Biomedical Microsystems
Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering
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Microsystem chip for blood analysis.
© Fraunhofer IBMT (Photo: Bernd Müller).
Equipment
Microsensors & Microfluidics
- complete photolithography with resist processor and double-sided mask aligner for dry etching (RIE) for silicon wafers as well as for polymer substrates
- plant for anisotropic etching of silicon
- Laser for drilling and cutting (e.g. silicon or alumina substrates)
- assembly and interconnection technologies
- anodic bonder
- thin film process plant (sputtering, evaporation, PECVD)
- parylene C coater
- hot embossing equipment
- equipment for rotative hot embossing of large area foils (reel to reel)
- equipment for rotative printing of proteins (reel to reel)
- laminator for polymer foils
- equipment for casting of PDMS
- hybrid lab
- design equipment for mask layout
- design equipment for circuit layout
- 3-D profilometer for laser measurement of surfaces
- scanning electron micropscope (SEM, EDX)
- atomic force microscope (SPM, AFM)
Biotelemetry
- telemetry lab equipped with instrumentation for professional electronics development and testing, e.g. RF-oscilloscopes, programmable power supplies, spectrum analysers, precision multimeters, etc.
- CAD tools for the development of electronics circuits (OrCAD, Mentor Graphics, Solid Works)
- development tools for the programming of 8, 16 and 32 bit microcontrollers and FPGAs
- software lab
- simulation tools for magnetic and electric field calculation
- access to fine pitch SMT assembly and vapour phase soldering
