Infrastructure

Analog design environment

• Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (Cadence)

Analog laboratory

• Oscilloscopes up to 4 GHz (Tektronix)
• Network analyzer 5 Hz - 3 GHz (Keysight)
• High-voltage SMUs 1 kV, 20 W
• Signal generator 250 MHz (Tektronix)
• RLC meter (Keysight)
• Wire-Bonder (TPT HB16) (Video)
• Tip measuring station TS2000-DP AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEM / DARKBOX / HIGH POWER (MPI) (Video)

Platforms for emulating complex hardware designs

• BEE4, Chip-IT

Platforms for the analysis of GPGPU-accelerated data processing (CUDA, OpenCL)

Hardware design environments

• Xilinx ISE, Altera Quartus, Synopsys Front End and Verification Tools, Cadence SoC
• Encounter, Tensilica Xtensa Xplorer (ASIP design environment)

Fully equipped electronics laboratory

• Logic analyzers, spectrum analyzer, audio analyzer
• SMD soldering station
• Assembly line
• PXI system (National Instruments)

Test vehicle for highly automated driving

• PANDA (photo)

3D video equipment

Wirebonder - Delvotec 5310/5330

• Gold Ball-Wedge-Bonding
• Aluminum Wedge-Wedge Bonding

Semi-automatic Wirebonder - fs-Bondtec 5310/5330

• Gold Ball-Wedge-Bonding
• Aluminum Wedge-Wedge Bonding
• Camera-alignment and full automatic program mode

Manual Fineplacer – Finetech

• Bare-Die or packaged placement and assembly system
• Tools for various component sizes
• Time-pressure dispensing for adhesives
• Coaxial camera alignment of components

Rework Station – Ersa HR600/2

• Assembly and disassembly of PCB-mounted components

Printing machine – Schläfli Challenger 173

• Rotative single printing unit machine
• Flexography and gravure printing available
• Hönle mercury vapour UV-curing

Printing machine – Schläfli Challenger 650

• Rotative multiple printing unit machine
• Fully automatic printing sequences
• Flexography and gravure printing available
• Cold lamination
• Slot-Die coating
• GEW mercury vapour UV-curing

Coating System Erichsen - Coatmaster 510

• Doctor-blading of liquids on various substrates

3D-Laser Marking – Keyence ML-Z9600 & Keyence MD-X2500

• Galvo-scanner based laser systems with 3-axis
• Marking, ablating and laser-sintering of 3D-surfaces

Lasercutter – Epilog Fusion

• Large scale substrate processing with CO2 and Fibre laser

Contact angle measurement system – OEG surftens

• Camera based measurement of surface energy of substrates and surface tension of liquids

Desktop-SEM – Hitachi FlexSEM

• Compact SEM for samples with diameter < 80mm

Optical attenuation measurement system – Thalheim Spezial Optics

• Hexapod-based alignment of samples
• Coaxial in- and output camera systems
• NA-measurement
• Beamprofiling
• Referenced attenuation of 639nm transmission with NA and diameter beam shaping

Rheometer – Anton Paar MCR302

• Viscosity measurement over temperature and shear rate variation

Bit Error Rate Testing System – BERT

• 500 Mbit/s – 4 Gbit/s optical BERT measurement of waveguides
• Self built, components: Frequency Generator, PRBS Generator, Bias Tees, fibre-coupled LD and PD at 850nm, Amplifiers, Attenuators and DSA Sampling Scope

Various microscopes and other analysis equipment

• See details at the ITA institute website or the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD infrastructure website