Vladimír Székely facts for kids
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Prof. Vladimír Székely
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| Born | 11 January 1941 Budapest, Hungary
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| Died | 13 November 2020 (aged 79) Budapest
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| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Education | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| Occupation | Electronics Engineer |
| Known for | Electro-thermal phenomena simulation and test |
| Awards | Harvey Rosten Award for Excellence in the Physical Design of Electronics (2000)
International Dennis Gabor Award (2010) Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2010) |
Dr. Vladimír Székely (born January 11, 1941 – died November 13, 2020) was a smart Hungarian electrical engineer. He was a special professor at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which is a big honor for scientists. From 1990 to 2005, he led the Department of Electron Devices at the university. He wrote many important papers – 360 of them! These papers were checked by other experts. He also wrote 12 books or parts of books about his ideas and work.
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Learning and Teaching
Vladimír Székely studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Budapest. He got his degree in 1964. In the same year, he started working at the Department of Electron Devices. He earned his PhD in 1977. His PhD work was about how heat and electricity affect each other in tiny computer chips. Later, he became a professor emeritus at the same university. This means he was a respected professor who had retired but still kept his title.
Amazing Research Work
At first, Dr. Székely studied special electronic parts called Gunn devices. Later, he became very interested in using computers to design integrated circuits (ICs). ICs are tiny electronic brains found in almost all modern devices. He focused on how to use computers to predict how circuits would work. He also studied how much heat these tiny circuits would make.
He helped create many computer programs for designing and testing ICs. He also worked on computer graphics and processing images. For 35 years, he studied how heat moves through semiconductor devices and ICs. This led to new ways to build ICs that handle heat better. It also led to new computer programs that could simulate heat.
Dr. Székely invented a special math method to figure out how heat flows in electronics. This method uses something called "Structure Functions." It helps engineers check the quality of heat paths in electronic parts. This is super important because too much heat can break electronics. His method became a standard in 2010. It is now used all over the world by companies that make electronics.
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This picture shows how heat moves through an electronic part. It helps engineers see if the part will get too hot.
Building a Company
In 1997, Dr. Székely helped start a company called Microelectronics Research and Development group Ltd. (MicReD). He started it with other smart researchers from his university department. These included Prof. Márta Rencz, Dr. András Poppe, and Éva Nikodémusz.
In 2000, Dr. Székely led MicReD to create a special machine called the T3Ster Thermal Transient Tester. This machine is very accurate. It measures how hot semiconductor chips and power electronics get. It helps make sure these parts don't overheat. In 2005, a company called Flomerics Limited bought MicReD. Later, in 2008, Mentor Graphics Corporation bought Flomerics. Now, MicReD is part of Mentor Graphics' Mechanical Analysis Division.
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This is the T3Ster machine that Dr. Székely helped create. It measures heat in electronic parts.
Awards and Honors
Dr. Székely received many important awards for his work. In 2000, he won the Harvey Rosten Award for Excellence. He shared this award with Marta Rencz. They won it for their paper about how heat affects IC packages.
In April 2010, he won the International Dennis Gabor Award. He received this award for developing the T3Ster technology. This technology helps test how well electronic parts handle heat. In the same year, he became a Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. This is a very high honor for scientists in Hungary.
Later Years
Dr. Vladimír Székely passed away on November 13, 2020.
