Lars-Åke Ragnarsson

Program director of sustainable semiconductor technologies and systems (SSTS)
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Lars-Åke Ragnarsson is program director of sustainable semiconductor technologies and systems (SSTS) at imec. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden. From 2000-2002, he did postdoctoral studies with the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY, focusing mainly on the electrical characterization of high-k dielectrics. Since 2002, he has been with imec, focusing on developing advanced technologies using high-κ dielectrics and metal gates. Today, Lars-Åke is program director in compute and memory technologies, focusing on the sustainability of current and future technologies.

Lars-Åke Ragnarsson in a blue shirt, standing indoors against a blurred glass background.

Authored articles

Researchers in cleanroom suits working at semiconductor equipment in a cleanroom

The road to net-zero emissions in IC manufacturing

01/03/2024
Research update
CMOS: advanced & beyond

Imec presents a bottom-up life cycle assessment of logic technology nodes and gives first recommendations to lower carbon emissions

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Aerial view of a forest surrounding a circular field of blue microchip-like tiles

What’s cooking in imec’s sustainable-semiconductor program?

12/07/2022
Blog
CMOS: advanced & beyond

With more partners joining the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems program, it’s time to tune in on the vision and milestones.

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