A new technology from the FH Aachen describes a rotation angle sensor for determining the absolute position by means of several Wiegand sensors. The...

Programmable, integrable analog circuit grid

Scalable, monolithically integrable Fourier-transform spectrometer

Reliable microchips, so-called integrated circuits (ICs), must be tested to guarantee the required functionality in later operation. This costs chip...

The battery- and wireless sensor system from the University of Paderborn detects water leaks in buildings, heating systems or the water supply. The...

The task of the invention is to achieve high optical reflectivities and strong photonic confinement by polymer-air layer systems with high ...

An improvement in high-resolution gigahertz and terahertz spectroscopy, now enables sensitive measurements of high-frequency signals over a wide...

Electrooptical mixers are optoelectronic components used in data transmission via optical fiber The novel electro-optical mixer from the University of...

The measurement of molecular spectra is important for the chemical or pharmaceutical industry. The new method from the University of Cologne is...

The stimulation of nerve cells with electrical or optical impulses is a field of research with a multitude of new applications in medicine. In the...

Position determination is of great commercial benefit for motor vehicles in logistics or agricultural technology, among others. A multi-antenna...

Rotary encoders or incremental encoders are used in a wide range of industrial applications. An invention from the FH Aachen makes it possible to...

Optical pump-probe experiments are often used in spectroscopy and metrology.  A new technology from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum allows to electrically...

Method to Invert the Resistance Drift of amorphous Chalcogenides

The method of quantum imaging with undetected photons („QUIP“) allows to take images from objects without the need of detecting the light, being...

High Efficiency Power Amplifier with Large Back-Off and Wide Bandwidth

The new and ASIC available PLL circuit of the University of Paderborn can be used in communications or control and measurement technology, especially...

Intelligent power grids can monitor and regulate themselves independently. A new process from the University of Wuppertal makes it possible to...

FOA microphone with optimized low-frequency performance

Automated Function Calibration

Gas sensors are used for the detection of gaseous substances. Resistive measurement methods are often used, but their signal values often exhibit...

Ionizing radiation is harmful to humans and the environment even in the smallest quantities. Therefore, radioactive materials must be continuously...

The novel and all-optical strain measurement method is highly accurate and cost-effective. The strain is determined by means of an optical fiber-based...

LEDs are used today in a wide variety of applications, including lighting, data transmission, and biological processes. However, the commonly used LED...

Efficient charging of traction batteries is a key technology for the success of electric vehicles on the market. To this end, concepts for...

Shunt current measurement techniques are used in electric cars and in the charging stations.
Special control of the circuit allows amplifiers to be...

By using this new digital power factor correction, the electromagnetic interference in power electronic systems such as battery chargers, plug-in...

The new method for microwave thermography uses a commercially available HD optical camera and an indicator plate to convert the microwaves into a...

Diskret verstellbare Verdränger-pumpe

An Isolated Gate Driver Utilising Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer

Mobile, Online and Non-Invasive Wideband-frequency Grid Impedance Measurement and Stability Monitoring Device for Low and Medium Voltage Grids

Production process for a highly sensitive biosensor made from a crossed nanowire-structure field-effect transistor. The cost effective CMOS compatible...

Sustainable charging station for small, battery-operated appliances This modular charging station for small, battery-operated devices like electric...

The invention relates to ion mobility spectrometers (IMS) and is characterized by a significant improvement in sensitivity.

Lock-in amplifier with optimal noise suppression

Low-common-mode, three-phase PFC stage for on-board chargers

New component for touchscreens and optoelectronic circuits

The Helmholtz Innovation Lab “FlexiSens” focuses on the development and application of a flexible and printable magnetic field sensors (Hall effect...

The invention addresses both the optimization of electrode forms for high frequency device operation as well as innovative solutions for their...

The two-axis rotator ROTAX is an innovative component for the precise spatial alignment of material samples during measurements under extreme...

With the Tensormeter, all components of the electrical resistance of thin layers, such as silicon wafers, can be measured quickly and precisely with...

Common-mode-free three-phase non-isolated on-board chargers

This technology (antenna array and algorithm) enables the precise identification of metallic objects and reduces electromagnetic reflection effects....

The invention relates to a method for preventing fires in tank systems as well as several design examples for tank systems for methanol fuels with a...

Radar-based plasma characterization

Encrypted cooperative control for network systems

The described technology concerns a tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) with superior tunnelling currents.

The invention addresses both a device and a method for determining the electrical resistance of an object.

New control method provides variable output voltages

Method for current measurement in half-bridge topologies

This radar technology was developed to determine distances between objects and objects’ material properties. In contrast to conventional radar...

The invention serves the production of higher frequency ranges for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA).

Electronic circuit with high sensitivity and bandwidth

Electricity grid status measurements with controllable electrical consumers

High Bandwidth Integrate-and-Hold Circuit

Large Area Planar Lightguide

This technology increases the efficiency of DC-DC converters by maintaining the maximum possible inductance value (MET) under all operating...

In order to provide low latencies at high reliability, a part of the radio resources need to be reserved for this traffic (semi-persistent...

Apparatus and method for precisely maintaining the linear polarization of light at the output of an optical fiber

Ultra-low birefringence dodecagonal vacuum glass cell for quantum technologies

Impedance Matching for Photomultiplier Tubes

Two-position controller with reduced control-value range

Lossless excitation of thin optical waveguides by oblique incidence of semi-guided waves

For a fast and precise control of mechatronic systems usually non-linear PID controllers are used. The more nonlinearities a system contains, the more...

The "robust one-shot interferometry" (ROSI) developed at the University of Stuttgart has been optimized in several aspects and now offers a...

The new concept of evaluation for bridge circuits offers the possibility of simultaneous determination of the change in resistance and temperature...

The compensating coupling presented here can be inexpensively produced by injection moulding. In contrast to conventional plastic couplings of ...

Buildings such as skyscrapers, bridges, towers, wind turbines, cranes are stimulated to vibrate by wind or by the vehicles crossing them. Increasing...

The invention relates to medical and measuring technology in the field of intraoperative sensor technology, instrumentation, surgery and machining...

The invention concerns a procedure for the defined adjustment of sensor parameters. The deposition of the sensors takes place e.g. by means of cathode...

Method for determining the velocity of dispersed particles in a flowing solution in the immediate vicinity of a solid body wall.

Manufacturer-independent ozone disinfection for hypothermia devices

Circuit for homogeneous power distribution and reduction of losses

Compensation of interference signals on electrical lines

Wireless transmision through a Data Bus Bridge

Circuit for recovering braking energy from electric motors

Optoelectronic track-and-hold circuit

The innovation presented herein, provides a new type of (white) light source with a most brilliant emission characteristic for applications which need...

Batteries with zinc anode are known for quite some time now. From an economic point of view, the subgroup zinc-air-batteries is especially...

The invention relates to a machining method for oxygen-free production and the devices necessary for this purpose. In this way, in particular, the...

Efficient Hardware-based real-time Forward Error Correction for Safety-Critical Applications. An improved Majority Logic decoder provides massive...

The system is used for cost-effective and accurate calculation of the six degrees of freedom (6DOF) in the space, e.g. a 3D mouse, which can thus be...

Uniquely cost-effective, sensitive and selective formaldehyde sensor with a measuring range of 0 - 300 (1000) ppb in metal oxide sensor design (MOX)....

The Open FET sensor is a field-effect-based sensor in which the gate electrode is connected only to the signal to be measured and not as usual to...

Comprehensive damage detection in composite materials

At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a new platform concept for the formulation of highly conductive, printable pastes has been developed....

Laser cantilever anemometer (LCA) utilizes the laser pointer principle of a scanning-force microscope to capture the velocity and the angle of fluid...

The invention relates to an integrated traction and brake torque control for electric vehicles with individual wheel drive, in which each wheel is...

“Foldios” are interactive 3D objects folded of a thin sheet of plastics, paper or cardboard, which can sense user input such as touch or deformation...

This invention comprises an electric power system protection unit with an undervoltage and overcurrent trigger for interconnected or simple power...

Surveillance of large fenced in areas is of increasing importance in both public and private sectors. However, usually total surveillance is complex...

The new Soft Switching Three Level Inverter (S3L–Inverter) is of striking simplicity and is therefore inexpensive. Because of the underlying...