Alabama Microelectronics Science and Technology Center (AMSTC)

BOGDAN M. WILAMOWSKI, DIRECTOR

AMSTCThe 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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