Systeme der Elektronik (ZEA-2)

The Tag der Neugier 2022 on Sunday, August 21, was a great success: Around 20,000 visitors came to the research center in sunny weather and explored the Jülich campus. At more than 300 decentralized presentations, they were able to learn about Jülich's research, experience science for themselves on site, and also find out about career opportunities here at the FZJ. Colorful entertainment with research shows, music and much more was offered by a seven-hour non-stop program at the lake stage at the Seecasino.

With the successful launch of the Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer (ARCADE) satellite, an innovative remote sensing instrument from Forschungszentrum Jülich for atmospheric research has been sent into space. ARCADE is a small satellite with an edge length of 30 cm and carries as its main scientific payload a remote sensing instrument from Forschungszentrum Jülich equipped with a novel Spatial Heterodyne Interferometer (SHI). The interferometer was developed jointly with Forschungszentrum Jülich Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Stratosphere (IEK-7), the Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics - Electronic Systems (ZEA-2) and numerous students from the University of Wuppertal.

We are happy to announce the preliminary program and the possibility to submit posters for our first workshop on PET Electronics & Technologies, a forum for international research and academia to meet and exchange the latest developments in this field.

In their pursuit of academic and professional growth, Mariam Papava and Ketevan Lomjaria, two exceptional students from the Agricultural University of Georgia (AUG) at Kakha Bendukidze Campus, started on an exchange program to broaden their understanding of electrical and computer engineering. With a strong drive to expand their knowledge as well as practical skills, they began a transformative journey that exposed them to cutting-edge subjects and provided them with invaluable experiences in a supportive as well as diverse academic environment at Electronic Systems Institute (ZEA-2) at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The two women stayed for one month and were able to gather many new and exciting impressions.

There are stories that need to be told. This is one of them. It is about our very respected colleague Helmut Timmermanns. Some of you may think that the name sounds very familiar. Timmermanns. That's right, our "Timmy" is going into his well-deserved retirement, or as he likes to call it: permanent vacation with vacation pay. Helmut is probably known to many when it comes to IT topics at Forschungszentrum Jülich, but many colleagues also appreciate Helmut's other competences in electrical engineering to this day. His knowledge in this area has brought a big smile and relief to many a colleague's face when Helmut has picked up the soldering iron and quickly solved a problem. With his calm and level-headed manner, Helmut always managed to find a solution and keep his perspective even in stressful situations.

In the newest issue of the employee magazine "inside 2 | 2023" from Forschungszentrum Jülich, our colleague and team leader (IC Development) Dr. André Zambanini talks about his work at ZEA-2.

From April 24 to 28, 2023, Stefan van Waasen (Director of the ZEA-2 Institute at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Profesor at Universität Duisburg-Essen) was in Georgia at the Agricultural University of Georgia (AUG) at Kakha Bendukidze Campus.

The first workshop on PET Electronics & Technologies, a forum for international research and academia to meet and exchange the latest developments in this field, is going to take place on September 12th – 13th 2023 at Fraunhofer-inHaus-Zentrum in Duisburg, Germany.

In the paper "On Noise-Sensitive Automatic Tuning of Gate-Defined Sensor Dots", we analyze the noise characteristics of measured sensor dot data and define a criterion to identify continuous regions with a sufficient signal-gradient-to-noise ratio.

The second year dual students from our Software Development Team, Lasse van Baal and Julie Bernard, in cooperation with the FH Aachen and Tobias Salz (INM-1), ended the project period of their software project for the ZEA-2 as part of their studies with a software fair in the JSC.

We are participating in the following Back-to-Back Meeting of the Quantum Computer Projects QSolid and GeQCoS in Karlsruhe. Learn more about the topic and the event: Quantum computers open up a completely new dimension in computer technology. They can be used to solve tasks that conventional computers fail at or take an unacceptably long time to process.

Forschungszentrum Jülich’s research magazine effzett has received three awards. Within the scope of the International Creative Media Award (ICMA), effzett issue 3/2021 and effzett issue 1/2022 received one award each in the categories “cover story”, “magazines online”, and “magazines print”.

A large stratospheric balloon was launched in Timmins, Canada, with the infrared spectrum GLORIA-B for atmospheric research. Engineers of ZEA-2 have developed and realized the GLORIA-B system in cooperation with scientists of Jülich Stratospheric Research and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

The Tag der Neugier 2022 on Sunday, August 21, was a great success: Around 20,000 visitors came to the research center in sunny weather and explored the Jülich campus. At more than 300 decentralized presentations, they were able to learn about Jülich's research, experience science for themselves on site, and also find out about career opportunities here at the FZJ. Colorful entertainment with research shows, music and much more was offered by a seven-hour non-stop program at the lake stage at the Seecasino.