Piezoelectric coatings play a key role in medical technology, microelectronics and sensor technology, for example in the manufacturing of ultrasound microscopes that examine ever smaller semiconductor components and biological cell structures. However, the increasing demands on the quality and repro…

Advancements in industry and technology are constantly demanding new solutions for the manufacturing of microchips regarding the technical, economic and also ecological perspective. The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS has established itself as a strong partner to industry with it…

Bright prospects for personalized medicine: Experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM harness their know-how in microfluidics and single-cell technologies to print organ structures.

Single-cell technologies play a key role in studying and characterizing cells. Dr…

Be it smartphones, computers, or cars: Nearly all modern technologies are based on powerful microchips. Demand by far exceeds production in Germany. Leading semiconductor manufacturers are mostly based in Asia and North America, from where they supply producers worldwide with their microchips. In or…

– Following the announcement of the multidisciplinary research program last year, the selection process for funded projects has been completed
– Six projects involving eleven scientific institutions from six European countries are supported by Merck and Intel
– The focus is on the application of Artif…

Die Steinmeyer Gruppe gilt als ausgewiesener Spezialist für die Konstruktion, Entwicklung und Herstellung anspruchsvoller Positionierlösungen zur Wafer- und Chip-Herstellung. Ein Beispiel sind die Drehtische der Baureihen DT200 und DT310. Die hochpräzisen Rotationssysteme sind flach, reinraumtaug…

Securing skilled workers for the chip industry – with this goal in mind, the nationwide flagship project “Skilled workers for microelectronics: skills4chips” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), launches on November 1, 2024. A key component is the establishment of a…

Technik wird immer komplexer und anspruchsvoller, dabei gleichzeitig kleiner und kompakter. Das spiegelt sich bei JAT vor allem in der stetig steigenden Nachfrage nach Hochpräzisionslösungen wider. Mit den steigenden Anforderungen an Produktqualität und Prozesssicherheit wird auch das Spektrum IS…

Fraunhofer ENAS is part of the new project “HaloFreeEtch” (“Novel approaches for halogen-free and sustainable etching of silicon and glass”) that started in September 2024. This groundbreaking project, coordinated by the University of Technology Chemnitz, will run for 48 months with a total…

More power, more energy-efficiency, more complexity - manufacturers of modern microchips are constantly facing new challenges, also regarding the electrical connections required. Fraunhofer IPMS and BASF have been working together on this problem for ten years. The teams have pooled their infrastruc…