651. 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…  

  652. 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…  

  653. 2015 Annual report | Article HoTSens (en/de)   2015 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel HoTSens (en/de) HoTSens Development, Test and Characterisation of ASICs up to 300°C Setting up the testing station with integrated cooling for complete semi- Objectives automated wafer testing up to 300 °C. Photograph: IMMS. For today's increasingly complex machinery and equipment to be operated safely with the highest possible efficiency in their use of resources and energy, it is essential that the state of each device and process be monitored at many points simultaneously with high speed and complete accuracy. The nearer to the process is any sensor…  

  654. 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…  

  655. 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.