Andrey Travnikov, the Governor of the Novosibirsk Region, Ilya Ivantsov, the president of the Element Group of Companies, and Anatoly Bataev, the rector of Novosibirsk State Technical University, signed a trilateral agreement in the field of power electronics. The subject of the agreement is cooperation between the parties in the field of power electronics for the purpose of socio-economic development of the Novosibirsk region.
The parties will cooperate in educational, research, development, innovation and technological fields related to the training of specialists and developments in the field of power electronics (including the development of materials and electronic component base (ECB) of silicon-based electronics; technologies for assembling power modules; creating power converter units, chargers stations and other power electronics devices).
The priority will be the integration of scientific, technical, innovative, educational and infrastructural potentials on the part of NSTU-NETI, and on the part of the Element Group of Companies - the production and technological potential for the development and production of a new generation of power ECB and equipment. Integration will be carried out, including through the creation of a joint development center in the following areas: silicon-based power microelectronics; end-to-end design of power electronic equipment for electric propulsion and power supply; work of the educational and scientific center.
Anatoly Bataev, Rector of NSTU-NETI, stressed the importance of combining the efforts of the industrial leader and Novosibirsk university, one of the leading Russian centers for the development of power electronics: "Joint work within the framework of the areas outlined in the agreement will give a synergistic effect of development in the field of training highly qualified personnel for the industry, building scientific and technical potential in the field of power electronics and, of course, strengthening scientific infrastructure on the basis of the university".
The participants of the signing also visited the Novosibirsk Plant of Semiconductor Devices Vostok, got acquainted with the exhibition of samples of manufactured and promising products, including joint developments of the Institute of Power Electronics of NSTU-NETI and JSC NCPP Vostok.
Governor Andrey Travnikov stressed: "NSTU-NETI, on its own initiative, in fact, at its own expense, budget funds, has created a production facility that is capable of producing not only prototypes, but also small series."
Artur Otto, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at NSTU-NETI, and Maxim Zharkov, Deputy Director of the Institute of Power Electronics at NSTU-NETI, presented joint developments with the university to the guests of the plant: experimental samples of energy-converting equipment (EPA) with a capacity of 1000 watts for spacecraft in various switching; samples of hybrid EPA modules with a capacity of 1000 watts for spacecraft; an experimental sample of transistor power assemblies with a power of 1000 watts for spacecraft in 2024; an emergency frequency converter with a power of 30 kW for Tu-214 aircraft; hybrid modules of the voltage control unit for power supply systems of aircraft in 2024.
NPPP Vostok specializes in the development and mass production of integrated circuits, operational amplifiers, semiconductor devices, photodetectors and sensors, providing microelectronic products to all industries. The plant produces more than 500 types of microchips and over 700 types of semiconductor devices.
JSC NCPP Vostok is part of the Element Group of Companies (a joint venture of Rostec State Corporation and AFK Sistema). Element Group is one of the largest developers and manufacturers of electronics, a leader in the field of microelectronics in Russia. Element Group consists of more than 30 companies involved in the development and production of integrated circuits, semiconductor devices, power electronics, modules, enclosures for chips, as well as electronic equipment. The products of the Element Group of Companies are widely used in various sectors of the economy.