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Infineon: Munich-based company wants to reduce the risk of corona infection with CO2 sensors

2022-01-04T13:44:04.413Z


Infineon: Munich-based company wants to reduce the risk of corona infection with CO2 sensors Created: 01/04/2022Updated: 01/04/2022, 2:41 PM Infineon would like to reduce the risk of corona infection with a CO2 sensor. © Sven Hoppe / dpa Since the corona pandemic at the latest, regular ventilation in offices has become the norm. The Munich semiconductor manufacturer Infineon has now presented a


Infineon: Munich-based company wants to reduce the risk of corona infection with CO2 sensors

Created: 01/04/2022Updated: 01/04/2022, 2:41 PM

Infineon would like to reduce the risk of corona infection with a CO2 sensor.

© Sven Hoppe / dpa

Since the corona pandemic at the latest, regular ventilation in offices has become the norm.

The Munich semiconductor manufacturer Infineon has now presented a sensor that is supposed to make this easier.

Munich - The German semiconductor specialist Infineon wants to score points in the pandemic with a new type of CO2 sensor.

The Munich-based company announced on Tuesday at the CES technology fair in Las Vegas that it would be accommodated in various devices such as air conditioning, room monitoring or networked speakers.

Infineon: New sensor helps save energy

Infineon sees a market for the technology on the one hand due to the increasing demands on energy efficiency - in order to only have to ventilate when it is necessary and to let out little cold in summer and little heat in winter.

In California, for example, even the ventilation systems in private homes have to be equipped with CO2 sensors.

Infineon manager Philipp von Schierstädt also referred specifically to the benefits of the Corona * pandemic due to the connection between CO2 and aerosols in the air: "As the CO2 level increases, the risk of being infected increases," said von Schierstädt. Infineon installed the sensors in its own meeting rooms. "With this we want to ensure that there is always a low CO2 value in all meeting rooms and thus a low aerosol content in order to protect the employees."

The sensor, called Xensiv PAS, works with photoacoustic spectroscopy.

Light with a certain wavelength is passed into a chamber with ambient air.

The CO2 molecules absorb the light - and the intensity of their reaction is measured with a microphone.

The CO2 content is calculated from this.

“You really have real values,” emphasized von Schierstädt.

Infineon: Sensor detects when it is necessary to ventilate

Infineon can also combine sensors, for example, to combine radar and CO2 measurement. This would not only determine the CO2 content, but also identify where people are and need to be ventilated. “It is best for the customer to get a complete solution from a single source.” With dimensions of 14 by 13.8 by 7.5 millimeters, the sensor is also around four times smaller than current high-end technology. Simpler CO2 sensors are already available from many companies such as Theben or S + S.

Infineon * is also working on the measurement of other gases with photoacoustic technology, also outdoors.

"We want to become the most important provider in the medium term," announced von Schierstädt.

The company is also thinking of the protection of innovations: “We are covered quite well with 200 patents.”

(Dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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