Biomedical Microsystems

Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering

Microsystem chip for blood analysis.
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