Prof. Harald Kuhn is the director of Fraunhofer-Institute for Electronic Nanbo Systems ENAS since September 2020. Moreover he is the Chair for Smart Systems Integration and the director of the Center for Microtechnologies, both at the Chemnitz University of Technology. Until August 2020 he was employed as a director at Infineon Technologies AG in Regensburg. There he headed the department of Automation & Equipment Technology. He studied materials science at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and started in 1996 as a development engineer for SiC crystal growth in the Research & Development department of Siemens AG. At the same time he received his doctorate at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Prof. Harald Kuhn has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry and has held various management positions at Infineon and Siemens. In his last position, he was responsible for the development of differentiating special equipment as well as the automation/I4.0 of backend sites with worldwide teams. His high methodical competence in developing innovative, modularized and scalable concepts was the basis for a successful worldwide productive implementation. In his function, Prof. Kuhn was a leader in innovation (e.g. Artificial Intelligence; IIoT) and its productive implementation. His international experience, especially in Asia, completes his profile.
Abstract:
After a short introduction and motivation based on the general development of the application potential of smart integrated systems in the field of sensing, the actual trends will be highlighted. Approaches towards multi sensor systems, integration technologies and applications of them are shown on examples as a first topic. A second topic is the integration technology and special aspects of components for devices in the application field “Smart Health”. It will be discussed how new materials and novel technologies enable mechanically flexible devices for medical applications. A further part of the talk will focus on aspects of the influence of technology on cost effects of sensors and their application. Inertial sensors as part of an Inertial Measurement Unit and low cost sensors for cost sensitive applications are in the focus of this part.