Projects

The Thüringer Innovatonszentrum Mobilität (ThIMo) supports the industrial change towards a sustainable mobility. We offer scientific expertise and infrastructure for joint research projects with industry partners, development or contractual research and services.

TU Ilmenau / W. Hofmann

EMMA - Electromagnetically Modelling of Microwave Absorbers

Testing the functionality of radio components and systems in virtual instead of real test environments is becoming increasingly important in the field of automated and connected driving. Anechoic chambers, whose microwave absorbers on walls, ceiling and floor reduce reflections and thus minimise any influence of the measurement environment on the measurement results, are primarily used for this purpose. The degree of feedback that can be achieved determines the basic usability, quality and accuracy of the measurements and thus the comparability of the virtual measurement environment with real field tests. Accordingly, it is important to precisely characterise the electromagnetic field distribution in such anechoic chambers; for this purpose, radiation-optical methods are primarily used for frequencies above a few 100 MHz. Remarkably, no suitable electromagnetic absorber model exists to date that simulates the physical functional principles in a broadband, angle-dependent and fully polarimetric manner. The research of such a model is the main goal of the present project. In the project, measurement procedures as well as numerical and semi-analytical methods for the precise characterisation of the reflectivity of pyramid absorbers are researched and applied. The knowledge gained will be used to derive fundamental laws of the absorption behaviour and to work out important influencing parameters. From this, an effect model is developed, which makes the reflection behaviour of the absorbers accessible for radiation-optical procedures and maps it in corresponding calculations. For verification, the wave propagation is simulated in the VISTA: Virtual Road - Simulation and Test Facility at the TU Ilmenau and compared with measured data. The model researched in this project thus provides a significant contribution to research into modern radio technologies.

The R&D project „Embedded ground-space 5G terminal for auto-mated and connected driving – embrace5G (e5g)“ pushes satellite communications for future 5G applications forward. In the focus are technologies for automated and connected driving on roads and rails, as these challenge a comprehensive coverage across traffic domains and borders, reliability, as well as fusion of multiple sources of wireless information; here, satellite communications offer attrac-tive complements to terrestrial wireless communication systems.

More information: e5g_one-pager.pdf

FastPhoton - Ultrabreit-bandige Hochfrequenz-Ansteuerung fasergekoppelter Laserdioden für polarisations- und zeitstempel-kodierte Einzelphotonen in der Quantenkommunikation

FastPhoton investigates scientific issues at the interface between laser technology, high-frequency electronics and photonics, three key technologies for Thuringia's industry and key disciplines for Thuringia as a science location, as well as in the emerging field of quantum technology. It applies the interdisciplinary expertise of the partners involved at the Jena and Ilmenau sites to highly topical issues in quantum communication.

Deutsch-japanische Forschungskooperation im automatisierten und vernetzten Fahren: Virtuelle Validierung (CADJapanGermany: VIVID)

Ziel des vom BMBF geförderten Projekts „Deutsch-japanische Forschungskooperation im automatisierten und vernetzten Fahren: Virtuelle Validierung (CADJapanGermany: VIVID)“ ist es, über gemeinsame Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten den deutsch-japanischen Know-how-Austausch zu stärken und länderspezifische Erkenntnisse für die gemeinsame Weiterentwicklung des autonomen Fahrens zu nutzen. Sicherheit und Validierung stehen dabei im Vordergrund.

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