Hochschule KarlsruheHochschule Karlsruhe - University of Applied Sciences
Hochschule KarlsruheHochschule Karlsruhe - University of Applied Sciences

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Profile Economics Computer Science Engineering

Clean Room Technology

+ fundamentals of cleanroom technology
+ cleanrooms for various applications
+ contamination aspects in the production of microsystems
+ cleanroom concepts

MECB 411A
2 CP 

Prof. Schecker
not graded!

Course description

Design Exercises 1

+ design of a complex assembly or machine in consideration of function, load, stress and fatigue
+ improve your team work abilities
+ use evaluation criterias
+ define benchmarks

MABB333W
2 CP 

Prof. Wollfahrt
Prerequisites: Engineering mechanics, design methods, CAD program CREO

Course description

Design Exercises 2

+ design a complex assembly or machine in consideration of function, load, stress and fatigue
+ improve your teamwork abilities
+ use evaluation criteria
+ define benchmarks

MABB432
3 CP

Prof. Hirsch
Only for students of mechanical engineering, 
Prerequisites: Design Methods, CAD

Course description

Energy Supply for Autonomous Microsystems

+ relevance and quantification of power consumption of autonomous microsystems
+ primary and secondary energy buffers
+ characterization and design of relevant energy harvesting technologies

MECB611A
3 CP

Prof. Ahrend

Course description

Integrated thick-film circuits with assembly and bonding techniques

+ basic knowledge of monolithic, hybrid and SMD construction of circuits
+ substrate variants, substrate production
+ paste variants, paste production
+ procedure for layout production

MECB 412A
4 CP 

Prof. Schecker

Course description

Lithium(ion) batteries

+ fundamental aspects and electrochemical basics
+ cathodes, anodes, electrolytes
+ separators of general and specific lithium(ion) batteries are discussed

MECB 101
2 CP 

Prof. Schecker
not graded!

Course description

Microtechnology Lab

A system based on integrated circuits is designed and realized.

MECB611A
3 CP

Prof. Schecker

Course description

Sensors

+ fundamentals of measurement and test engineering
+ terms as accuracy, resolution, linearity, reproducibility and error 
+ physics of different sensor effects
+ influence of elecromagnetic disturbance, noise

MECB441
2 CP

Prof. Gintner
Prerequisites: basics in digital and analogue electronics

Course description

Sensors Lab

+ discussion of fundamentals of measurement and test engineering
+ terms as accuracy, resolution, linearity, reproducibility and error and error propagation
+ influence of electromagnetic disturbance

MECB442
1 CP

Prof. Gintner
Only in combination with lecture Sensors

Course description
 

Electrical Engineering & Information Technology

First study year

Circuit Analysis 2 + Lab

+ sinusoidal inputs and their representations
+ RLC/ AC Circuits
+ lecture & written exam

EEIB 121
4 CP + 3 CP

Lecturer: Prof. Klönne
Limited places in the lab!

Course description

Digital Electronics + Lab

+ number systems
+ Boelean Algebra
+ basic circuits of digital technology
+ lecture & written exam

EEIB 241
4 CP + 2 CP

Lecturer: Prof. Nenninger
Limited places in the lab!

Course description

Eletromagnetic Fields

+ basic concepts and terms of electric and magnetic fields
+ static and dynamic response of circuits
+ Maxwell’s equations
+ lecture, written exam

EEIB 231
4 CP

Lecturer: Prof. Markus Graf

Course description

Mathematics 2

+ matrices
+ integral calculus
+ first order differential equations
+ lecture, written exam

EEIB 210
7 CP

Lecturer: Prof. Westermann

Course description

Second study year

Advanced Electronics + Lab

+ semiconductor materials, diodes, bipolar- and field effect-transistors
+ small-signal parameters
+ designing circuits for application
+ exam, colloquia, lab experiments & written report 

EEIB421
5 CP +  2 CP

Lecturer: Prof. Klönne
Limited places in the lab

Course description

Control Systems + Lab

+ describing signals in the time domain with mathematical functions
+ applying the Laplace transform to continuous-time signals
+ reading system properties from impulse responses and transfer functions

EEIB 441
5 CP + 2 CP

Prof. Keller
Limited places in the lab!

Course description

Instrumentation & Measurement + Lab

+ sources of errors, measurement uncertainty, error propagation
+ measuremend methods
+ simulation of measurement methods with LT-Spice
+ exam + Lab experiment, written report

EEIB321
4 CP + 3 CP

Lecturer: Prof. Wolfrum
Limited places in the lab!

Course description

Physical Sensors

+ fundamentals of sensor technology
+ working principles of physical sensors
+ methods of signal conditioning

 

EEIB610
4 CP

Lecturer: Prof. Sehr

Module Descriptions
 

 

Master level

Ice Slurry Technology

+ ice creation and thermo-physical properties of ice slurries and other characteristics
+ fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of ice slurry
+ heat transfer
+ ice slurry production

M 8670, 3 CP
Prof. Kauffeld
Prerequisites: Thermodynamics, Fluid dynamics, Refrigeration technology

Course description

 

Signal Processing for Autonomous Systems (Lecture + Lab)

+ introduction: autonomous systems
+ probability and information theory
+ Deep Learning in Convolutional Neural Networks
+ lab: project work

EITM 220, 5 CP
Lecturer: Prof. Bauer

Course description

Interdisciplinary