Peking University
TherMAX-IC Lab
Thermal Management and Advanced Integration of Chips Laboratory
Advanced Packaging • Heterogeneous Integration • Thermal Characterization
TherMAX-IC Lab · Zhe Cheng Research Group

Peking University · School of Integrated Circuits

Thermal Management and Advanced Integration for Future Integrated Circuits

We advance thermal management, heterogeneous integration, and advanced packaging technologies for next-generation integrated circuits through innovations in materials, devices, and thermal characterization.

About the lab

Engineering the thermal foundations of tomorrow's chips

Optical table in a pump–probe spectroscopy experiment
Pump–probe optics

We focus on thermal management, heterogeneous integration, and advanced packaging for future high-performance integrated circuits.

We address critical thermal challenges in chips with increasing power density, integration density, and reliability requirements, connecting fundamental understanding with measurement techniques and engineering solutions.

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Research focus

From nanoscale interfaces to integrated systems

We investigate the thermal behavior, design, and characterization of complex chip structures across scales.

Photo credits & sources

These external research images illustrate our research themes. They do not depict our facilities or results. Images are resized and cropped for display; the interface micrograph retains its scale bar.

  1. Pump–probe spectroscopy setup — Maximilian Paradiz · Laser lab · CC BY 2.0
  2. BCB-bonded wafer interface — Fraunhofer ENAS, D. Neumann · B-ad-crosssectionbcb · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
  3. AMD EPYC 7702 chiplet package (near-infrared photograph) — Fritzchens Fritz · AMD Epyc 7702 delidded · CC0 1.0
  4. NIST TDTR measurement system — Joshua Martin / NIST · Instrumentation · Reuse policy

Measure · model · optimize

A platform for advanced thermal characterization

Our work spans thermal transport in micro/nanoelectronic devices, interface heat transfer, heat dissipation in 3D stacked chips, semiconductor materials growth, and advanced thermal characterization.

  • Chip thermal characterization
  • Thermal boundary resistance
  • 3D chip heat dissipation
  • Thermal design & optimization
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People & community

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A collaborative lab for the next generation of IC researchers

We welcome motivated students and young researchers from integrated circuits, electronic engineering, materials science, physics, mechanical engineering, energy science, and related fields.

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Let’s address the thermal challenges of integrated electronics