01.04.2020 - 08:00:00

Joint Lab of the University of Duisburg-Essen and Ferdinand-Braun-Institut launched

Rapid data transmission, medical examinations with harmless radiation: High frequency technologies make it possible. Scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) are researching the necessary semiconductor materials. In the future, they will work even more closely with the Ferdinand Braun Institute, the Leibnitz Institute for High Frequency Technology in Berlin (FBH). A joint laboratory has now been launched.

6G Terahertz communication with more than 100 Gigabit/s data volume, state-of-the-art radars and other applications suitable for everyday use are not possible without semiconductor materials. One of them is indium phosphide (InP). This crystalline substance is important for high-frequency components, but it can only be produced in small quantities and at great expense. The Center for Semiconductor Technology and Optoelectronics (ZHO) at the UDE is working to change this - among other things with a new production facility. A terahertz integration center unique in Germany is currently being built here, which is being funded by the state and the EU with 6.5 million euros.

The semiconductor experts at UDE are now contributing their know-how to the "JointLab InP Devices". "In this way we want to develop circuits and modules for terahertz applications together with our colleagues in Berlin," explains Dr. Nils Weimann. The Professor of High Frequency Electronics is head of the new laboratory.