Electronics

The Electronics and Power Laboratory (EPL) at MCI is strongly oriented to opening new field of applications and development of innovative technologies. The connection and collaboration with Austrian and international industrial partners are intensely promoted and supported being them the fundamental method of knowledge transfer and increased scientific and economic value. Pursuit of excellence in the realized solutions as well as in the scientific production are of primary interest and constitute a fertile environment for the young researcher.

 

Power Electronics

Power electronics and drive systems are seen as pillars of modern mechatronic systems. In line with the multidisciplinary approach of Mechatronics, main focus subjects for the EPL are the development of new concepts in power conversion, control strategies and their implementation on hardware platforms, applied to precision and high-performance drive systems and industrial automation, energy sustainability and future electrical mobility.

Control Electronics

At the EPL the development and efficient implementation of advanced control algorithms are seen as a vital part of any design. New automotive grade microcontrollers and FPGAs, offer the possibility to apply complex control strategies in real industrial practice. Modularity as a basic concept and applied to drive systems for the electric mobility are of primary interest at the EPL. Performance, high-speed and high-efficiency drives are considered thrust factors for the present and future projects. Application to power electronics and electric mobility of the latest concepts in the area of artificial intelligence is strongly encouraged.

Measurement Systems

The EPL fosters innovation in the field of sensors and measurement systems as integral part of any mechatronic application. Custom solutions, in strong connection with the expertise and requirements of the industry, are developed by exploiting our interdisciplinary competence in order to provide an optimal solution that encompasses the design of the sensor itself, data acquisition electronics and ultimately algorithms for data analysis and interpretation.

Contact
Dr. Maurizio Incurvati | Senior Lecturer Bachelor's program Mechatronics
Dr. Maurizio Incurvati Senior Lecturer +43 512 2070 - 3936

If you have any questions regarding this research area, please contact us: electronics@mci.edu

Dr. Maurizio Incurvati | Senior Lecturer Bachelor's program Mechatronics
Dr. Maurizio Incurvati Senior Lecturer +43 512 2070 - 3936
Matthias Panny, BSc MSc | Teaching & Research Assistant Bachelor's program Mechatronics
Matthias Panny, BSc MSc Teaching & Research Assistant +43 512 2070 - 3952
Prof. Bernhard Hollaus, PhD | Health & Sports Technology Bachelor's program Medical-, Health- and Sports Engineering
Prof. Bernhard Hollaus, PhD Health & Sports Technology +43 512 2070 - 4431
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Repetzki | Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's program Mechatronics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Repetzki Mechanical Engineering +43 512 2070 - 3932
Prof. Yeongmi Kim, PhD | Medical Devices & Control Engineering Bachelor's program Medical-, Health- and Sports Engineering
Prof. Yeongmi Kim, PhD Medical Devices & Control Engineering +43 512 2070 - 4432
Dr. rer. nat. Harald Schöbel, BSc | Senior Lecturer Bachelor's program Biotechnology & Food Engineering
Dr. rer. nat. Harald Schöbel, BSc Senior Lecturer +43 512 2070 - 3837
DI Dr. Andreas Mehrle | Head of Department & Studies Bachelor's program Mechatronics
DI Dr. Andreas Mehrle Head of Department & Studies

Safe Aviation Tyrol
Duration:
2020 - 2023

Project Lead:
Ing. Ronald Stärz, BSc, MSc
Dr. Maurizio Incurvati

Team:
Kenneth Hakr

Thomas Lucian Rauth, BSc MSc

Evelin Steiner

Stephan Jäkel
Description:
The overall project goal of SafeAviationTyrol is to find practicable and quickly deployable solutions for the security issues associated with drones. This includes a) the location of drones and aircraft close to the ground, b) the avoidance of collisions with civil aviation, and c) secure, high-speed radio data links. Through preliminary work and user surveys, the company partners quickly recognized and analyzed where technical solutions are still needed on the ground and in the air. With the support of their scientific partners, the company partners are now focusing on the development of these strategically important hardware components and the creation of system-supporting technical infrastructure. The project follows the new regulatory requirements of the EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency), currently Opinion 01-2018 and the European ATM (AirtrafficManagement) master plan. The central starting point for all IT solutions is the secure central database of all live flight movements included in this project. The subsequent further expansion to functionally complete and validated operational information solutions for aviation (Uspace 1 -4) can take place quickly through the selection and system integration of suitable operational software solutions. These are being developed and evaluated internationally. This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. More information on IGJ/ERDF can be found at www.efre.gv.at.

Project homepage:
https://research.mci.edu/de/projekte/mci/safeaviationtyrol

Project partners:
Institut für Mechatronik
Universitäten Inland

Emerging Applications Lab
Duration:
2016 - 2021

Project Lead:
Ing. Ronald Stärz, BSc, MSc

Team:
Andreas Albrecht, BSc

Andreas Mark, BSc, MSc

Stephan Jäkel

Martin Schiestl, BSc MSc

DI Dr. Siegfried Krainer

Evelin Steiner
Description:
Establishment of a sustainable cooperation model in the form of an application-oriented competence center | Realization of product prototypes | Opening of new markets and applications using and using Infineon products | Anchoring of Infineon hardware and software products at MCI's Technology & Life Science Departments | Integration of Infineon products into current and future research and development projects of MCI's Technology & Life Science Departments

IFX-Designer Application Circuits
Duration:
2016

Project Lead:
Ing. Ronald Stärz, BSc, MSc

Team:
Andreas Albrecht, BSc

Dipl. El.-Ing. ETH Norbert Imlig
Description:
Infineon Designer is a digital prototyping engine making it easy for our mass market customers to get to know, select and design - in the right product for the right application in a very short time. The task of this project is to generate attractive, easy to understand real world application circuits that will be simulated in online web browser in shortest time. All circuits will be documented and tested against the reference circuit proposed in datasheet, application note or evaluation board. A circuit shall simulate as fast as possible (ideally below 1 minute, maximum is 10 minutes) and the accuracy shall be in the range of 5-10% compared to real world for min/max signal amplitudes, timing and efficiency. The circuit layout shall be attractive and well structured according to the standardized template. Example Circuit: http://design.infineon.com/tinademo/designer.php?c=56b529b60818e:67668&act

Project partners:
DEM MMG OLM&DG
Unternehmenssektor Ausland

SSM Sensor Security Module
Duration:
2019 - 2020

Project Lead:
Ing. Ronald Stärz, BSc, MSc

Team:
Evelin Steiner

Gerald Streng, BSc, MSc

Andreas Ascher, BSc, MSc
Description:
The dedicated goal of the project is the development of the Tributech Sensor Security Module, which represents a hardware component that can then be used in order to ensure origin and integrity of any kind of data. The solution should provide an easy integration into existing systems. The module stores private key material and uses its own connectivity for the submission of the signed merkle tree root hashes in order to verify the data at its source. The Microcontroller on which the Merkle-tree hashes are computed is chosen to be a XMC4700 ARM-Cortes M4 MCU with 2 MB of Flash Memory. This MCU incorporates six serial communication channels (USICs) which are ideally suited to realize the necessary communication interfaces to the Trust-M ECC security chip as well as to the COMM Modules 1&2. The USB connection will be used to power the module and to allow data transfer via a virtual COM port for easy integration in existing systems. The COMM Modules represent a versatile hardware-interface to populate the module with different Radio Transmitters, like e.g. LTE, WIFI, NFC.


  • J. Fiala, H. Schöbel, P. Vrabl, D. Dietrich, F. Hammerle, D.J. Artmann, R. Stärz, U. Peintner, B. Siewert. A New High-Throughput-Screening-Assay for Photoantimicrobials Based on EUCAST Revealed Unknown Photoantimicrobials in Cortinariaceae. Frontiers in Microbiology Vol 12/703544 (2021) doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.703544
  • F. Marcolini, G. De Donato, F.G. Capponi, M. Incurvati, F. Caricchi, "Design of a Multiphase Coreless Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machine for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Propulsion", ECCE 2020 Conference Proceedings, DOI: 10.1109/ECCE44975.2020.9235625
  • M. Schiestl, A. Lösch, M. Incurvati and R. Stärz, "Class-E/Φ2 6.78 MHz HD-GiT-GaN based Amplifiers for WPT Systems," EPE'19 ECCE Europe, Genova, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-10.
  • Schiestl, M., Marcolini, F., Incurvati, M., Capponi, F. G., Stärz, R., Caricchi, F., Secades Rodriguez, A., Wild, L. (2020). Development of a High Power Density Drive System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. doi:10.1109/TPEL.2020.3013899, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
  • M. Schiestl, A. Lösch, M. Incurvati and R. Stärz, "Accurate Losses Multipoint Non Adiabatic Calorimetric Measurement Technique for WBG Power Converters", PCIM Europe digital days 2020, pp. 1330-1337
  • F. Hammerle, P. Vrabl, I. Bingger, H. Schöbel, U. Peintner, H. Stuppner, B. Siewert. On the trail of fungal defense strategies – Employing a special workflow to spot photoactivity. Planta Med 85(18), 1541-1542 (2019) DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3400069

  • Stärz R., “0x0 – 0xF” FROM SCRATCH TO AUTONOMOUS - Entwicklung autonomer Multicopter, Konferenz der Mechatronik Plattform, 22.11.2018.
  • Multi-diagnostic probe head for near-wall electric and magnetic measurements in medium-size tokamaks,B.S. Schneider1, C.K. Tsui2;3, J. Boedo2, N. Vianello4, M. Spolaore4, V. Naulin5, J.J. Rasmussen5, R. Staerz1;6, J. Kovacic7, T. Gyergyek7,8, S. Costea1, C. Ionita1, R. Schrittwieser1, Tsv. K. Popov9 1Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, Innsbruck, Austria 2Center For Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA 3Swiss Plasma Centre, SPC-TCV, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland 4Consorzio RFX, Padua, Italy 5DTU Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 6Mechatronic Department, Management Center Innsbruck, Austria 7Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia 8Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 9Faculty of Physics, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria