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03.02.2024
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#INNOHubs: Fascinating Clean Room at Fraunhofer IISB

Kevin Ehrensberger completed his vocational training as microtechnologist at Fraunhofer IISB in September 2021. The former nanotechnology student has one thing in common with his colleagues Nadine Riek and Stefanie Schickedanz: "I also wanted to work with my hands, something in relation to reality…

Fraunhofer scientist Clemens Briese during the testing of Cir.Log® in the AEMP of the Benjamin Franklin Campus of Charité Berlin. © Fraunhofer IPK

02.02.2024
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Cir.Log® – innovative AI-based camera system for the preparation of medical devices

A research team at Fraunhofer IPK is developing an AI-based camera system that can recognize and track markerless surgical instruments. The technology aims to optimize sterilization logistics in hospitals and clinics. The research transfer is now being funded with over 1 million euros by the Federal…

Compact Raman sensor system for clinical tests: This allows for contactless determination of carotenoid concentration in the skin. The values can be used to infer the health status of individuals.
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27.01.2024
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More volunteers needed for contactless tests

New Raman sensor system for medical diagnostics is undergoing clinical testing

The Thiem-Research GmbH, a research subsidiary of the Carl-Thiem-Klinikum (CTK) in Cottbus, has begun clinical testing of a novel compact Raman sensor system. It was developed at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz Institute for High-Frequency Technology in Berlin. The practicality of this promisi…

In the BMBF-funded project CBQD – Chip-based Quantum Random Device – a compact chip will be developed that generates random numbers at high speed based on quantum photonic effects and meets the security requirements of the Common Criteria for IT products.

02.12.2023
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Fraunhofer IPMS is coordinating project CBQD

Photonic quantum chip for fast and reliable random number generation

The German Ministry for Research and Education BMBF is funding the CBQD project - chip-based quantum random device - for research into quantum-safe high-speed communications. In the CBQD project, a compact chip will be developed that generates random numbers at high speed based on quantum photonic e…

In the clean room of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, two employees of the space company OHB transfer part of the lens optics of the NISP instrument (left) to a measuring machine (right). © Johannes Maas

The four infrared filters installed in the NISP instrument with diameters of four centimeters in the foreground, as well as eight and fourteen centimeters in the background. With over 300 grams per filter, these are the largest and heaviest infrared filters ever used on an astronomical space mission. The basis of all filters is quartz glass, which is specially coated so that each filter only allows infrared light at very specific wavelengths to pass through. © MPIA/Felix Hormut

The ESA mission Euclid in the clean room of the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille. The fully assembled NISP detector system is located on the right side in the focus of the telescope. The clearly visible blue shimmering lens system is on the left side, with the filters in the device located behind the lenses. They ensure that only infrared light is filtered out from the incoming light before it reaches the NISP instrument. © Euclid Consortium & NISP instrument team.

10.11.2023
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The Euclid space telescope contains technology from two Max Planck Institutes

Development work with a clear perspective

Planning a space telescope mission like Euclid allows for only one launch attempt. Researchers and engineering teams from the Max Planck Society have had to overcome major challenges to make the technology work in space. They have developed optical components and parts of the instruments on board, a…

High-End Performance Packaging from wafer to system. © Fraunhofer IZM

On the way to market-ready quantum technologies: Packaging technologies for quantum photonics are being developed at the Berlin QuantumPackaging Lab. © Fraunhofer IZM | Matthildur Valfells

Chip assembly for the readout electronics in quantum computers on cryo test pedestal. © Fraunhofer IZM | Volker Mai

A historic meeting at our institute marking the beginning of an extraordinary partnership: The 1st FMD-Intel Workshop on Heterogeneous 3D Integration for 2030+ on October 28, 2022, in Berlin. © Fraunhofer IZM

Glass interposer with three mounted daisy chain test chips. The thickness of the glass interposer is 450 µm with fully Cu-filled TGVs and RDL routing on both sides. Glass can offer superior performance for RF applications (depending on the type of glass) and can be processed into an interposer with thicknesses ranging from 50 to 800 µm. TGVs can be used for power or signal routing or to improve thermal management. © Fraunhofer IZM

Silicon interposer with two assembled RISC-V-based chiplets and two high-bandwidth memory stacks (HBM2) for high-performance computing and AI workloads. Chip/system design: ETH Zurich, interposer fabrication and chip assembly. © Fraunhofer IZM

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Schneider-Ramelow, Institute Director of Fraunhofer IZM. © Fraunhofer IZM / Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Schneider-Ramelow, director of Fraunhofer IZM. © Fraunhofer IZM

26.10.2023
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Pioneering work for the microelectronics of tomorrow: From Chiplet Integration to Cooling - Challenges in High-End Performance Packaging

The future of microelectronics faces exciting developments and important trends. But how will this technological sector develop in the coming years? Which application areas will significantly drive 2.5D/3D hetero-integration and high-end performance packaging, and where are the limits of what is phy…

Prof. Jochen Guck (l.) and Dr. Jens Langjürgen (r.) inspect the setup of the AutoRAPID project. © MPL/Photo: Susanne Veiezens, MPL

The AutoRAPID project combines the biophysical measurement knowledge of the MPL with the technical expertise of the IPA scientists in process automation. © MPL/Photo: Susanne Veiezens, MPL

14.10.2023
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AutoRAPID project turns into the home stretch: Successful trial order in Erlangen

The fully automated measurement of biophysical properties of hundreds of cell samples in just a few days is the goal of the cooperation project "AutoRAPID," in which scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) in Erlangen and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Techno…

The cryogenic on-wafer prober at Fraunhofer IAF enables fully automatic characterization of up to 25 entire 200-mm or 300-mm wafers with devices for quantum computers. © Fraunhofer IAF

View into the main chamber with a 200-mm wafer in the center on the chuck, which is moved under the probe card. The system is testing a wafer from the QUASAR project, in which researchers are developing single-electron transistors (SETs) based on silicon quantum wells to be used as a device for spin qubits. © Fraunhofer IAF

1-K cryostat with conducted lines for direct current and high-frequency measurements. © Fraunhofer IAF

30.09.2023
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KryoproPlus project successfully completed

Cryogenic on-wafer prober determines quality of qubit devices for quantum computing and quantum sensing

Germany’s first cryogenic measuring setup for statistical quality measurement of qubit devices on whole 200- and 300-mm wafers has started operation at Fraunhofer IAF. The on-wafer prober can characterize devices based on semiconductor quantum dots and quantum wells as well as superconductors at m…

Mobile Labor BioSensoLab of Fraunhofer IBMT. © Prof. Dr. Uwe Knauer, Hochschule Anhalt, Bernburg.

Dummy on-site technical module © Prof. Dr. Uwe Knauer, Hochschule Anhalt, Bernburg.

Existing demonstrators to be integrated. © Prof. Dr. Uwe Knauer, Hochschule Anhalt, Bernburg.

28.09.2023
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Fraunhofer IBMT Partner in the TRANSFORM Project

Federal Minister Cem Özdemir visits Hochschule Anhalt and gives the go-ahead for the TRANSFORM project to establish Smart Transformation Labs for future-oriented agriculture in Central Germany

On July 27, 2023, the Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, visited the Bernburg Campus of Hochschule Anhalt and officially launched the TRANSFORM project by presenting the funding notification. TRANSFORM is part of the funding program "Future Enterprises and Future Regions" and i…

The automated, rapid, and enzyme-free extraction of living cells with the TissueGrinder for the examination of biopsy samples. © Fraunhofer IPA

31.08.2023
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Automated cell analysis for cancer diagnostics

Using the TissueGrinder developed at Fraunhofer IPA – an automated miniature mill for delicate tissue samples – clinics in the future will be able to quickly and accurately analyze cancer patient cell samples even without the help of an experienced pathologist. Patients will benefit most of all…

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