André Jaecklin
André August Jaecklin (born June 27, 1933 in Berlin ) is a Swiss electrical engineer and university professor. He did pioneering work in the field of power electronics .
Life
André A. Jaecklin attended elementary schools in Baden AG . In 1952 he graduated from the real department of the Aarau Cantonal School with the Matura . From 1953 he studied electrical engineering at the ETH Zurich . There he graduated in 1958 as a graduate engineer. He then worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Telecommunications Technology at ETHZ until 1961, where he did his doctorate under Heinrich Emil Weber . His dissertation was titled transistorized pulse generator for the time clock counting of faxes . He started his first job in 1961 at G. Hasler AG in Bern, a company in the Swiss telecommunications industry, which later became part of Ascom . He then emigrated to California in 1963 . There Jaecklin conducted research at Ampex Corporation in Redwood City in the field of magnetic tape data storage devices for computers. After returning to Switzerland in 1968 he was able to join the newly founded research center of Brown Boveri & Cie (BBC) in Baden-Dättwil as a research assistant. His first project was the development of a current converter for high voltage transmission based on the Faraday effect .
Based on his experience in California, he applied to also offer postgraduate courses at the ETH Zurich . Such postgraduate courses were introduced there as early as 1968 .
In 1970 Jaecklin had the opportunity to form a new research group for semiconductor components at the BBC research center. At the request of Georges Keller, the BBC decided a few years later to set up industrial production for power semiconductors in Switzerland. Jaecklin therefore moved to the development department of this new organizational unit in 1973 to develop the basis for new bipolar power semiconductors. The result was particularly powerful thyristors as well as GTO thyristors ( Gate-Turn-Off Thyristors ), which were used for applications in high-voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) and in locomotives. On October 1, 1981, Jaecklin completed his habilitation at the ETH Zurich, received the license to teach in the field of power electronics and held corresponding lectures. In 1990 Jaecklin returned to the ABB Research Center, appropriately named after the BBC and Asea merged to form ABB. On April 1, 1993 he was awarded the title of professor at the ETH Zurich. Until his retirement in 1998, he was the coordinator of leveraged research projects at the ABB research center.
After retiring from ABB, Jaecklin began a postgraduate degree in medical physics at the ETHZ and completed it in 2000. The head of the Institute for Neuroinformatics consulted him until 2016.
Memberships
- Junior Chamber International in Baden AG
- Federal Foundation for the Promotion of the Swiss National Economy through Scientific Research, Zurich
Honors
- IEEE Fellow since 1995
- ISPSD Contributary Award 2001
- Prof. André Jaecklin introduced into the ISPSD / IEEE Hall of Fame. D-ITET, ETH Zurich, May 29, 2018
Publications
- AA Jaecklin, M. Lietz: Birefringence and Faraday Effect. J. of Appl. Math. And Phys. 20 (4), 1969, p. 565
- André A. Jaecklin (Ed.): Power Semiconductor Devices and Circuits. Springer Publishing, New York. October 26, 2012, ISBN 978-0-306-44402-9 .
- André A. Jaecklin: Publications by André A. Jaecklin. Researchgate, accessed April 30, 2019
- Wolfgang Fichtner and André A. Jaecklin: ISPSD Proceedings International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & ICs. IEEE, December 1, 1994, 436 pp. ISBN 978-0-7803-1494-8
- André A. Jaecklin (Keynote Paper): Integration of Power Components - State of the Art and Trends. 7th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications. Trondheim, Norway. EPE Association, Brussels, September 1997.
Patents
The patents registered by André Jaecklin can be found in the Justitia Patents database .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ETH Zurich:Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Dr. André Jaecklin..
- ↑ André August Jaecklin: Transistorized impulse generator for the clock counting of faxes . Juris-Verlag, Zurich, 1962, (curriculum vitae p. 90), accessed on April 30, 2019
- ↑ Andre A. Jaecklin: Measuring Current at Extra High Voltage. Laser Focus Magazine, May 1970, pp. 35-38
- ↑ Jaecklin, André. A: What does post study mean? In: NZZ, May 29, 1967, No. 2347, p. 3.
- ↑ The ETH and postgraduate studies. ETH Zurich Alumni, accessed on April 30, 2019
- ↑ Stefan Linder: Load carriers on the way to the energy future - How power electronics are changing energy technology. In: Franz Betschon, Stefan Betschon, Willy Schlachter (eds.): Engineers build Switzerland. First-hand history of technology. Volume 2. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03823-912-3 , pp. 154–178.
- ^ Directory Fellows of the IEEE. Andre Jaecklin
- ↑ patent by Inventor Andre Jaecklin ( s ) Justia. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaecklin, André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaecklin, André August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss electrical engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |