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Alabama Microelectronics Science and Technology Center
The Alabama Microelectronics Science and Technology Center (AMSTC) is a cross-disciplinary research center investigating new concepts in microelectronics. AMSTC's research laboratories include: the Compound Semiconductor Laboratory in the Department of Physics; the Stress and Thermal Characterization Laboratories in the Departments of Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical Engineering; and the Advanced Packaging, Low-temperature, Electronics Materials, and Microelectronics Laboratories in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The center specializes in automotive electronic research such as:
- multichip module design
- fabrication and reliability
- stress and thermal management in advanced integrated-circuit packaging
- thin diamond film growth and characterization
- silicon germanium bipolar transistor characterization
- low- and high-temperature integrated-circuit operation
- integrated sensors and ignition devices
- high-temperature silicon-carbide transistor processing and characterization
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Last Updated:
Feb 09, 2011