and products.
Topic: Special measuring methods for high-performance electronics
Active metal brazes are available to manufacture metal-ceramic and ceramic-ceramic composites. Those brazes enable the critical wetting under inert or vacuum atmospheres. Moreover, reactive brazes, which contain active components, are attractive alternatives because the brazing process can be performed under air. Fraunhofer IKTS develops reactive braze pastes, characterizes metallic active brazes and adapts joining processes.
Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS