Dr. Heiner Flocke, iC-Haus GmbH
”By sharing expertise and resources, we were able to jointly develop a solution that met and even exceeded the requirements.“
”iC-Haus GmbH is a leading German manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) with 40 years of experience in chip design for industrial, medical and automotive solutions.
As part of our VE-ARiS funding project, we were looking for a solution to recognise and prevent counterfeit chips. Thanks to a successful partnership and cooperation, we were able to develop new methods for copy protection at chip level. These are now being implemented directly in practice and make reproduction more difficult and protect against counterfeiting at system level.
IMMS has contributed to this solution by developing new processes for labelling chips with a watermark. A demonstrator was set up together with all partners in the project to test the functionality and efficiency of the mechanisms developed.
The speciality of the IMMS contribution was the development of innovative methods for chip security. We involved IMMS in our project because we are convinced of the expertise and reliability of the institute due to our long-standing and successful collaboration in other projects such as KI-EDA and FluoResYst.
The collaboration with IMMS was very successful and effective. By sharing expertise and resources, we were able to jointly develop a solution that met and even exceeded the requirements. We greatly appreciate the result and the nature of the collaboration and look forward to further joint projects in the future.“
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Service for R&D
Integrated Circuits
We offer the design and realisation of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in CMOS, BiCMOS and SOI technologies. We achieve well-performing ASICs with our first runs (first-time right silicon).
Research field
Integrated sensor systems
Here we investigate miniaturised systems manufactured in semiconductor technology consisting of microelectronic components for sensors applications, as well as methods to design these highly complex systems efficiently and safely.
Project
FluoResYst
The IMMS is developing a SPAD-based sensor for time-resolved readout of fluorescence-labelled DNA microarrays.
Project
VE-ARiS
IMMS developed copy protection solutions for integrated circuits to secure the know-how of partners
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Contact
Contact
Eric Schäfer, M. Sc.
Head of Microelectronics / Branch Office Erfurt
eric.schaefer(at)imms.de+49 (0) 361 663 25 35
Eric Schäfer and his team research Integrated sensor systems, especially CMOS-based biosensors, ULP sensor systems and AI-based design and test automation. The results are being incorporated into research on the lead applications Sensor systems for in-vitro diagnostics and RFID sensor technology. It will assist you with services for the development of Integrated circuits and with IC design methods.