Hans-Christian Fritsch, Ilmsens

“Ilmsens GmbH was founded in 2016 as a spin-off from Technische Universtität Ilmenau and develops state-of-the-art ultra-wideband sensors to the highest quality standards. Our sensors are internationally applied in liquid analysis and in short-range sensor technology to detect compositions of complex substance mixtures as well as the smallest movements. We develop and manufacture our ultra-wideband sensors, antennas and application-specific measuring systems in Ilmenau.

IMMS is an important regional R&D partner for us, helping us to further miniaturise our technology and make it more cost-efficient. With IMMS, we have transferred an important component of our high-performance sensors from an FPGA to a dedicated ASIC. In addition to the methodological support, we also benefited from the possibility to use IP blocks already developed by IMMS, which allowed us to accelerate the development process even further. The IMMS’ competencies in integrating hardware simulation and hardware testing with signal processing algorithms also helped us to optimise the overall system even before chip production.

Ilmsens has strong regional ties and commitment. We were therefore particularly pleased that we, as a start-up from Thüringen with IMMS as its research institute, were able to create an innovative high-tech solution with the Thuringian semiconductor manufacturer X-FAB. We appreciate the high level of expertise and flexibility as well as the customer-oriented and target-oriented way of working of the colleagues from IMMS. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks for the very successful collaboration and look forward to further cooperation.”