Invited Speaker

Wurtzite-Type Ferroelectrics for Microelectronic Devices: Scalability and Integration.

Simon Fichtner (Fraunhofer)

Biography: Dr. Simon Fichtner is director of Science and Technology, BU MEMS applications at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) as well as postdoc and PI at Kiel University, where he completed his PhD in 2019. In 2018, he discovered the ferroelectric properties of wurtzite-type solid solutions in AlScN, which was recognized with the Hugo Geiger Award of the Fraunhofer Society. His current research interest focuses on expanding the basic understanding and integrability of wurtzite-type ferroelectrics for applications in microelectronics as well as the development of piezoelectric MEMS actuators and Sensors.