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Can't wait to meet you at #IFBF24 in Glasgow! 🔊 Excited to see Hartmut Gross's upcoming oral presentation on "Cost Engineering for Key Stack Components in the GW Scaled LDES Market" at the Materials and Components category! 🌍 Dr. Hartmut Gross, Director of New Business & Technology at Schunk Group will dive into the critical aspects of cost engineering for flow batteries (FB) as a solution for long-duration energy storage (LDES). 📌 Flow batteries are gaining importance in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy due to their low safety risks, abundance of raw materials, and the independent scalability of power density and storage capacity. Despite these advantages over technologies like lithium-ion batteries (LIB), the capital investment and cost structure, coupled with low volume-scaled production, present challenges for widespread adoption. 🔋 In his talk, Dr. Gross will focus on the supply chain, the impact of scaling on cost reduction, and the influence of main stack components on the kWh price (CAPEX) in relation to annual production volume. He will explore how production costs, raw material availability, and other factors shape the cost structure of the final FB system. Check our programme 👉https://lnkd.in/eyzWfjEU

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⚡ Meet the GATEPOST Project Team: 📢 As previously announced, our next articles will focus on the GATEPOST project team. Today we would like to introduce our lead partner, the IHP - Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics. 👨‍🔬 The IHP is the world's leading competence centre for silicon-germanium technology. 👨‍💻 IHP focuses on research and development in the field of microelectronics and information technology, in particular on the promotion of silicon-based high technologies to strengthen microelectronics research and industry in Germany and Europe. The spectrum of research ranges from innovative materials to complex systems, e.g. for communication, which is a unique selling point in the research landscape. IHP covers the entire R&D value chain, from basic research to the production of prototypes and small series. IHP's capabilities are based on its own 24/7 pilot line with qualified 0.25/0.13 µm SiGe BiCMOS technologies. ❎ Graphene, with its potential for functional extension of SI technology, is one of the current research areas at IHP. The research includes material synthesis on 200mm wafers in IHP's clean room and development of technology processes for graphene device fabrication on a 200mm pilot line. 🎯 As lead partner, the IHP team led by Mindaugas Lukošius plays a central role in our GATEPOST project. In addition to project management, IHP is responsible for the development of a 200mm wafer scale process and the integration of graphene devices into the pilot line. This will allow the graphene devices to be produced in conditions as close as possible to the SI environment. 📲 Stay in touch and visit us at 🌍 www.gatepost.eu **The GATEPOST project is funded by the EU through the Horizon Europe programme.** #graphene #IoT #computing #gateposteu #dataprocessing #2Dmaterials #revolutionising #components #horizoneurope #fundingproject #joinusonourjourney ⚔Project partners IHP, EurA AG, Akhetonics, Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Enlightra, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, imec, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI, WinPhoS Research Group

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Today and Tomorrow: 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 at the 📍 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Headquarter in #Munich 💻 "Trusted electronics" is about ensuring the sovereignty of manufacturing processes and using only trustworthy components. This involves traceable production and supply chains, with a clear understanding of the components' structures. To address these goals, Fraunhofer IPMS is proud to be part of the "Trustworthy Electronics" flagship initiative by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). 🌐 Visit: https://lnkd.in/erU-Tfac Project partner: Fraunhofer AISEC, edacentrum GmbH, Fraunhofer EMFT, Fraunhofer ENAS, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Fraunhofer IAF, IHP, Fraunhofer IIS, Fraunhofer-Institut für Mikroelektronische Schaltungen und Systeme IMS, Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS, Fraunhofer IZM #TrustedElectronics #FraunhoferIPMS #BMBF #TechInnovation

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🙌🏻 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝟱𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗧 𝗥𝗧𝗗𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 🌡️ In 1974, a team of engineers in Hanau developed the first temperature sensor using platinum thin-film technology. The sensor elements were comparatively large, measuring 10 × 2 mm, and only a few thousand could be produced per week. Since then, Pt thin film elements have enabled numerous new applications and decades of growth in temperature sensing, making the Pt thin-film RTD a base component used in many key industries. We at YAGEO Nexensos are proud of our heritage and our expertise in this field. That is why we are passionate about the continuous development of our products. Today we produce very small elements in very large volumes. Next to high-end applications, our products can also be found in day-to-day devices. Our products measure reliably for many years, even in harsh environments. The highest quality RTDs allow continuous measurements at up to 1000 °C, precisely and automotive certified. The smallest elements are only 1 mm x 0.5 mm in size, which is a reduction by a factor of 40 compared to the first parts made in the 70s. 💡𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗢 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝘀? 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁! 👇 #anniversary #sensors #RTD #TemperatureSensing #Milestone  #Innovation

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🥳 interACTIVE HAPTICS Conference 2024 Today we introduce our next speaker! #SpeakerThursday Welcome to the #iAHC2024 Dr. Wolfgang Clemens! PRESENTATION TOPIC: Smart interactive HMI surfaces with haptic feedback in automotive applications. WHAT IS IT ABOUT? HMI #Applications with capacitive touch input in #Automotive Interior are becoming more and more standard. Often, haptic feedback is missing due to cost reasons. But in use cases, where a safe function and detection of false use are needed, as well as for #touch switches where one does not directly see the #buttons, force measurement and #haptic feedback is crytical. Here, passive mechanic feedback and active haptic #feedback with #actuators are used, depending on the customer. We present examples of real #solutions in automotive #HMI Applications. In addition we present new solution for active haptic feedback in innovative #protoypes. One Example is a #crystal steering wheel with glass crystals as touch buttons on a transparent conductive #PCB based on our touch #PolyTC metal mesh sensor #technology. In this demonstrator, an active haptic feedback with a #Grewus actuator is implemented, which brings the device “to live”. We also present other solutions to show the combinations of capacitive touch function with haptic feedback. SOUNDS INTERESTING? Then get your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/eH8b5yvu #Haptics #CrystalSteeringWheel #GREWUS #SeatHaptics #HapticFeedback #Automotive #Gamification #WhiteGoods #MotionHaptics #TouchHaptics

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𝗜𝘀 𝗠𝗢𝗖𝗩𝗗 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝟬𝗺𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗣 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀?  Let’s have a closer look! 🔍    👉 In the peer-reviewed paper “𝘌𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘖𝘊𝘝𝘋 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 150 𝘮𝘮 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦”, our experts report the first demonstration of production #technology for this wafer size on 𝗚𝟭𝟬-𝗔𝘀𝗣 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿®. What is so special about these 150mm InP wafers? Their use has the potential to improve the cost of telecommunication lasers, especially important in the context of AI functions, by up to 4 times. A huge step for the industry, and AIXTRON is at the forefront.    The paper 📰 has been just accepted for publication with its pre-proof version now available online in the 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 💎 https://lnkd.in/eDngk8sM  and describes the work of AIXTRON team led by 𝗜𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗶 and his colleagues 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗸𝘂𝘀, 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗯, 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺 𝗠𝘂𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗰, 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝘇𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, and 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝘂𝗸𝗲𝗻.     👍 Thumbs up for the great teamwork! 👍    Good to know: our 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿® is the industry tool of record for the most demanding InP applications 🧩 and ensures that all #wafers 💿 are coated evenly, again and again. This is crucial for the #production of high performance #semiconductor devices. 

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Powerful demonstration of high precission tunable THz source!

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📣We're thrilled to share this insightful article about SilTest Academy! Our commitment to providing top-tier training in semiconductor testing is highlighted in every aspect of our programs. We're proud to empower students, professionals, and corporate teams with the knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the ever-evolving semiconductor industry. Read on to learn more about how SilTest Academy is shaping the future of chip testing education.  #SilTestAcademy #SemiconductorTraining #IndustryLeadership

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Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS and Infineon Technologies in Dresden have joined forces to develop process modules for smart power on 300mm wafers. This collaboration has resulted in the processing of 2000 300mm wafers for smart power applications. The wafers were shuttled back and forth between Fraunhofer IPMS and Infineon Dresden to ensure efficient resource utilization and seamless integration into the CMOS production lines. The results of this joint project are extremely promising and represent a significant advancement in the production of smart power technologies at Infineon Dresden, stated Andreas Thamm, project manager at Infineon. The close partnership and the provision of process modules by Fraunhofer IPMS have accelerated the process transfer to 300mm equipment, enabling Infineon to enhance its manufacturing capabilities ahead of schedule. #electricalengineering #electronics #embedded #embeddedsystems #electrical #computerchips Follow us on LinkedIn to get daily news: HardwareBee - Electronic News and Vendor Directory

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🚀 We've just launched a new blog post from Elke Helck: "The Strategic Importance of the Semiconductor Industry for Germany: Implications for the Logistics Sector." Discover how Germany's pivotal role and innovative logistics solutions are shaping the global semiconductor landscape. Dive into the full article on our website! #SemiconductorLogistics #Innovation #TALKE

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"Discover the Whole World of Electronics with our Blog 👓📕🤓" 🔴Improved Connection: Single Pair Ethernet Ethernet has played a large part of our lives for many years now and has allowed for many improvements in the area of industrial design. Innovation never stops, and with new developments the next level of communication is born with Single Pair Ethernet. What is Single Pair Ethernet? Single Pair Ethernet uses two wires only and therefore thinner cable to combine input and output. It also has the capability to provide power through the cable - known as Power Over Data Line (PoDL). 📲 Read more here: https://we-online.link/zY 📢Check out our Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) Application Guide: https://we-online.link/zZ #Blog #ElectronicsInsight #SinglePair #Ethernet

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What is a Halbach permanent magnet rotor❓ The Halbach array structure, proposed by American scholar Klaus Halbach in 1979, is a configuration of #permanentmagnets that combines radial and tangential magnetization to generate the strongest magnetic field with the minimum amount of magnets. This has significant engineering implications, as the Halbach array's excellent #magnetic field distribution properties find wide applications in industries such as nuclear magnetic resonance, magnetic levitation, and specialized 🧲🧲permanent magnet #motors. This approach greatly increases the magnetic flux density on the air gap side while reducing the magnetic flux at the rotor yoke, resulting in a significantly improved magnetic focusing effect compared to traditional radial #magnetization methods. #magnetism #magnetics #magnet #NdFeB #NdFeBmagnet #SinterdNdFeb #SmCo #AlNiCo #RareEarthMaterial #MagnetFactory #MagnetManufacturer #NdFeBmagnetFactory #radiation #magnetic

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Dive into precision measurement in our latest video. Watch as Christoph shows the hammer and feather demo, powered by Kistler's sensors. See how KDAB modernized legacy code for top-notch UI, stability, performance, and production readiness: https://lnkd.in/ejwGB3J6 #Embedded #QtDev

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Would you like to know what #intelligentmanufacturing has to do with #Photonics supporting #sustainability and reducing the environmental #footprint? Meet Erik Beckert from Fraunhofer IOF and learn how #artificialintelligence is used to optimize manufacturing processes which leads to saving raw materials and energy. This is particularly important for such processes which are needed to creating components where materials are involved which need energy-intensive production to develop their performance. This is not only useful for enhancing the company's and product's sustainability, but also for saving money. Erik will talk about laser crystal growing at the very beginning of the photonics value chain, making use of such an approach. #Share and #discuss with world class speakers about their #photonics-driven #technologies and approaches to achieving more #sustainability in their #companies, their #products, and how their #technologies support a reduction of environmental #footprints. The workshop is hybrid. Secure the last slots and #register. #Register here and #makeadifference: https://lnkd.in/esGQRfRw What are the fees used for? Part of the fees are used for workshop costs (catering, event website, administration). The rest is used for Society6.0 Network for Socio-Economic Disruption’s #educational projects for #children, #adolescents and #adults to better prepare people for #future challenges and to enable them to cope with them in the here and now. This helps to generate #workforce (in Germany alone, according to the latest news, we have about 700,000 vacancies), but also to overcome existing gaps in order to counteract the polarization of #society. Fraunhofer IOF FLEET Events Optence e.V. OptoNet e.V. Optica SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics PhotonicsNL W3+ Fair Jabil Coherent Corp. ZEISS Group Google Cisco  The Aerospace Corporation FluIDect FabuLens GmbH Mimotype Technologies GmbH Akhetonics Friedrich Schiller University Jena KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen Pulsed Light Technologies GmbH Nanoscribe Photosynthetic Corning Incorporated Ruth Houbertz #ThinkMade

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Our CEO Kai Beckmann spoke to Annette Weisbach on how the #AI revolution and the increasing demand for high-performance computing boost need for advanced #semiconductors. Currently, the industry is facing the challenge of manufacturing ever faster and more powerful #chips to meet the requirements of new applications. Materials science will become ever more crucial for chips to enable AI and high-performance computing. Challenges are being solved at the atomic level. Annette and Kai also spoke about practical impact of AI, in particular how the world of work is changing and what ethical considerations need to be taken into account. 🎙️ Click here 🔗 http://ms.spr.ly/6048YhJlG for the latest #podcast “Wirtschaft mit Weisbach”. It’s well worth a listen for the weekend.

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👋 Meet us at the #PCIM - Hall 5, Booth 111! We look forward to meeting industry and science partners at the international event for #powerelectronics and its applications. The #FraunhoferIMWS has an extensive portfolio of services related to power electronics. 👉 Stop by and find out what's included and what we can do for you! 🔶 #Materialdiagnostics power electronics We identify, analyze and model defects and degradation mechanisms to improve the quality, reliability and safety of power electronic components. 🔶 #Micromechanicaltesting and simulation We work with specially adapted methods of material characterization for an application-oriented and material-specific determination of component-relevant material and damage parameters. 🔶 Physical #failureanalysis We localize, isolate and analyse the causes of defects in electronic circuits based on silicon substrates at chip and wafer level. 🔶 Non-destructive #defectlocalization We develop new methods, processes and devices for non-destructive defect analysis, defect localization and industrial quality control. 🔶 #GaN #HEMT devices We localize and analyze electrically active defect structures in GaN-high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMT). 💁 This is just a small insight. We will be happy to provide you with more details at our booth. See you there! #materialsinsights

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Today by Markus Leopold videos I gain an impression how SIMATIC robot works. Thank You for sharing. I am looking forward to our experiences with the newest implementations. #advancedrobotics #robotics #gwe #URrobotics #learning

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In this fifth installment of Knowles Precision Devices' RF Components for Radar series, the focus shifts to an often underestimated, yet critical aspect: phase analysis in filter performance for #radar applications. To evaluate filter efficiency, it is vital to understand phase characteristics. Maintaining signal integrity through phase linearity and ensuring stability across varying temperatures are crucial aspects that play a critical role in radar precision. Learn about the significance of phase in radar filters and its implications on beam steering, temperature resilience, and signal coherence in this article.

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🔎 Look Inside Alert! Do you remember Cristian Raul Ciressan's talk on FPGA and Board Design for Functional Safety (FS) at the #EmbeddedComputingConference (#ECC) hosted by ZHAW School of Engineering in Winterthur in the end of May? Here's a taste of what you missed! Cristian's framework for designing FS-ready FPGA-based SoMs generated tons of buzz and positive feedback 💫 🔔 Interested? His presentation dives deep into: 📌 Avoiding common failures, 📌 Integrating monitoring for diagnostics (think random errors on FPGA design choice, 32-bit register examples, and FPGA Design for CBIT!) 🖊 Drop us a comment or send us an email at webinars@enclustra.com to receive the full presentation. #Enclustra #EverythingFPGA #MeetTheExperts #EmbeddedSystems #FunctionalSafety #FPGA #EmbeddedComputingConference #EmbeddedSystems #Engineering #SwissTNET swissT.net - Technologie-Verband der Schweiz Have a project in mind? Let's connect and discuss how we can help!

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