Widegap Semiconductors Devices and Circuits

Researchers are developing advanced wide bandgap and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor devices and circuits for high-power and high-frequency applications. This work focuses on overcoming performance limitations of conventional semiconductor technologies and enabling more efficient power electronics, communication systems, and next-generation energy solutions. 

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Widegap devices will control electric cars, unmanned aerial vehicles and all-electric trains and aircrafts. They will also apply to renewable energy grids such as those powered by solar and/or wind energy.

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    Uttam Singisetti, PhD
    PhD, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

    230 H Davis Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1536

    uttamsin@buffalo.edu

    Clifford C. Furnas Professor
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Director
    Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

    Specialty/Research Focus: Advanced GaN and novel III-N devices for THz electronics; transport in III-N hetero-structures; novel devices utilizing new materials functionalities; energy-efficient, nano-electronics in emerging materials

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    Jung-Hun Seo, PhD
    PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    135 Bell Hall

    Phone: (716) 645-1881

    junghuns@buffalo.edu

    Associate Professor
    Director of Graduate Studies
    Department of Materials Design and Innovation
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Research Topics: Development of next generation flexible electronics and optoelectronics; novel nano/micro fabrication processes for the future flexible and stretchable electronics; development and heterogeneous integration of novel low-dimension or ultra-wide bandgap semiconductors