2024 CS MANTECH Conference Awards

Congratulations to the following 2024 CS MANTECH Conference Awards Winners, chosen by the community:

  • Best Paper: 
    • Paper number: 2.2.1 
    • Title: High Power Nitrogen-polar GaN/InAlN HEMT with Record Power Density of 12.8 W/mm at 28 GHz 
    • Authors: S. Yoshida, K. Makiyama, A. Hayasaka, A., Mukai, I. Makabe, and K. Nakata, Transmission Devices Laboratory, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 
  • Best Paper Honorable Mention: 
    • Paper Number: 6.1.3 
    • Title: SmartSiC™ 150 & 200mm engineered substrate: increasing SiC device current density up to 30% 
    • Authors: Daniel Eric Guiot1, Frédéric Allibert1, Jürgen Leib2, Tom Becker2, Oleg Rusch2, Alexis Drouin1, Walter Schwarzenbach1, 1SOITEC S.A., Bernin, France, 2Fraunhofer IISB, Erlangen, Germany 
  • Best Student Paper: 
    • Paper Number: 8.1.2  
    • Title: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of GaN-Based Single Drift Region IMPATT Diodes 
    • Authors: Zhongtao Zhu1, Lina Cao2, Yu Duan1, Wesley Turner1, Jinqiao Xie3, and Patrick Fay1, 1University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA, 2Keysight Technologies, Pasadena, CA, USA, 3Qorvo, Richardson, TX, USA