Spectrum of Microelectronics
Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems
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Intelligent door seal prevents poor air quality
03.06.2013
For a long time, heat insulation was en vogue – and nearly no one was concerned about poor indoor air quality. And yet excess CO2 hampers concentration. Now, researchers have come up with an intelligent door seal system. Heated debates and no agreement in sight: the eight employees sitting in a sma...[more]
Microsystems Technogy Lab&Fab
06.05.2013
Microsystems technology and microelectronics merge closely to create compact „intelligent“ sensors and actors. The Microsystems technology (MST or MOEMS micro opto electro-mechanical systems) expands the CMOS-technology. MST provides sensor and actor functions, CMOS supplies the electronics. MST pro...[more]
Annual Report 2012
02.04.2013
For Fraunhofer IMS the year 2012 was characterized by a fluctuating R&D revenue situation. The high level of the industrial revenues in 2011 couldn’t be reached due to a weaker order situation of ASICs. With a constant number of employees in comparison to the previous year, the operating budget ...[more]
Copper, gold and tin for efficient chips
05.12.2012
With gold, copper or tin and special galvanizing processes, scientists are improving the function of semi-conductors and making the manufacture of microelectronic systems a child‘s play. Especially the LED industry could profit from this. They are particularly small, durable and economical: LEDs ha...[more]
Ultrasensitive photon hunter
01.11.2012
Fast and ultrasensitive optical systems are gaining increasing signifi cance and are being used in a diverse range of applications, for example, in imaging procedures in the fields of medicine and biology, in astronomy and in safety engineering for the automotive industry. Frequently the challenge l...[more]
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