INVITED SPEAKER

Electromagnetic and Radiation Compatibility of Electrotechnical Components and Devices

Prof. Predrag Osmokrovic
University of Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

Miniaturization of electrotechnical components, especially the electronic components and, to an even greater extent, the exposure of the environment to electromagnetic radiation, lead to frequent occurrences of overvoltages within electronic devices, what introduces a problem of unreliability of electrotechnical device performance when exposed to an increased level of electromagnetic and/or nuclear radiation. Furthermore, the development of the next generation of electronic devices, based on nanotechnology, is primarily limited by the unreliability of their operation due to background radiation. For these reasons, the investigation of the stability of electrotechnical devices and components characteristics in the electromagnetic and/or nuclear irradiation environment, is of great importance both for the further development of such devices and for the precise definition of the limits of their utilization. Following a general discussion of radiation effects in complex electrical circuits, a detailed description of possible radiation induced damage and faults in EPROM, E2PROM, SRAM, DRAM, flash memories, sollar cells, memristors and overvoltage protection components will be presented.

Biography of the Invited Speaker

Predrag Osmokrović received the B.A., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in 1975, 1978 and 1984, respectively. He spent a number of years in Karsruhe, Germany, working on various professional projects as a scientific research collaborator at the High Voltage Institute of the University of Karlsruhe. He is currently Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Belgrade, Serbia. He was a founder member and for five years the Head of bio-medical and ecological engineering programme at this Faculty. From 1999 Prof. Osmokrović has been the Director of the Institute of Physics of Technical Faculties, Univ. of Belgrade.
His core academic, research and professional areas have focused on technical physics measurements, electrical discharge in gases, overvoltage switching devices, radiation and temperature hardness of electronic devices and components, solar cells, nuclear physics, dosimetry and radiation protection. He is the author of 8 university text books, and also contributed to more than 400 journal papers, from which around 100 of them being published in refereed SCI high impact factor journals. He has taken part in various collaborative research projects, international and domestic monographs, PhD supervisions, and in numerous scientific boards and committees. He is currently leading research project on "Electromagnetic and Radiation Compatibility of Electrotechnical Components and Devices", funded by the The Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.