Smart and compact sensors with Edge AI
Summary
These developments could be of great importance in the future, particularly for applications in industrial electronics, medical technology and environmental monitoring. Fraunhofer IPMS is contributing its expertise in miniaturised sensor structures and the integration of electronic components. In the project with the name “InSeKT” (German: Development of Intelligent Sensor Edge Technologies), the Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, the Leibniz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP) and the Fraunhofer-Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS are working on new hardware, software and sensor solutions to make better use of artificial intelligence (AI) right at the Edges of IT networks. An initial central area of development at Fraunhofer IPMS is gas analysis using ion mobility spectrometers (IMS). A first IMS demonstrator, which is based on a FAIMS (field asymmetric-waveform ion mobility spectrometry) approach, has flexible electrode spacing, making it possible to overcome this hurdle.