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{{Short description|European semiconductor and MEMS company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SensorDynamics
| logo =
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| successor = Maxim Integrated GmbH
| foundation = [[Graz]], [[Austria]] ({{Start date|2003}})
| founder =
| location_city = [[File:Flag of Austria.svg|border|20px]][[Graz
| location_country = [[Austria]]
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| key_people = Hubertus Christ <small>(Founder)</small> <br /> Herbert Gartner <small>(Founder)</small> <br /> [[Volker Kempe]] <small>(Founder)</small> <br /> Jürgen Tittel <small>(Founder)</small>
| industry = [[Semiconductor]]s
| products = Sensor & Sensor Interfaces, Semiconductors, [[MEMS]]
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'''SensorDynamics''' was a European semiconductor and [[MEMS]] company specialized in developing and manufacturing high-volume [[microscopic scale|micro]]- and [[wireless]] [[semiconductor]] [[sensor]] products for applications in automotive, industry and high-end consumer sectors. The company was acquired by [[Maxim Integrated
== History ==
SensorDynamics was founded in 2003 by Herbert Gartner,<ref name=" Serial Entrepreneur Herbert Gartner ">{{cite news|title=Serial Entrepreneur Herbert Gartner|publisher=DiePresse|accessdate=June 20, 2015|url=http://karrierenews.diepresse.com/home/karrieretrends/4732267/Grunderzeit_Sind-gefordert-den-Forschergeist-unserer-Kinder|archive-date=June 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619221115/http://karrierenews.diepresse.com/home/karrieretrends/4732267/Grunderzeit_Sind-gefordert-den-Forschergeist-unserer-Kinder|url-status=live}}</ref> Hubertus Christ, Jürgen Tittel and [[Volker Kempe]]. Financed by national and international Venture Capital investors the company successfully closed four equity rounds in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011.<ref name=" Grazer SensorDynamics erhält von Konsortium 20 Millionen Euro ">{{cite news|title=
== Product
SensorDynamics focused on three product groups, for each of which the company had created a development platform to guarantee a maximum re-use of silicon proven analogue and digital IPs. This was the basis for both application-specific developments and adaptations of existing products.
=== Inertial microsensor systems ===
SensorDynamics had developed and produced world's first [[MEMS]] combo sensors in combining [[MEMS]] motion sensors ([[angular acceleration|angular]] rate and/or acceleration) with sophisticated analogue-digital electronics (ASIC) in micro packages to form a large-scale of integrated micro sensor system.
Applications included electronic stabilization systems, rollover detection and navigation sets for ’blind reckoning’ without [[GPS]] support.
=== Intelligent sensor interface circuits ===
SensorDynamics had a wealth of expertise in the development and manufacturing of intelligent electronic signal conditioning circuitry of macro sensors such as core and planar [[inductor|coil]]s, [[resistor]]s, capacitive and magneto resistive sensors. Cooperation with the customer produces application-specific sensor systems that combined macro sensors and electronic signal conditioning at module level.
=== Wireless sensors ===
Examples of wireless sensors were to be found in ‘[[Keyless Go|Keyless go]]’ or tyre pressure systems. However, [[wireless]] and battery-less sensor systems are increasingly adopted in industrial applications; especially automation such as smart [[Low frequency|LF]]/[[Radio frequency|RF]] applications.
[[Energy harvesting]], in other words powering devices from the energy produced by movement, heat or light, was enabled by SensorDynamics' system on chip [[System on chip|SOC]] products. Sensor systems that incorporated energy use optimization management – integrated processing of sensor signals through to the transmission of control signals at [[radio frequency|radio frequencies]] – was a special discipline of SensorDynamics.
== Key people ==
* Herbert Gartner (Founder, [[CEO]] 04/2003 - 09/2003, [[CFO]] 09/2003 - 03/2012)▼
* Hubertus Christ (Founder, [[CEO]] 09/2003 - 03/2012)
* [[Volker Kempe]] (Founder)▼
▲* Herbert Gartner (Founder, [[CEO]] 04/2003 - 09/2003, [[CFO]] 09/2003 - 03/2012)
▲*[[Volker Kempe]] (Founder)
* Jürgen Tittel (Founder)
== Management and
The company had about 130 employees world-wide when it was acquired by [[Maxim Integrated]] in July 2011. Their key qualifications included: extensive experience in sensor system development, [[MEMS]] and [[semiconductor]] technology, testing and [[quality assurance]] as well as deep knowledge of the [[automotive electronics]] market and strong applications expertise. SensorDynamics as a company had been operational as such since 2003, although the nucleus of the team worked together in prior companies since the 1990s.
== Quality and environmental management ==
As SensorDynamics was also providing sensitive integrated products and systems to the automotive market, the quality and environmental management system was based on the [[ISO/TS16949]] and [[ISO 14001]] standard.
SensorDynamics satisfied all automotive quality requirements (i.e. [[ISO/TS16949]], [[ISO 14001]], [[IEC61508]], [[ISO 26262]], [[Automotive Electronics Council|AEC]] Q100).
== Key
* [http://www.i4g.at I4G Investment GmbH] (2003 - 2011);
* [http://www.siemensventurecapital.com Siemens Venture Capital] (2004 - 2011);
* [http://www.dewb-vc.com DEWB] (2004 - 2011);
* [http://www.sfg.at Steirische Beteiligungsfinanzierungsgesellschaft mbH] (2004 -2011);
* [http://www.fidura.de FIDURA Private Equity Fonds] (2007 - 2011);
* [http://www.pontiscapital.at PONTIS Capital] (2007 -2011);
* [http://www.gep.at Global Equity Partners] (2004 - 2009);
* [http://www.awsg.at Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH] (2003 - 2011);
* [http://www.ffg.at/en Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)] (2004 - today);
== References ==
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== Additional References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090504031654/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=11499525 BusinessWeek]
* [https://archive.today/20130201064212/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS76150+12-Mar-2009+BW20090312 SensorDynamics Launches Gyroscope for Industrial, Medical and Consumer Applications]
* [http://www.isit.fraunhofer.de/de/Aktuelles/MAXIM.html Fraunhofer ISIT mit neuem Kooperationspartner für Inertialsensorik]
* [http://www.isit.fraunhofer.de/de/Aktuelles/20050916_isit_und_sd_setzen_neue_massstaebe.html Das Fraunhofer ISIT und die SensorDynamics AG setzen bei der Entwicklung und Fertigung komplexer Mikrosysteme neue Maßstäbe]
* [http://www.isit.fraunhofer.de/de/Aktuelles/20080416_intelligente_Bewegungssensorik.html ISIT präsentiert auf der Hannover Messe: Intelligente Bewegungssensorik für die Automobilindustrie]
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