Prof. Enrico Zanoni

Enrico Zanoni is professor of Microelectronics at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padova and an IEEE Life Fellow. He graduated in Physics at the University of Modena in 1982, joined the University of Bari as a researcher in 1985, and the University of Padova as assistant professor in 1987, associate professor in 1990, and full professor in 1993. He and his group are involved in research on the characterization, modeling and reliability of Gallium Nitride electronic and optoelectronic devices since 1999. At the University of Padova he contributed to establish a microelectronics research group involved in CMOS analog and rf integrated circuit design, CMOS reliability and radiation hardness, compound semiconductor characterization, modeling and reliability. The facilities of the associated laboratories include several systems for the DC, rf and pulsed characterization of GaN HEMTs, current Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy up to 600 V, accelerated testing in a wide range of environmental conditions, failure analysis using electroluminescence spectroscopy and microscopy techniques, AFM and electron microscopy. Various research projects at University of Padova  deal with the study of reliability and failure physics of RF and power GaN HEMTs, GaN-based photodetectors, LEDs and lasers. Enrico Zanoni is coauthor of approximately one thousand publications on the modeling and reliability physics of silicon and compound semiconductor devices and of 4 patents. In his spare time Enrico Zanoni enjoys studying history of science, collecting old books and driving classic cars.