Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4
12489 Berlin
Management
editProf. Dr. Günther Tränkle
Departments & Business Areas
edit- Dr. Götz Erbert
- Microwaves / Microwave Components & Systems
- Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich
- GaN Electronics
- Dr. Joachim Würfl
- Prof. Dr. Michael Kneissl
- Materials Technology
- Dr. Markus Weyers
- Process Technology
- Dr. Olaf Krüger
Founded
edit1992; member of the Leibniz Association
Staff
edit225 (190 employees, including 95 scientists; 35 student assistants)
Budget (2007)
edit- Basic funding: Land Berlin & Federal Government (9.3 Mio. Euro)
- Public project funding (3.3 Mio. Euro)
- Industrial contracts (4.0 Mio. Euro)
Research Topics & Business Areas
edit- Center of competence for III-V semiconductors - one of the most capable and major businesses in this field in Europe
- Applied research and development of microwave & optoelectronic devices
- Diode Lasers
- - broad area lasers & bars (spectral range 0.6 - 1.2 µm)
- - high-brightness lasers (line width < 10 MHz)
- - hybrid laser systems
- - laser sensors
- - laser metrology
- - UV high-power Diode Lasers
- - blue & green Diode Lasers
- - UV LEDs
- Microwave components & systems
- - front ends up to 80 GHz
- - power amplifiers up to 10 GHz
- - low-noise components
- - microplasmas
- GaN electronics
- Materials and process technology
- - GaN HVPE
- - laser micro processing
- Networks
- - education
- - transfer