The LEII (Instrumentation and Industrial Electronic Laboratory) Research Group, of Department of Electronic Engineering, does research on two lines closely linked to aerospace technology (both in power electronics and in SiC and GaN devices for its use in satellites) among others. This research group was invited by the European Space Agency (ESA) to participate in the exhibition of 2016 European Space Power Conference (ESPC), which took place during the week 2-7 October in Thessaloniki (Greece).

Specialists from across Europe and beyond, interested in checking the competences of the LEII visited the booth. Apart from explanatory posters, practical circuits developed in several projects carried out by the LEII and samples of devices characterised in LEII’s laboratories were also on display. In fact, the PCM prototype (a power supply for the PHI -Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager-), that will be on board the Solar Orbiter satellite, and samples of the blocking diodes of BepiColombo's solar array (a mission that will study on Mercury) were also exhibited. These diodes are SiC diodes and were produced by the Microelectronic National Centre (CNM) and characterized in LEII’s laboratories.

We want to thank ETSE’s support for the set-up of the booth and National R&D Programme’s and ERDF’s funding for the journey.

In addition to the booth, the research group presented five papers at the congress, attended the technical sessions and made new contacts with companies of aerospace sector, both Spanish and European.

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