Dr. Mario Birkholz (IHP Microelectronics)
Tue 27 Jun 2017, 12:30 - 13:30
Conference Room 1:03, SMC, Alexander Crum Brown Road

If you have a question about this talk, please contact: Jonathan Terry (jgt)

Lunch will be scheduled for 12:30

Microelectronics is the most advanced technology to operate routinely and reproducibly on the micro- and nanometer length scales of life. Semiconductor technology thus offers an interesting tool box for applications in the life sciences and their commercialization. IHP operates a pilot line for technological developments and the preparation of high-speed circuits with 0.13/0.25 µm BiCMOS technologies and runs a multi-project wafer (MPW) service for external customers. Various developments of biosensors for metabolites, HF impedance sensors for cell density measurement and microfluidics integration with BiCMOS circuits have already been realized in cooperation with partners from the life sciences.

In particular in bioprocess monitoring, micro-sensors for physical quantities like T, pH, conductivity, impedance , viscosity, etc. as well as biosensors for nutrients, metabolites and products play an increasingly important role to develop a thorough understanding of the production process and to improve control. IHP and TUBerlin have recently founded the Joint Lab Bioelectronics in order to test and optimize microelectronic sensor chips for this purpose. Results for an affinity viscosimetric MEMS for glucose sensing and impedimetric sensors for cell density measurements will be presented.