Krishnamachar Prasad

Biography

Krishnamachar Prasad, PhD (University of Western) is Visiting Professor. His Research Interests include Solid state sensors for odour, colour and chemical profiling for food and wine industries, Silicon ICs, III-V HEMTs, HBTs and MMICs – process development, device characterization and reliability studies, Three dimensional interconnects, High-temperature superconducting transformer applications Surface electromyography, Night vision systems using infra-red photo detectors

Research Interest

Solid state sensors for odor, color and chemical profiling for (NZ) food and wine industry, Use of high‐temperature superconductors in transformers and rotating electrical machines, Surface electromyography, Renewable energy, Electric vehicles, Development of Cu metallization for DSICs, Development of 3‐dimensional interconnects, Cu/low‐k interconnect technology for DSICs, Studies of Cu contamination effects on reliability of CMOS devices Reliability studies of different kinds of solid state devices and ICs as well as reliability modeling, Development of process technology for Silicon ICs, III‐V HEMTs, HBTs and MMICs Infra‐red photo detectors on Mercury Cadmium Telluride