Organizational Structure
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut fuer Hoechstfrequenztechnik is managed by Prof. Dr. Günther Tränkle and organizationally divided into four departments and four business areas - but most research projects and industrial contracts are handled jointly by several departments and areas. The business areas cover the entire range from basic research up to the respective application, whereas the institute's technical and scientific resources are provided by the departments:
Departments
- Microwaves
- Optoelectronics
- Materials Technology
- Process Technology
Business Areas
- Microwave Components and Systems
- GaN Electronics
- Diode Lasers
- GaN Optoelectronics
These eight technical and scientific units are completed by the Science Management Department, which takes care of strategic issues of the institute and deal with technology transfer and marketing as well as with education and training. Further units are involved to support the smooth work flow at the FBH:
- Technical Support (including workshop; responsible for all technical aspects of the clean room operation)
- IT Support (computer network, programming of technical equipment)
- Administration (administration of the institute and "joint administration" of the Forschungsverbund Berlin)
- Communication (press and public relations, internal communication)
- Quality, Environment and Occupational Safety
FBH's basic networking approach within the institute is also a role model for new forms of cooperations with the universities. Prof. Michael Kneissl, for example, is head of the business area GaN Optoelectronics at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut and a professor at Technische Universität Berlin (TU) at the same time. Georg Böck, another TU professor, strengthens FBH's activities in gallium nitride power modules and Achim Peters, being a professor at the Berlin Humboldt Universität, is leading the laser metrology group at FBH. In addition, a foundation professorship on terahertz technologies at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main has started in October 2009, founded by the Oerlicon Group. This professorship has been staffed with Viktor Krozer and is also connected with respective activites at the institute. By means of these cooperation models, FBH ensures the close collaboration between the institute and regional and trans-regional universities.