Welcome - Fraunhofer IZM

Since 1993 Fraunhofer IZM has been one of the world’s leading institutes for applied research and the development and system integration of robust and reliable electronics.

For over 30 years, more than 450 employees have been finding technological solutions in cooperation with partners from industry and academia. Emerging challenges are addressed in branches such as automotive and industrial electronics, medical engineering, ICT and semiconductor technology.

The advantages of working hand-in-hand with Fraunhofer IZM include:

Industry-compatible high-tech equipment
Flexible cooperation models
Peace-of-mind thanks to IP protection
International, strategic networks with universities, research institutes and private enterprise in Germany and abroad.

Departments

Fraunhofer IZM

Wafer Level System Integration

System Integration & Interconnection Technologies

Environmental & Reliability Engineering

RF & Smart Sensor Systems

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Forecasting the energy consumption and carbon footprint of Germany’s mobile communications by 2030

How do Germany’s mobile communications networks fare in terms of their environmental impact? This question was investigated in a new Fraunhofer IZM study.

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EU Consortium Developing Next-Gen Edge-AI Technologies Is Accepting Design Proposals

A new European Union consortium created to accelerate the development of next-generation, edge-AI technologies is installing cleanroom tools and gearing up to design, evaluate, test and fabricate new circuits from across Europe.

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Compact navigation systems for unmanned drones of the future

Fraunhofer IZM has developed a compact and lightweight navigation unit (IMU) for such drones, which enables centimeter-perfect accuracy that was previously unattainable for civilian applications.

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CCI Berlin praises „excellent vocational training“ at Fraunhofer IZM

The Institute not just passed all of the required standard criteria, but also excelled in the supplementary categories and excellence criteria – testimony to the Institute’s long-standing commitment to high-class vocational training and apprenticeships.

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Fraunhofer President experiences semiconductor research in Dresden

Continuing last year’s whistle stop tour of Fraunhofer sites in southern Germany, the society’s new president, Professor Holger Hanselka, has come to Saxony to visit the institutes in and around the state capital of Dresden.

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Tiny wires, maximum power

Nanowire contacts push the boundaries for high-performance electronics

Now, researchers at Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID have teamed up with other partners to level up a connection technology patented by NanoWired GmbH that uses wires at a nanometer scale.

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Forging the last link in the process chain

Researchers at Fraunhofer IZM have now managed to develop a system that can automatically measure propagation losses in integrated optical waveguides, all part of the research project “Integrated Electro-Photonic Panel Systems” (EPho).

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Events

Careers fair | April 24 - 25, 2024

connecticum 2024

From 24 to 25 April 2024, Fraunhofer IZM will be coming to connecticum to meet students, graduates, and young professionals. connecticum is Germany’s largest careers expo for technology, business, and IT jobs, hosted in Berlin every year in spring and autumn. Our booth will be staffed by representatives from our research teams, our management, and our admin professionals, all eager to spark a conversation with you.

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Workshop | May 14 - 16, 2024

Fundamental radar signal processing based on TI-Ecosystem

Fraunhofer IZM offers a radar workshop based on a Texas Instruments (TI)-Ecosystem. The workshop focuses on signal processing of radar systems, especially for the IWR6843. It contains a theoretical and a practical part of 4 hours each.

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Conference | May 15 - 16, 2024

ICCC2024 - iCampus Cottbus Conference

The iCampus Cottbus Conference, which will take place from May 15-16, 2024, is dedicated to the role of sensor technology, MEMS & AI as key factors in structural change. The aim of the conference is to present current trends and research results in the field of microsensors for industrial applications and give the scientific community a chance to network.

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Events

Berlin Center for Digital Transformation

The Berlin Center for Digital Tansformation is a cooperation of the four Berlin Fraunhofer-Institutes FOKUS, HHI, IPK and IZM.

The focus activities are technologies and solutions that take into account the increasing digitalization and networking of all spheres of life.

www.digitale-vernetzung.org

High Performance Center »Functional Integration in Micro- and Nanoelectronics«

Functional Integration in Micro- and Nanoelectronics in Dresden und Chemnitz

https://www.leistungszentrum-mikronano.de/en.html

Research Fab Microelectronics Germany

To reinforce the position of Europe’s semiconductor and electronics industry beside global competition, eleven institutes within the Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics have, together with the IHP GmbH - Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics and the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, come up with a concept for a cross-location research factory for microelectronics and nanoelectronics.

www.forschungsfabrik-mikroelektronik.de/en

Publications

Fraunhofer IZM annual report & Brochure

Researched for Practice, Developed for Reliability

Berlin - Headquarters

Fraunhofer IZM Berlin

Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25
Gebäude 17/3
13355 Berlin

Telefon: +49 30 4 64 03-1 00
Fax: +49 30 4 64 03-1 11

Dresden - Branch of the institute

Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID

Ringstraße 12
01468 Dresden-Moritzburg

Telefon: +49 351 795572-12
Fax: +49 30 4 64 03-1 11

Cottbus - Branch Lab

Fraunhofer IZM Branch Lab Cottbus

Karl-Marx-Straße 69
03044 Cottbus
Phone: +49 355 383 770-12

Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM

Green Reliability

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Forecasting the energy consumption and carbon footprint of Germany’s mobile communications by 2030

EU Consortium Developing Next-Gen Edge-AI Technologies Is Accepting Design Proposals

Compact navigation systems for unmanned drones of the future

CCI Berlin praises „excellent vocational training“ at Fraunhofer IZM

Fraunhofer President experiences semiconductor research in Dresden

Tiny wires, maximum power

We are part of the »Green ICT @ FMD« competence center

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Since 1993 Fraunhofer IZM has been one of the world’s leading institutes for applied research and the development and system integration of robust and reliable electronics.

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Departments

News

Forecasting the energy consumption and carbon footprint of Germany’s mobile communications by 2030

EU Consortium Developing Next-Gen Edge-AI Technologies Is Accepting Design Proposals

Compact navigation systems for unmanned drones of the future

CCI Berlin praises „excellent vocational training“ at Fraunhofer IZM

Fraunhofer President experiences semiconductor research in Dresden

Tiny wires, maximum power

Forging the last link in the process chain

News

Events

connecticum 2024

Fundamental radar signal processing based on TI-Ecosystem

ICCC2024 - iCampus Cottbus Conference

Events

Berlin Center for Digital Transformation

High Performance Center »Functional Integration in Micro- and Nanoelectronics«

Research Fab Microelectronics Germany

Fraunhofer IZM annual report & Brochure

Fraunhofer IZM Berlin

Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID

Fraunhofer IZM Branch Lab Cottbus

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