2011 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel Retina-Implantat (en/de)
ASIC Development and Test for a Retinal Implant cessor and Retina Stimulator. A camera integrated into spectacles records images of the environment, which are transfered by a Internal RF link, processor into stimulation signals for UHFWLᎦHU DQG EXᎥHU the optical nerve. An optical interface, reaching from the spectacles via the pupil into the inner part of Stimulator the eyeball, transfers the information to the Retina Stimulator. There, the data is handed over to the optical nerve. This way, the patient can learn to recognize…
2011 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel SMARTHIES (en/de)
SMARTIEHS Sets New Standards for MEMS Tests on Wafer Level Micro-(Opto-)Electro-Mechanical Systems (M(O) EMS) detect the fall of a laptop to park the read head of the hard disk in time, control inkjet prin- Figure 1: On 8 inch wafers, an average of 10,000 structures is placed. It is the goal of the SMARTIEHS project to test these structures faster. Source: IMMS ting heads or warn in car tyres in case of a sudden pressure drop. Therefore, M(O)EMS are a vital dri- complex, as well as their reliability requirements. ving force of…
2011 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel USENEMS-PRIMOS (en/de)
MEMS/NEMS – Simulation and Test Micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/ NEMS) mostly are structures with a size of only a few micrometers, consisting of sensors, actors and control electronics on a substrate or a chip. MEMS are increasingly used in places where miniaturizing and improved functionality are essential. They are )LJXUH an important foundation for innovation. MEMS trigger airbags, are used for stability control in vehic- Comparison les and as blood pressure sensors in intensive care of the Sizes of a Mite…
Annual Report 2012
A N N U A L R E P O RT 2012 Publishing Details Contents 4 6 8 Publisher Institut für Mikroelektronik- und MechatronikSysteme gemeinnützige GmbH* Ehrenbergstraße 27 D-98693 Ilmenau +49.3677.6955.00 Tel +49.3677.6955.15 Fax imms@imms.de http://www.imms.de Editing and Proof Reading Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Sommer Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Kelm Dipl.-Hdl. Dipl.-Des. Beate Hövelmans Translation Susan Kubitz, www.QualityTranslations.de 10 11 Design, Photographs and Illustrations Dipl.-Hdl. Dipl.-Des. Beate Hövelmans 12 16 17 21 Typography and Information Graphics Dipl.-Hdl.…
2012 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel KOMPASSION (en/de)
KOMPASSION Compact adaptive terminal antenna for interference-free satellite navigation Unmanned flying vehicles such as quadrocopters are being used ever more. Long-discussed fields of application for this new technology are catastrophe relief services or the autonomous transport of such urgently required goods as donated organs. However, although there has been enormous progress in their development over recent years, these aircraft have not so far been used for safety-critical scenarios. Autonomous movement, it must be remembered,…
2012 Jahresbericht | Nominierung für den Innovationspreis Thüringen
TESTIM ONI ALS IMMS nominated for Thüringen’s 2012 Innovation Prize for magnetic levitation direct drive Having been nominated for the Thüringen Innovation Prize in 2012, IMMS was among the top three competitors in the “Industry and Materials” category. The direct drive is a positioning system completely controlled by magnetism and permitting a load to be swayed accurately through six coordinates. The IMMS made up of optical and capacitive detectors. Conventional sensors have to date worked on the laser interferometry…
2012 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel S4ECoB (en/de)
S4ECoB Buildings with greater energy efficiency using sound recognition Buildings are responsible for a third of the CO2 emissions and 40% of the total energy consumption in the EU. More than 60% of the energy used there goes into HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) and lighting.1 As these systems offer the greatest potential for improving the energy balance of buildings, they are the focus of efforts to conserve energy2 in order to achieve the ambitious “20-20-20” climate goals of the EU member states3 – improving energy efficiency…
2012 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel SHS-Facility (en/de)
SHS-Facility An intelligent system for building automation SHS system node. Photograph: R. Peukert, IMMS. 42 Housing has been changing radically over a period of years. Empty buildings due to demographic change, a new legal framework and also the availability of new technology have forced landlords and real estate administrators into a rethink. The challenge now for the housing industry, with its typical investment period of many decades, is to achieve the sort of flat or apartment that can be individually tuned, is suitable to every…
2012 Jahresbericht | Fachartikel TESCA (en/de)
TESCA Direct mirror drive for Terahertz Scanner Spiegelantrieb. Grafik: IMMS. Security checks at airports and major public events involve long queues and much trouble. A “terahertz camera” would enable people to be scanned in future for hidden, possibly dangerous, objects – such as weapons or explosives – effectively scanned as they simply passed by. The acquisition of any object's emissions of intrinsic electromagnetic waves in the THz band carries with it no health risks whatsoever. The technology1 will render real-time examination from…
