Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems

Prof. Dr. Karsten Seidl is the new head of the department micro- and nanosystems at Fraunhofer IMS in Duisburg. He also holds a chair for medical technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Karsten Seidl helps to strengthen the topic area of biosensors at the research institute in Duisburg.

Enable energy solutions for IoT applications with the development of self-sufficient sensors – this is the mayor goal of the European initiative “EnABLES”. 10 European research institutes are working together on this project. Also on board is the Fraunhofer- Institute for Microelectronic Sensors and Systems IMS in Duisburg.

Fraunhofer IMS developed highly-precise sensor-readout-ASICs for robust application. High-precision, robust and secure – regarding sensors, these characteristics seem to contradict. Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg has again performed an important step for the secure implementing of industry 4.0 and developed two sensor-ASIC series for capacitive and inductive sensor readout that do combine these attributes.

Whether in road traffic, at the airport, fighting fires or at major events – the classification and counting of persons in this area is of an immense importance and forms a basis for the safety of involved persons. Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS in Duisburg researches in the field of infrared sensors to find better solutions for person recognition – and enables a more reliable and faster count.