Researchers and students from the Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) were selected to participate in international microchip design competition SSCS Chipathon 2022, thanks to their project “Three-Level Flying Capacitor DC-DC Buck Converter for High-Efficiency Energy Power Sources in CubeSat Applications.”

This competition comprises a program of the IEEE SSCS chapter that encourages the democratization of integrated circuit or microchip design.

The news is exceptional since such research, both in industry and academia, is normally carried out only in developed countries, with high barriers to entry related to cost and know-how that complicate this type of development in countries like Chile.

Led by researcher Christian Rojas and postdoctoral researcher Jorge Marín, the selected project involves the participation of 11 AC3E students.

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