91. 2015 Annual report | Article MEMS2015 (en/de)   2015 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel MEMS2015 (en/de) MEMS2015 Validation of the tool for automated MEMS design Preparing to take dynamic measurements at a shaker (foreground, r.) 38 Objectives in validation of the acceleration sensor created using the design tool Although in the field of microelectronics a highly automated, computer-aided procedure has been used for many years in designing integrated circuits, there has been to date no adequate methodology or design software for the design of silicon-based micromechanical components. MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) have had only a…  

  92. 2015 Annual report | Article MUSIK (en/de)   2015 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel MUSIK (en/de) MUSIK – merging microelectronics and micromechanics in design Objectives IMMS investigated and modelled MEMS characteristics to develop basic blocks as the depicted BAW resonater for the design of complex functional groups. Photograph: IMMS. By 2020 it is expected that mobile data traffic will be six times that of 2015. The prediction is a rise internationally that reaches 24 exabytes – 24 times 1018 bytes – per month.1 New radio bands with higher frequencies are already being prepared as one means of meeting the huge challenges. More bands…  

  93. 2015 Annual report | Article sMobiliTy (en/de)   2015 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel sMobiliTy (en/de) sMobiliTy Field-tested energy-optimised wireless sensor solution for traffic applications Installation of a wireless traffic sensor in Erfurt, Germany. Photograph: 24 Objectives IMMS. IMMS has researched, designed and developed a wireless sensor network for a ”tactile road“ and has now also tested it in practice with the intention of progressing electric car mobility. Electric vehicles have a shorter range between refuelling episodes than the ordinary type but also take longer to refuel. Consequently, to enable them to be navigated…  

  94. 2015 Annual report | Article on the SONAPHONE (en/de)   2015 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel zum SONAPHONE (en/de): Lecksuche in industriellen Prozessen mit Ultraschallsensorik. Digitale Lösung für die analoge Welt.  

  95. 2016 Annual report | Article AFiA (en/de)   2016 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel AFiA (en/de) AFiA 67 AFiA Using air pressure and milliamp current to get a load to hover with nanometer accuracy © IMMS GmbH. All rights reserved. Reproduction and publication only with express permission of IMMS GmbH. IMMS has developed a vertical drive to raise and lower objects through 10 mm under active control with nanometre precision. Photograph: IMMS. Objectives and Overview To date, manufacturers have always found it extremely difficult to raise loads in the region of 10 kg for industrial purposes and to hold them in a precise position. Nanometer…  

  96. Annual Report 2016   Annual Report 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Inhalt Contents 2 > Smart Jacket Page 3 Foreword > ENTOMATIC 5 Working hand in hand with the Technische Universität Ilmenau > KOSERNA 7 Encouragement of young academics > HoTSens 10 Obituary Eberhard Kallenbach > INSPECT 11 20 Years of IMMS > AFiA 16 Voices from project partners > Contents 21 Research subject CPS * Funding Energy-efficient and energy-autonomous cyber-physical Systems 23 Highlights of 2016 in our CPS research 31 The smart jacket with knitted switches and washable, energy-efficient electronics for better daily…  

  97. 2016 Annual report | Article ENTOMATIC (en/de)   2016 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel ENTOMATIC (en/de) ENTOMATIC 39 ENTOMATIC Automatic monitoring of olive fruit flies for more crop and less pesticide © IMMS GmbH. All rights reserved. Reproduction and publication only with express permission of IMMS GmbH. The Problem Figure 1: McPhail trap in original form as basis of an automatic monitoring of olive fruit flies. Photograph: Nutesca S.L., Spain. Olive fruit flies, Bactrocera oleae, are the cause of crop loss in the olive plantations Details and of Europe to the extent of around 600 euros per hectar. Across the 4.4 million hec- video…  

  98. 2016 Annual report | Article HoTSens (en/de)   2016 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel HoTSens (en/de) HoTSens 52 HoTSens an ASIC for extremely precise measurement at 300 °C to support industrial efficiency © IMMS GmbH. All rights reserved. Reproduction and publication only with express permission of IMMS GmbH. Device measurements for an ASIC that has put an IMMS method into practice for extremely precise measurements in very hot environments. Photograph: IMMS. Objectives and overview In the HoTSens project, integrated sensors and electronics have been developed as More on the a system solution, which will measure pressure and…  

  99. 2016 Annual report | Article INSPECT (en/de)   2016 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel INSPECT (en/de) INSPECT 59 INSPECT – Microelectronics to recognise cancer early © IMMS GmbH. All rights reserved. Reproduction and publication only with express permission of IMMS GmbH. Early experiments with a mobile testing system to contribute to integrated systems of personalised cancer diagnosis at an early stage. Photograph: IMMS. Objectives and Overview More than 500,000 people a year develop cancer in Germany.1 Five years after being diagnosed with cancer, depending on the type of tumor, patients’ survival rate is between 1 in 5 and 9 in 10.2 The…  

  100. Jahresbericht 2016   Jahresbericht 2016 JAHRESBERICHT 2016 Inhalt Inhalt 2 > Smarte Jacke Seite 3 Vorwort > ENTOMATIC 5 Kooperation mit der Technischen Universität Ilmenau > KOSERNA 7 Nachwuchsförderung am IMMS > HoTSens 10 Nachruf Eberhard Kallenbach > INSPECT 11 20 Jahre IMMS > AFiA 16 Stimmen von Projektpartnern > Inhalt 21 Forschungsthema Energieeffiziente und energieautarke * Förderung Cyber-physische Systeme (CPS) 23 Highlights im Bereich CPS 31 Smarte Jacke mit gestrickten Schaltflächen und energieeffizienter, waschbarer Elektronik als Alltagshelfer 39 ENTOMATIC –…