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What comes after the Higgs boson? – The FAIR experiment as a new challenge for CiS

10. October 2013/in Medical technology, Silicon Detectors, Simulation & Design

The search for the Higgs boson is one of the most important tasks of the world’s largest particle accelerator, the LHC, which went into operation in 2008. This is because the Higgs boson was considered the last piece of the puzzle in the established Standard Model of particle physics. When the Higgs boson was discovered at CERN, detectors from the CiS Research Institute were also involved. These radiation detectors are robust enough to withstand the extreme radiation loads in the immediate vicinity of the collision point (4-20 cm), i.e. inside the detection instruments

Advanced UV for Life

22. July 2013/in Medical technology, MOEMS, Silicon Detectors, UV

“Advanced UV for Life” – this is the name of the consortium that will open up innovative applications of UV light in medicine, water treatment, production technology and sensor technology in the future. The interdisciplinary consortium of 8 research institutions and 14 industrial companies is one of the 10 winners in the Twenty20 competition, which is part of the high-tech strategy of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This was announced by Federal Minister Johanna Wanka at a press conference

Young scientist honored with Silicon Science Award

9. July 2013/in CiS general

Four young researchers from Nordhausen, Dresden, Ilmenau and Berlin are pleased to receive the Silicon Science Award this year. This award recognizes outstanding work in the fields of sensor technology and photovoltaics, preferably done in conjunction with industry

20 years of success with silicon

4. July 2013/in CiS general

CiS Forschungsinstitut für Mikrosensorik und Photovoltaik GmbH is celebrating its 20th anniversary these days. Originating in 1993 from the Erfurt microelectronics department, the institute has today developed into a renowned, business-oriented research institution

Ear biofeedback system – one step closer to personalized medicine

30. May 2013/in Medical technology, MOEMS

Vital parameter measurement and biofeedback therapy – combined in one ear device. The basis of the ear biofeedback system is the analysis of vital parameters measured at the ear

Multisensor technology supports diagnosis and therapy of normal-tension glaucoma

15. April 2013/in Medical technology, MOEMS

The time-synchronous measurement of ECG and PPG should enable the screening of vascular dysregulation with a good sensitivity and, above all, a very high specificity. By using modern low-power electronics and resource-saving technologies of microsystems engineering, a solution was created that enables mobile monitoring of vital parameters, e.g. in outpatient use

Innovations from Thuringia – Silicon-based radiation detectors in search of dark matter

9. April 2013/in Silicon Detectors

After the discovery of the Higgs elementary particle in 2012, CERN researchers are snatching more secrets from space. With radiation detectors from the CiS Research Institute, new clues have been discovered in the search for dark matter. Scientists and engineers at CiS Forschungsinstitut für Mikrosensorik und Photovoltaik GmbH work in Erfurt on highly specialized silicon detectors for the international nuclear research elite at CERN (Geneva)

Sensitive light hunter

3. April 2013/in Analytics, MOEMS, Photonic

Together with the company UST Umweltsensortechnik GmbH from Geschwenda, the CiS Research Institute for Microsensors and Photovoltaics has developed a modular chemiluminescence detector (CLD) for nitrogen oxides, especially NO2

NOBIS sensor system for edge detection

2. April 2013/in MOEMS

NOBIS is a completely new concept in sensor technology. The integrated programming platform allows customer-specific solutions to be implemented as quickly as possible. The freely programmable sensor software enables a wide range of applications

Sensor for tactile detection of properties of functional surfaces

29. November 2012/in MEMS

The micro silicon probe, manufactured at the CiS Research Institute, with a mass of only a few micrograms, has a high dynamic range. Equipped with a fast digital interface, the tactile probe easily acquires the measured values in a few minutes