As part of the BMBF‘s QSens – Quantum Sensors of the Future – the two universities of Stuttgart and Ulm, three Stuttgart-based research facilities and 19 industrial partners have joined forces to bring quantum sensors to market over the next nine years. The BMBF is funding QSens with as much as 45 million euros.
The INOSENS research project is investigating a novel, high-resolution optical rotation angle sensor installed on a miniaturized sensor platform. In addition to the rotation angle of an axis, the ambient temperature and vibrations of the housing can also be measured. Thanks to a powerful micro controller, all sensor values are analyzed, stored and combined in an intelligent equipment condition monitoring.
In the recently completed Flexmax project, two examples of flexible electronic systems for applications in medical technology were demonstrated. Equipped with ASICs designed by the IMS to evaluate bent sensors and proven technologies for hybrid foil integration, novel cardiac catheters and a foil system for the respiratory monitoring of premature infants were developed and tested in initial application scenarios.
From November 8th thru 10th, 2021, the MikroSystemTechnik Kongress took place in Ludwigsburg, a joint BMBF and VDE event, which is organized every two years. At this largest German conference for microsystems technology, experts spent three days exchanging information on the latest developments and research topics. Chairman at this year‘s event was Prof. Dr. Joachim Burghartz, Director and CEO at Institut für Mikroelektronik Stuttgart..