THE FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IIS
Dr. Stephan Junger
stephan.junger@iis.fraunhofer.de
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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft undertakes
applied research of direct utility to private
and public enterprise and of wide benefit to
society.
Our Customers:
Industry
Service sector
Public administration
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Fraunhofer is the largest organization for applied
research in Europe
More than 80 research institutions, including 60 Fraunhofer institutes
More than 18,000 employees, the majority educated in the natural
sciences or engineering
An annual research volume of €1.66 billion,
of which €1.4 billion is generated through contract research.
2/3 of this research revenue derives from contracts with industry
and from publicly financed research projects.
1/3 is contributed by the German federal government and the
Länder governments in the form of institutional financing.
International collaboration through representative offices in Europe,
the US, Asia and the Middle East
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Joseph von
Fraunhofer
Discovery of the
“Fraunhofer lines” in
the solar spectrum
New methods for
processing lenses
Director and partner
in a glassworks
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The FraunhoferGesellschaft
Researcher
Inventor
Entrepreneur
Research and
development on
behalf of industry
and state
mp3 music format,
white LED, highresolution thermal
camera
Research volume:
approx. €1.66 billion
annually
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
in Germany
Rostock
Itzehoe
Lübeck
Bremerhaven Hamburg
Oldenburg
Bremen
Hannover
60 Institutes
more than 18,000 employees
Braunschweig
Potsdam
Berlin
Teltow
Magdeburg
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Paderborn
Oberhausen
Halle
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Saarbrücken Karlsruhe
Pfinztal
Ettlingen
Stuttgart
Freiburg
Kandern
EfringenKirchen
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Straubing
Freising
Garching
Augsburg
München
Oberpfaffenhofen
Prien
Holzkirchen
The Profile of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
7 Groups:
Information and Communication Technology
Life Sciences
Microelectronics
Light & Surfaces
Production
Materials and Components
Defense and Security
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The German Research Landscape
*overall budget in billion euros
Characteristics of Research
Applied
Research
Fundamental
Research
Fraunhofer*
1,662
Federal/
German
Länder
Institutes
0,9
MPG*
1,732
WGL*
1,382
Industry (internal
and external
expenditures)
58,41
AiF
~ 0,25
HGF*
2,952
Universities
9,2
Funding
predominently institutional
HGF
WGL
AiF
MPG
predominantly private
Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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1
estimation Wissenschaftsstatistik 2010,
Stifterverband
2 2010
Source:
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Destatis, research organizations
Fraunhofer IIS
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
Headquarters located in Erlangen (close to Nuremberg)
Founded in1985
More than 700 staff
Budget aprox. € 90 million
Revenue sources
> 75 % income from projects
< 25 % public funding
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Business Areas
Audio and multimedia technologies
Imaging systems
Digital broadcasting systems
Embedded communication
IC design and design automation
Communication networks
Navigation
Logistics
Medical engineering
Optical inspection systems
X-ray technology
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Fraunhofer IIS
Business Areas
Audio and multimedia technologies
Imaging systems
Digital broadcasting systems
Embedded communication
IC design and design automation
Communication networks
Navigation
Logistics
Medical engineering
Optical inspection systems
X-ray technology
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Audio and Multimedia Technologies
Fraunhofer IIS “Home of mp3“
History of audio coding in Erlangen
since 1981 Research of audio coding at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
since 1987 Work on audio coding at Fraunhofer IIS
1992
MPEG-1 Layer 3 (mp3) adopted as international standard
1997
mp3 rapidly gains popularity
1997
MPEG-2 AAC successor format
international standard
1999
Mp3 is de facto standard for
music on the internet
2000
mp3 wins Future Prize awarded
by Federal German President
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Audio and Multimedia Technologies
Surround Audiocoding
MPEG Surround –
low data rates, high fidelity
MPEG-2/4 AAC –
for audio quality superior
to that of a conventional CD
mp3 Surround Family –
additional technologies for
an enhanced mp3
experience:
mp3 Surround, mp3 SX,
SX Pro, mp3D
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Integrated Circuit Design
Polarization image sensor & camera
Pixels with nanowire grid polarizers using
the available CMOS metal layers
Real-time measurement of the Stokes
parameters S0, S1, and S2, with
S0= I0+I90
S1= I0-I90
S2= 2 I45-I0-I90
Fabrication using an unmodified standard
CMOS image sensor process (180 nm)
High-speed with frame rates up to 250 fps
Applications: Optical metrology, reflex
suppression, surface characterization etc.
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